Argentina's Dirty War
Essential Question:
How should the events of Argentina's Dirty War be labeled: Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, War Crimes, War?
In this project, your research should answer the following:
*What are specific examples for each of the 8 stages?
*What aspects of the Argentina events fit into the Waller model?
*What aspects of the UN definition are present in the events?
*Who were the main perpetrators, victims, and bystanders?
*How were these events dealt with? How are they continuing to be dealt with today?
For any of these questions, you can answer the negative counterpoint. (i.e. specific examples of how the eight stages are not addressed, how the events don’t fit the UN definition)
Start by using the databases below! For all databases,
If you're researching from home, you'll have to click on the above link for usernames and passwords!
Helpful Websites
Amnesty International is a global movement of millions of people demanding human rights for all people – no matter who they are or where they are. They are the world’s largest grassroots human rights organization.
Human Rights Watch investigates and reports on abuses happening in all corners of the world. We direct our advocacy towards governments, armed groups and businesses, pushing them to change or enforce their laws, policies and practices. To ensure our independence, we refuse government funding and carefully review all donations to ensure that they are consistent with our policies, mission, and values.
National Security Archive: Argentina
An independent non-governmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University, the Archive collects and publishes declassified documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. The Archive also serves as a repository of government records on a wide range of topics pertaining to the national security, foreign, intelligence, and economic policies of the United States.
Project Disappeared is a joint project of several human rights organizations and activists with the purpose of recovering and maintaining memory, understanding what happened in Argentina during the "dirty war" and fighting against impunity. We invite you to visit it, to contribute, to join our efforts - and above all, to remember
These pages are a humble attempt to bring the voices of the desaparecidos and their loved ones to the world. The vanishing was swift, a burst into a home at night, a few minutes and they were gone - not enough time to be heard. We owe it to them.
Books in the IMC:
Argentina: The Military Juntas and Human Rights... CALL NUMBER: 323.423 ARG
A Lexicon of Terror: Argentina and the Legacies of Torture CALL NUMBER: 982.06 FEI
The Little School: Tales of Disappearance & Survival in Argentina CALL NUMBER 365.45 PAR
Nunca Mas: The Report of the Argentine National Commission CALL NUMBER 303.6 NUN
Gale Ebooks: Search for "Dirty War" or "Argentina"
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