Crafting the lawful truth: Chile’s 1990 Truth Commission, international human rights and the museum of memory

Abstract

This article examines the relationship between Chile’s 1990 Truth Commission (TC) and international human rights law (IHRL) through an ethnography of Chile’s Memory Museum. It shows how the Museum gives continuity to the TC’s lawful truth and subordinates lawful truths that are not informed, mediated and grounded by IHRL.