The Brazilian Truth Commission: Local, National and Global Perspectives (Studies in Latin American and Spanish History Book 4)

Bringing together some of the world’s leading scholars, practitioners, and human-rights activists, this groundbreaking volume provides the first systematic analysis of the 2012–2014 Brazilian National Truth Commission. While attentive to the inquiry’s local and national dimensions, it offers an illuminating transnational perspective that considers the Commission’s Latin American regional context and relates it to global efforts for human rights accountability, contributing to a more general and critical reassessment of truth commissions from a variety of viewpoints. Contents Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: The Brazilian Truth Commission in Local, National and Global Perspective Part I The Brazilian National Truth Commission Section 1 Emergence and Context Chapter 1 Dear Madame President A Never-Delivered Speech and a Never-Ending Story Chapter 2 The Public Prosecutor’s Office of São Paulo and the Legacy of the Dictatorship: A Brief Report on Activities Prior to the Truth Commission Chapter 3 The Censorship of History and Fact-Finding in Brazil (1964−2018) Chapter 4 Democratic Transition and Conciliation: Human Rights and the Legacy of the Brazilian Dictatorship Section 2 Novelties of the Brazilian Model: The National Commission, Local Committees and Corporate Complicity Chapter 5 The National Truth Commission (NTC) Truth and Responsibility Chapter 6 Repression, Resistance and the Intergenerational Dialogue: Establishing a Truth Commission at the University of Brasília Chapter 7 Truth Commissions in the Digital Age: An Analysis of the Brazilian Case Chapter 8 Corporate Complicity in the Brazilian Dictatorship Chapter 9 Volkswagen do Brasil during the Military Dictatorship: An Economic and Political Assessment Section 3 First Assessments of Brazil’s National Truth Commission Chapter 10 The Outcomes of the Brazilian Truth Commission: Successes and Failures in a Lengthy Transitional Justice Process Chapter 11 The Struggle for the Voice of the Victims in the National Truth Commission (Brazil) Memories and Truth, Yesterday and Today Chapter 12 ‘Nunca Mais’ Lessons from Brazil’s Dictatorial Past Part II Truth Commissions in Context: Comparing Latin America Section 1 Comparing Specific Truth Commissions Chapter 13 Truth Commissions and Their Archives in El Salvador, Peru and Brazil Chapter 14 Memory, Truth and Auto-Fiction in the Recent Latin American Novel Part III Truth Commissions between the Global and the Local Section 1 Truth Commissions’ Worldwide Dispersion and Function Chapter 15 Reconfigurations of Transitional Justice in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings: Global, Regional and Local Developments Chapter 16 Truth Commissions A Bottom-Up Approach to Institution-Building Afterword Appendix 1 List of Selected Local Truth Commissions in Brazil by Region and State Appendix 2 Selected List of Brazilian Online Resources (in alphabetical order) Appendix 3Appendix 3 Photos from the Brazilian Truth Commission Index This groundbreaking volume provides the first systematic analysis of the 2012-2014 Brazilian National Truth Commission. It explores the emergence, functioning, and outcome of the Commission, and offers a more general and critical reassessment of truth commissions from a variety of perspectives.