¿Una CONADEP Indígena? : Un estudio sobre las comisiones de la verdad indígenas en Australia y Canadá para explorar posibles caminos en Argentina

Abstract

The article explores the experience of the Indigenous Truth Commissions in Australia and Canada to consider the possibilities for an Indigenous Truth Commission in Argentina. To do so, the article addresses the outcomes of the two Indigenous inquiries and the connections between transitional justice and Indigenous demands. Moreover, the article also analyzes the experience of the CONADEP, the truth commission that exposed the human rights violations committed in Argentina during the last dictatorship (1976-1983). Taking into consideration the domestic and the comparative experience, the article pays special attention to the role of truth commissions in forging a new narrative on human rights violations in what can be named as a narrative turn. Overall, the challenges and potential of a truth commission on Indigenous matters in Argentina as a possible path to overturn the legacy of human rights violations against native peoples is explored.