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Managing Testimony and Administrating Victims

Colombia’s Transitional Scenario under the Justice and Peace Act

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Authors:
  1. Juan Pablo Aranguren Romero

    1. Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

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  • Explores the subjects of memory and reconciliation in politics in Colombia in 2005
  • Critiques the emerging contradictions between memory, politics, and academia in Colombia during the Álvaro Uribe Vélez administration
  • Analyses how to administer transitional scenarios during war
  • Presents a critical view of the transitional dispositive scenario in Colombia from 2005 onwards

Part of the book series: Memory Politics and Transitional Justice (MPTJ)

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. The Origins of Victimization and the Administration of War in Colombia

    • Juan Pablo Aranguren Romero
    Pages 1-26

  3. Justice and Peace in Times of Impunity and War

    • Juan Pablo Aranguren Romero
    Pages 27-43

  4. Voice, Testimony, Truth, and Memory

    • Juan Pablo Aranguren Romero
    Pages 45-97

  5. Maintaining Exclusion

    • Juan Pablo Aranguren Romero
    Pages 99-112

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 113-130
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About this book

This book analyzes the implementation of Law 975 in Colombia, known as the Justice and Peace Law, and proposes a critical view of the transitional scenario in Colombia from 2005 onwards. The author analyzes three aspects of the law: 1) The process of negotiation with paramilitary groups; 2) The constitution of the Group Memoria Histórica (Historic Memory) in Colombia and 3) The process of a 2007 law that was finally not passed. The book contains interviews with key actors in the justice and peace process in Colombia. The author analyses the contradictions, tensions, ambiguities and paradoxes that define the practices of such actors. This book highlights that a critical view of this kind of transitional scenario is indispensable to determine steps towards a just and peaceful society.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

    Juan Pablo Aranguren Romero

About the author

Juan Pablo Aranguren Romero is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Andes, Colombia. He holds an MA in Social Anthropology and a PhD in Social Sciences. His research focuses on the intersections of body, suffering, and political violence. Aranguren is author of Cuerpos al límite: tortura, subjetividad y memoria en Colombia ( 2016) and Las inscripciones de la guerra en el cuerpo de los jóvenes combatientes (2011). 

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