TY  - GEN
T1  - Crimes in archival form : human rights, fact production, and Myanmar
A1  - MacLean, Ken
LA  - English
PP  - Oakland, California
PB  - University of California Press
YR  - 2022
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1273426511
AB  - "Crimes in Archival Form explores the many ways in which human rights "facts" are produced rather than found. With Myanmar as his case study, Ken MacLean examines the fact-finding practices of a human rights group, two cross-border humanitarian agencies, an international law clinic, and a global NGO-led campaign. Foregrounding fact-finding, in critical yet constructive ways, prompts long overdue conversations about the possibilities and limits of human rights documentation as a mode of truth-seeking. Such conversations are particularly urgent in an era when the perpetrators of large-scale human rights violations exploit misinformation, weaponize disinformation, and employ outright falsehoods, including deep fakes, to undermine the credibility of those who document abuses and demand accountability in the court of public opinion and in courts of law. To respond to such attacks, MacLean compels practitioners and scholars alike to be more transparent about how human rights "fact" production works, why it is important, and when its use should prompt concern"--
OP  - 284
CN  - JC599.B932 M34 2022
SN  - 0520385411
SN  - 9780520385412
SN  - 9780520385382
SN  - 9780520385405
KW  - Human rights : Burma : Case studies.
KW  - Crimes against humanity : Burma : Case studies.
KW  - Victims of violent crimes : Burma : Case studies.
KW  - Burma : Politics and government : 21st century.
KW  - Droits de l'homme (Droit international) : Birmanie : Études de cas.
KW  - Crimes contre l'humanité : Birmanie : Études de cas.
KW  - Victimes de violence : Birmanie : Études de cas.
KW  - Birmanie : Politique et gouvernement : 21e siècle.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights
KW  - Crimes against humanity
KW  - Human rights
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Victims of violent crimes
KW  - Burma
KW  - 2000-2099
KW  - Case studies
ER  -