Confronting past atrocities is essential to consolidate democracy and human rights protection. Truth and justice initiatives investigating crimes perpetrated at the national level have long been occurring.
This project tackled for the first time the transnational dimension to past human rights violations, which were perpetrated by South America’s dictatorships in the 1970s and 1980s. Adopting a three-part methodology, which combined archival research, analysis of legal documents, and targeted interviews,
Dr. Lessa studied transnational human rights violations committed between 1970 and 1981 within the framework of Operation Condor and beyond.
