It is hoped that over time, all archives related to human rights violations during the region's militarydictatorships will be listed in the Memory of the World Registry, so that these abuses will never occur again.
The seminar is intended to deepen the discussion on documentary archives that help in preserving and understanding the history of human rights violations during the militarydictatorships that were installed in the five countries of the Southern Cone, the southernmost region of South America.