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Blanes, R. L. (2023). The ministry of injustice and no human rights in Angola. Lusotopie. 22 (2)

R. J. Blanes,  "The ministry of injustice and no human rights in Angola", in Lusotopie, vol. 22, no. 2, 2023

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	author = "Blanes, R. L.",
	title = "The ministry of injustice and no human rights in Angola",
	journal = "Lusotopie",
	year = "2023",
	volume = "22",
	number = "2",
	doi = "10.4000/12j3w",
	url = "https://journals.openedition.org/lusotopie/7312"
}

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AB  - Angola is one of the few countries in the world that boasts a dedicated Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. But does this translate into a wider implementation of these rights? This article provides a historical overview of the trajectory of Human Rights in Angola through the analysis of different moments and iterations of the performance of (in)justice since the country’s independence in November 1975 – from the political trials of the mercenaries in 1976-1977 and the events surrounding 27 May 1977 to the post-electoral massacres and persecutions in 1992 and 1993, the persecution of human rights activists in the post-Arab Spring period and, since 2019, the implementation of a public reconciliation commission (CIVICOP). Through this longitudinal approach, which highlights continuities in the trajectory of Human Rights in Angola in the transition from the 20th to the 21st centuries, I argue that the case of Angola illustrates the paradox of how a governance-based implementation of a Human Rights agenda can actually prevent its enactment and implementation. This is explained through the incorporation and subsumption of Human Rights into political agendas as a performative display.
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