The article, through the case study of Chile, explores the interconnections between archives, human rights and transitional justice. Chile represents a unique case globally for the early creation of thousands of records documenting the human rights violations committed under Pinochet’s 17-year dictatorship. In post-Pinochet Chile, the human rights archives have provided extremely important sources of evidence that have proven crucial in the development of transitional justice mechanisms. Truth commissions have, in turn, created their own archives, which have strongly contributed to later processes of reparation, justice and memory. The article aims to develop a better understanding of the multiple roles that archives have played as tools for achieving truth, justice and reparation over the long transitional period in Chile. The article argues that a combination of several factors and the intervention of different actors led to the archives having a significant impact in the development of subsequent transitional justice mechanisms.

本文通过对智利的案例研究，探讨档案、人权和过渡时期司法之间的相互联系。智利在全球范围内代表了一个独特的案例，它早期创建了数千份记录皮诺切特 17 年独裁统治下侵犯人权的记录。在皮诺切特之后的智利，人权档案提供了极其重要的证据来源，事实证明，这些证据对过渡时期司法机制的发展至关重要。反过来，真相委员会创建了自己的档案，为后来的赔偿、正义和记忆过程做出了重大贡献。本文旨在更好地理解档案在智利漫长的过渡时期作为实现真相、正义和赔偿的工具所发挥的多重作用。