Exhumations aim to restore victims’ dignity because they constitute a step towards their individualisation and recognition as members not only of a particular family but of the human family. This article aims to contribute to the critical assessment of how the notion of human dignity and dignification are used in the context of mechanisms of transitional justice, such as exhumations. It focuses on the Colombian case from an interdisciplinary perspective based on socio-legal studies. The research is based on participant observation, interviews, and thematic analysis of the uses of the term dignity and dignification in the texts of the laws and protocols for the exhumations of victims of the armed conflict in Colombia. It explores two dimensions of dignification, which in turn contributes to the understanding of the complex relationship between victims, the state, and institutions of transitional justice.

挖掘尸体的目的是恢复受害者的尊严，因为它们是迈向个性化和被承认不仅是特定家庭的成员，而且是人类家庭成员的一步。本文旨在促进批判性评估如何在诸如挖掘等过渡司法机制的背景下使用人类尊严和尊严的概念。它从基于社会法律研究的跨学科角度关注哥伦比亚案例。该研究基于对哥伦比亚武装冲突受害者挖掘法律和议定书文本中尊严和尊严一词使用的参与观察、访谈和专题分析。它探讨了尊严的两个维度，