The Political Solution to the Armed Conflict and the Memory Claim as Cultural Politics for Victims of State Crimes: the case of the "Fundacion Manuel Cepeda Vargas"

Through the case study of the "Fundacion Manuel Cepeda Vargas para la Paz, la Justicia Social y la Cultura", this article interrogates the cultural politics of the Victims of State Crimes in the peacebuilding process in Colombia and proposes an explanation, directly linked to the Foundation's agency, about the mechanisms that made it possible for victims' claims to be placed on the public agenda. First, the new repertories introduction that made the complaint of State crimes and the social pedagogy of historical memory more effective. Second, the political leadership in the vindication of the Human Rights, to articulate it with the political solution to the armed conflict. The article argues that the consolidation of these two mechanisms made it possible the positioning of the victims of State crimes in the public debate, and its recognition in the "Acuerdo de Victimas de La Habana".