ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Gretel Mejia Bonifazi

Gretel Mejía Bonifazi is a postdoctoral researcher at the Human Rights Centre of Ghent University, where she also obtained her PhD in Law. Her research focuses on local memory processes, transitional justice, and victim-survivor mobilisation in Guatemala. She engages in collaborative and co-creative socio-legal research with survivor collectives, particularly in the Ixil region, supporting community-led memory initiatives and archival practices.