Eduardo Bertoni is Global Clinical Professor at New York University
School of Law and Director of the Center for Studies on Freedom of Expression
–CELE- at University of Palermo School of Law in Argentina.
Recently, I was discussing with fellow
colleagues from Latin America the implications of the decision of the European Union's Court of
Justice that
establishes the "right to be forgotten." One of them pointed out that
the content of this "right" notwithstanding, the name itself was an
affront to Latin America; rather than promoting this type of erasure, we have
spent the past few decades in search of the truth regarding what occurred
during the dark years of the military dictatorships.
