The question of whether there can be a model for coming to terms with the conflictual and authoritarian past that is universally applicable was the starting point for the annual international symposium of the Elisabeth Kaesemann Foundation, which took place in October 2019 at the University of Buenos Aires. Specific national forms of violence, cultural legal traditions and the historical and current position of the state and civil society determine the processes of coming to terms with the past. Argentinean, German and Colombian experts from academia and practice analyse and evaluate Argentinean criminal proceedings and their history, the process of coming to terms with the Nazi past in Germany, the peace process in Colombia, truth commissions and leniency programmes. The volume is written in English. With contributions by Dr. Gabriel Pérez Barberá, Dr. Natalia Barbero, Dr. Mariano Borinsky, Prof. Dr. Jörg Eisele, Prof. Dr. Hartmut Hamann, Prof. Dr. Bernd Heinrich, Prof. Dr. Jörg Eisele, Prof. Dr. Hartmut Hamann, Prof. Dr. Bernd Heinrich, Prof. Dr. Mariano Borinsky, Prof. Dr. Gabriel Pérez Barberá and Prof. Dr. Natalia Barbero. Dr Cornelius Nestler, Fabián Martínez (LLM), Dr Mónica Pinto, Dr Daniel Rafecas, Dr Alejandro Ramelli Artega, Jens Rommel, Dr Valeria Thus, Alberto Yepes.