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Bangladesh’s interim government on Thursday signed the instrument of accession to an international convention of the United Nations aiming at preventing enforced disappearances as a state party ...
The interim government said this week the commission will "investigate enforced disappearances that occurred" since Jan. 1, 2010 "allegedly involving members of the police" and arms of the ...
Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to call the Maine State Police at 1-800-824-2261 or 207-532-5400 or contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI. Tips can also be submitted online at ...
Women of the Association of Families of the Detained-Disappeared demonstrate in front of La Moneda Palace during the Pinochet military regime.. An enforced disappearance (or forced disappearance) is the secret abduction or imprisonment of a person with the support or acquiescence of a state followed by a refusal to acknowledge the person's fate or whereabouts with the intent of placing the ...
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) was in the process of adjudicating a case related to the execution of the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances' suggestions. [1] This commission, formed in 2011, had the mandate to determine the location of missing individuals and attribute accountability. [ 1 ]
Velásquez Rodríguez v. Honduras is a landmark case that was decided by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) in 1988. [1] It is a seminal case in the realm of international human rights law that is known for its analysis of state responsibility for enforced disappearances. [2]
The Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) released a report detailing patterns of enforced disappearances through its study based on interviews with 62 North Korean escapees in South Korea.
A mother with a photo of her son who became a victim of forced disappearance in 2013 (image by VOA). Extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances in Bangladesh refer to extrajudicial executions carried out by law enforcement agencies without due legal process and to abduction cases in which the government directly or indirectly kidnaps people and holds them incommunicado.