Enforced disappearances : on universal responses to a worldwide phenomenon / Grażyna Baranowska, Milica Kolaković-Bojović.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baranowska, Grażyna, 1986- author.

Kolaković-Bojović, Milica, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (2007 February 6).

International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.

Disappeared persons (International law).

International law and human rights.

Disappeared persons--Legal status, laws, etc.

Disappeared persons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 294 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Enforced Disappearances: On Universal Responses to a Worldwide Phenomenon discusses the UN human rights (both treaty bodies and special procedures) response to the key challenges of missing persons and enforced disappearances, including reparations, family rights, involvement of non-state actors, and the migration context. The book also includes several illustrative case studies from Latin America, Africa, Mexico, Western Balkans, and the Asia-Pacific region, which demonstrate the current challenges and problems relating to enforced disappearances in domestic or regional settings. The book includes contributions from experts in this issue working across a global range of jurisdictions. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Contents:

Dealing with Uncertainty : On Addressing Enforced Disappearances Universally / Grażyna Baranowska, Milica Kolaković-Bojović

Enforced Disappearances in Armed Conflict through the Lenses of the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance / Ivan Jovanović

The Guiding Principles on the Search for Disappeared Persons-Origins and Impact / Maria Clara Galvis Patiño, Rainer Huhle

New Technologies and Enforced Disappearances-The Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances Exploring a New World Between Opportunities and Challenges / Gabriella Citroni

The Fate and Whereabouts of Social Rights in the Practice of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances / Ariel Dulitzky

NGO Contribution to Eradicate Enforced Disappearances in Latin America / Horacio Ravenna

Contemporary Disappearances in Mexico : A Conceptual Challenge for the International Framework on Enforced Disappearances / Lene Guercke

Disappearances of Migrants in Africa / Eva Nudd, Barbara Lochbihler

Enforced Disappearances and the Right to Reparation in Western Balkans / Milica Kolaković-Bojović, Jasminka Džumhur

The Strategies to Increase the ICPPED Ratification with a Special Attention to Asia-Pacific Region : Being a Party as an Incessant Act of Treaty-Making / Koji Teraya, PhD.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Aug 2025).

ISBN:

1-009-46169-9

1-009-46170-2

1-009-46171-0

Access Restriction:

Open Access. Unrestricted online access