[PDF] Enforced Or Involuntary Disappearances eBook

Author : María Fernanda Pérez Solla
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 39,23 MB
Release : 2006-03-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0786423250

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It was from Argentina, in the years 1976 to 1983, that the world heard the cries of the families of los desaparecidos, the disappeared--20,000 to 30,000 people made to vanish forever by official sleight of hand. In the years since, the scope and range of governmentally sanctioned kidnappings has spread exponentially, making enforced disappearances a truly global problem. This volume provides an in-depth legal investigation of involuntary disappearances as defined by national and international law. Beginning with a detailed discussion of what constitutes an enforced disappearance, it goes on to consider how various international organizations such as the United Nations view this problem. Using the Multiple Rights Approach, enforced disappearances are examined as a violation of internationally defined basic rights such as the right to personal freedom, the right to protection against torture and the right to a judicial remedy. Viewpoints of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the European System of Protection are scrutinized with special consideration regarding the international laws applicable to the problem. The availability (or lack thereof) of restitution and compensation for material damage, mental and physical anguish, and loss of opportunity is also addressed. Finally, the work considers the need for a comprehensive and coherent framework when dealing with enforced disappearances.

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Page : 96 pages
File Size : 14,34 MB
Release : 2004
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The purpose of the Working Group's visit to Nepal was to discuss the cases of enforced or involuntary disappearance received and transmitted by the Working Group to the Government of Nepal and to examine the situation of disappearances in Nepal in the light of international human rights standards.

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Page : 38 pages
File Size : 26,86 MB
Release : 2000
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Transmits comments and information received from 4 Governments and the International Labour Office with regard to the draft International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (E/CN. 4/Sub. 2/1998/19).

Author : Tullio Scovazzi
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 35,61 MB
Release : 2007-08-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 9047430778

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Enforced disappearance is one of the most serious human rights violations. It constitutes an autonomous offence and a crime under international law on account of its multiple and continuing character. It is not a phenomenon of the past, nor is it geographically limited to Latin America: such scourge is widespread today and on the increase in other continents. For more than twenty-five years, relatives of disappeared people worldwide have insisted on the pressing need for an international legally binding instrument against enforced disappearances. 2006 is the year of the adoption of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances, which represents the result of several legislative and jurisprudential developments that are duly analyzed in this book. The Convention has been opened for signature in February 2007.