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Report

Missing persons and their families: recommendations for drafting national legislation

ICRC

In situations of armed conflict or internal violence, countless families suffer great anguish when loved ones go missing and they make desperate attempts to find them. Very often, the families of missing persons are unable to overcome their pain and...

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2003

Report

Monitoring of investigations into cases of missing persons during and after the August 2008 armed conflict in Georgia

Council of Europe

The report is based on the work of two experts who were requested to monitor investigations concerning specific cases of the treatment and fate of missing persons on all sides during and after the August 2008 armed conflict in Georgia.

No more missing persons: the criminalization of enforced disappearance in South Asia

International Commission of Jurists

This report analyzes States’ obligations under international law to ensure acts of enforced disappearance constitute a distinct, autonomous offence under national law. It also provides an overview of the practice of enforced disappearance, focusing...

Peru: the Truth and Reconciliation Commission - a first step towards a country without injustice

Amnesty International

In this report, one year on from the publication of the Final Report of the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Amnesty International includes a series of its own recommendations to the Peruvian authorities as well as supporting the...

Pursuing truth, justice, and redress in Nepal: an update on the transitional justice process

Elena Naughton

Over a decade since the end of conflict in Nepal, the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) continues to support victims in their demands for justice, acknowledgment, reparations, and reform. While the Government of Nepal has...

A transformative approach to dealing with the past

Briony Jones, Elisabeth Baumgartner, Sidonia Gabriel

Dealing with a past of gross human rights violations is a challenge for societies undergoing political and social transitions. It is a long-term process, which generally includes a number of different actors and mechanisms with not only diverse...

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2015