Forced disappearance
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 Moroccan writer Malika Oufkir daughter of General Mohamed Oufkir is a former "disappeared" in Morocco |
In international human rights law, a forced disappearance (or enforced disappearance) occurs when a person is secretly abducted or imprisoned by a state or political organization or by a third party with the authorization, support, or acquiescence of a state or political organization, followed by a refusal to acknowledge the person's fate and whereabouts, with the intent of placing the victim outside the protection of the law.
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- Related: Black site, Black jails, Command responsibility, Damnatio memoriae, Extraordinary rendition, Ghost detainee, Gukurahundi, Missing person, Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, Police encounter, Secret police, Arbitrary arrest and detention, Selective assassination, Unperson, Unexplained disappearances
| Amnesty International: Day of the Disappeared Amnesty International: Day of the Disappeared www.amnestyusa.org/.../day-of-the-disappeared?msource=W1108EAIAR03&tr=y&auid=9399739 - Web |
| International Committee Against Disappearances International Committee Against Disappearances www.icad-int.org - Web |
| Familylinks.icrc.org Familylinks.icrc.org www.familylinks.icrc.org - Web |
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| UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disapp... UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/disappear/index.htm - Web |
| Video Reports from Argentina: The trials of those ... Video Reports from Argentina: The trials of those who carried out disappearances www.ecchr.de/argentina.370.html - Web |
| Kidnapped and Raised by a Argentine Military Famil... Kidnapped and Raised by a Argentine Military Family, a "Recovered Grandchild" Finds His Way Home www.democracynow.org/.../nieto_recuperado_born_to_parents_disappeared - Web |
