Gabriella Citroni, PhD, is Adjunct Professor of International Human Rights Law at the University of Milano–Bicocca, Italy, Chair of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, an international legal advisor for the Latin American Federation of Associations for Relatives of the Detained-Disappeared (FEDEFAM) and senior legal advisor for TRIAL International.
Ariel Dulitzky, PhD, is Clinical Professor of Law and the director of the Human Rights Clinic at the University of Texas, the director of the Latin America Initiative and a former member of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.
Jasminka Džumhur, PhD, is Human Rights Ombudsperson of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a vice-president of the UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, a member of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine and former member and the vice chair of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.
Lene Guercke, PhD, is Senior Researcher at the UC Berkeley Human Rights Center.
Rainer Huhle, PhD, is a human rights expert, co-founder of the Nuremberg Human Rights Center and former member and the vice-president of the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances.
Ivan Jovanović is a transitional justice and rule of law consultant.
Barbara Lochbihler is member and the former vice-president of the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances.
Eva Nudd is legal advisor at the Danish Institute Against Torture and former legal advisor in REDRESS.
Maria Clara Galvis Patiño, PhD, is Professor at the Externado University of Colombia and American University–Washington College of Law and former member and the vice-president of the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances.
Horacio Ravenna, PhD, is Human Rights Professor, School of Social Sciences University of Buenos Aires and member of the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances.
Koji Teraya, PhD, is Law Professor at Tokyo University, member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee and former member of the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances.
Book contents
- Enforced Disappearances
- Enforced Disappearances
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Dealing with Uncertainty
- 2 Enforced Disappearances in Armed Conflict through the Lenses of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- 3 The Guiding Principles on the Search for Disappeared Persons
- 4 New Technologies and Enforced Disappearances
- 5 The Fate and Whereabouts of Social Rights in the Practice of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances
- 6 NGO Contributions to Eradicate Enforced Disappearances in Latin America
- 7 Contemporary Disappearances in Mexico
- 8 Disappearances of Migrants in Africa
- 9 Enforced Disappearances and the Right to Reparation in Western Balkans
- 10 The Strategies to Increase the ICPPED Ratification with Special Attention to the Asia-Pacific Region
- Bibliography
- Index
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 August 2025
Book contents
- Enforced Disappearances
- Enforced Disappearances
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Dealing with Uncertainty
- 2 Enforced Disappearances in Armed Conflict through the Lenses of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- 3 The Guiding Principles on the Search for Disappeared Persons
- 4 New Technologies and Enforced Disappearances
- 5 The Fate and Whereabouts of Social Rights in the Practice of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances
- 6 NGO Contributions to Eradicate Enforced Disappearances in Latin America
- 7 Contemporary Disappearances in Mexico
- 8 Disappearances of Migrants in Africa
- 9 Enforced Disappearances and the Right to Reparation in Western Balkans
- 10 The Strategies to Increase the ICPPED Ratification with Special Attention to the Asia-Pacific Region
- Bibliography
- Index
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