Enforced Disappearances Archives - FIBGAR Fundación Internacional Baltasar Garzón Mon, 13 Oct 2025 11:36:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://fibgar.es/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-v_vertical_sin_texto-e1585918866851-32x32.png Enforced Disappearances Archives - FIBGAR 32 32 The UN’s liquidity crisis and the increase in cases mark the sessions on enforced disappearances https://fibgar.es/en/25550/ Mon, 20 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=25550 The recent sessions of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) and the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, held in Geneva on September 16 and 29, sent a clear message: while enforced disappearances continue to rise in the context of conflict, migration, and repression, international mechanisms are facing unprecedented obstacles that threaten their...

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]]> Universal jurisdiction in cases of enforced disappearance: new study by the UN Working Group https://fibgar.es/en/universal-jurisdiction-in-cases-of-enforced-disappearance-new-study-by-the-un-working-group/ Tue, 02 Sep 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=25320 Recently, the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances published a highly significant study on universal criminal jurisdiction in cases of enforced disappearance. The report examines the normative foundations, practical and political challenges in its application, as well as the situation in various countries, including Spain. The debate on universal jurisdiction in cases...

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]]> María’s civil identity: a historic breaktrhough in the enforced diseappearance of minors in Spain https://fibgar.es/en/marias-civil-identity-a-historic-breaktrhough-in-the-enforced-diseappearance-of-minors-in-spain/ Tue, 15 Jul 2025 09:16:18 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=24944 On 8 July, María Bueno, president of the Alumbra Association and the International Platform Te Estamos Buscando (We Are Looking for You), received an official certificate from the Civil Registry recognising the civil existence of her daughter María, born on Christmas Day 1981 in a village in the province of Cádiz. Her case is one...

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]]> An Unprecedented Milestone: The First International Congress on Enforced Disappearances https://fibgar.es/en/un-hito-sin-precedentes-el-primer-congreso-internacional-sobre-desapariciones-forzadas/ Thu, 16 Jan 2025 08:38:07 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=24189 We had the honor of attending the First International Congress on Enforced Disappearances, held from January 15 to 16 in Geneva. This landmark event was co-organized by the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED), the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID), the UN Human Rights Office, and the Convention against Enforced Disappearances...

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]]> Victims of Enforced Disappearances: a wound that continues to bleed https://fibgar.es/en/victims-of-enforced-disappearances-a-wound-that-continues-to-bleed/ Fri, 30 Aug 2024 15:55:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=23620 Since 2011, the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances has been commemorated every 30 August. This was established in 2010 by resolution A/RES/65/209 of the United Nations General Assembly, which expressed concern about the increase in enforced disappearances around the world and the growing number of reports of harassment of witnesses or relatives...

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