Journal of Disappearance Studies

I am one of the last of the Abuelas – the grandmothers still searching for Argentina’s ‘disappeared’. I’m 87, but I will never give up Nearly 50 years ago, my son and his wife were tortured and killed and their baby was taken by the military regime. Two decades later, I found her – but hundreds of grandchildren are still missing

I am one of the last of the Abuelas – the grandmothers still searching for Argentina’s ‘disappeared’. I’m 87, but I will never give up
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We are pleased to share that we are now accepting mutli-language abstracts!
Once an article is accepted, authors can supply a French, Spanish or Portuguese translation of their abstract
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Truth tents: “Talking about what Syrians need right now” In post-Assad Syria, the “truth tents” offer a space for victims’ families to discuss truth and justice. Jad al-Hamada, one of the truth tents’ initiators, speaks to Justice Info about the demand for ...

#Syria [interview] - In post-Assad Syria, the “truth tents” offer a space for victims’ families to discuss #truth and #justice. Jad al-Hamada, one of the truth tents’ initiators, speaks to Justice Info about the demand for #TransitionalJustice in Syria.

The 1st issue of The Journal of Disappearance Studies will publish this Autumn.

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Trump's military zones could complicate search for missing migrants near US-Mexico border Volunteers who search for missing or dead migrants in the Borderland fear that Trump’s new military zones could obstruct their humanitarian efforts

”If we're not allowed in” because New Mexico's border is now a military zone, “then the bones will continue to be scattered and taken underground by animals and their families are never going to find out what happened to their loved ones,” a humanitarian volunteer tells @palabrasdeabajo.bsky.social.

How Beijing’s 1995 Disappearance of the Panchen Lama Enabled Crimes Against Humanity China weathered no consequences for abducting a 6-year-old in 1995. That same impunity continues to fuel collective punishment, enforced disappearances, and arbitrary detention.

The genuinely-chosen #Tibet #PanchenLama and his family have endured three decades of #enforceddisappearance and #arbitrarydetention. Shouldn’t someone be held accountable? A failure to do so enables #China govt #crimesagainsthumanity.
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Lessons from Latin America as the United States Reckons With Enforced Disappearance Post Event UPDATE Watch the recording

On April 30, @nsarchive.bsky.social and @wola-org.bsky.social co-hosted a seminar with 3 Latin American experts to learn from their experiences with #EnforcedDisappearance. A fantastic convo ensued - archived here. 👇
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I had the pleasure and honor to participate in the preparation of this documentary. Highly recommended to all interested in the issue of the disappeared during wars, in particular the missing of WWI

Warning for Democracy: Do Not Ignore the US Government Disappearing Migrants

This tactic is not new; it is called #EnforcedDisappearance, and it is a human rights violation and a threat to democracy
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Enforced disappearances: Working Group concludes its 136th session GENEVA/BANGKOK - The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (Working Group) concluded its 136th session, which took place from 28 April to 2 May 2025, in Bangkok, Thail...

The #WGEID just concluded its 136th session which took place from 28 April to 2 May 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand. Find out more about the cases it reviewed, its new studies and initiatives. Read the end of session statement here: www.ohchr.org/en/statement...

My latest about Mexico in denial on forced disappearances:

Attacking those searching for missing loved ones is ‘particularly despicable’ politics, told me Lisa Sánchez, director of México Unido contra la Delincuencia
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‘They disappear them’: families of the detained see grim echo of Latin American dictatorships in Trump’s US Mounting stories of ‘forced disappearances’ of Venezuelans in the US have left their loved ones distraught and disbelieving

“Under international law, when someone is detained and there’s no account of where the person is, it amounts to enforced disappearances – and this is exactly what has happened,” she said. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

We welcome contributions that advance our collective understanding of the following key themes and explore new avenues for research, policy advocacy, and practice in addressing the legacies and ongoing tragedies of disappearance: Human Rights violations, including the responsibility of states, state-backed actors and non-state armed groups; Responses within the frameworks of domestic legal regimes, International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law; Forensic techniques in the search for the disappeared; Transitional justice and the rights of victims of disappearance to justice, truth, reparation and nonrecurrence; Historical perspectives on disappearances; Psychological and emotional impact of disappearances; Social and political impact of disappearances; International solidarity and advocacy against disappearances; Activism and resistance in relation to disappearances; Gender and feminist perspectives on disappearances; The evolving dynamics of emerging forms of disappearance; Artistic responses to disappearances; Philosophical approaches to understanding disappearances; Theoretical framing of disappearances.

Be one of the fist to publish in the Journal of Disappearance Studies.
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Pretty topical for the U.S.

Journal of Disappearance Studies The Journal of Disappearance Studies focuses on the collective dimensions of human disappearance, especially enforced disappearance, but also on its consequences at the more than human levels.

We welcome submissions that explore disappearance from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives, including:
International Studies
Peace & Conflict Studies
Legal Studies
Anthropology
Sociology
Humanities
History
The Arts
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We're open for submissions!
The Journal of Disappearance Studies is a groundbreaking new platform for research that unearths and critiques the socio-political, cultural and economic factors shaping the dynamics of human disappearance.
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We’re a new Journal for the emerging field of Disappearance Studies.
We publish research on the collective dimensions of human disappearance and its consequences, with a special focus on #EnforcedDisappearance
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