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Argentina’s rule-of-law approach to addressing a legacy of enforced disappearances

By Bojana Djokanovic As many as 30,000 persons are believed to have disappeared during Argentina’s “Dirty War” (a term coined in the United States but considered insulting in Argentina) between […]

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By Bojana Djokanovic As many as 30,000 persons are believed to have disappeared during Argentina’s “Dirty War” (a term coined in the United States but considered insulting in Argentina) between

Media and the Missing

Lejla Softic considers the impact of ethnic and cultural bias in media and policy responses to conflict and the issue of missing persons. On 22 March this year, at least

Media and the Missing Read more

Lejla Softic considers the impact of ethnic and cultural bias in media and policy responses to conflict and the issue of missing persons. On 22 March this year, at least

ICMP helps to resolve cold case from Canada

Lejla Hodzic describes how a 35-year old mystery was partly resolved through state-of-the-art DNA matching techniques. After 35 years of waiting, the Johnston family from British Columbia, Canada, have finally

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Lejla Hodzic describes how a 35-year old mystery was partly resolved through state-of-the-art DNA matching techniques. After 35 years of waiting, the Johnston family from British Columbia, Canada, have finally

A Way Forward in Sri Lanka

Andreas Kleiser analyzes the essential role of resolving the issue of missing and disappeared persons in Sri Lanka as part of the country’s postwar recovery. ICMP and the Guatemalan Forensic

A Way Forward in Sri Lanka Read more

Andreas Kleiser analyzes the essential role of resolving the issue of missing and disappeared persons in Sri Lanka as part of the country’s postwar recovery. ICMP and the Guatemalan Forensic

Positive prospects for addressing the issue of missing persons in Colombia

  Bojana Djokanovic examines new and hopeful prospects for accounting for tens of thousands of missing and disappeared persons in Colombia In September 2015 the Colombian government and the Revolutionary

Positive prospects for addressing the issue of missing persons in Colombia Read more

  Bojana Djokanovic examines new and hopeful prospects for accounting for tens of thousands of missing and disappeared persons in Colombia In September 2015 the Colombian government and the Revolutionary

How DNA profiling helped unravel the horror of Bosnia’s genocide

(This article appeared in New Scientist) Bringing Radovan Karadzic to book for his part in war crimes in the former Yugoslavia included groundbreaking use of mass DNA evidence, says Thomas

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(This article appeared in New Scientist) Bringing Radovan Karadzic to book for his part in war crimes in the former Yugoslavia included groundbreaking use of mass DNA evidence, says Thomas

ICMP Assists in Locating Missing in Iraq

[:en] 25 March 2016: On 21 and 22 March, ICMP personnel together with partners from the relevant authorities, placed fences and warning signs around the main mass gravesites in Sinjar.

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[:en] 25 March 2016: On 21 and 22 March, ICMP personnel together with partners from the relevant authorities, placed fences and warning signs around the main mass gravesites in Sinjar.

An Affirmation of the Rule of Law

[:en] 25 March 2016: ICMP Director-General Kathryne Bomberger said today that the verdict handed down by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the case of Radovan Karadzic,

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[:en] 25 March 2016: ICMP Director-General Kathryne Bomberger said today that the verdict handed down by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the case of Radovan Karadzic,

Accounting for the Missing Is Key

[:en] Sarajevo 21 March 2016 – Resolving the issue of missing persons is a key element in sustaining reconciliation and stability throughout the region, Matthew Holliday, the Head of ICMP’s Western

Accounting for the Missing Is Key Read more

[:en] Sarajevo 21 March 2016 – Resolving the issue of missing persons is a key element in sustaining reconciliation and stability throughout the region, Matthew Holliday, the Head of ICMP’s Western

Roundtable on Issue of Missing Persons in Sri Lanka

[:en] 15 March 2016: The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) and the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (Fundación de Antropología Forense de Guatemala: FAFG) held a roundtable in Trincomalee, Sri

Roundtable on Issue of Missing Persons in Sri Lanka Read more

[:en] 15 March 2016: The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) and the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (Fundación de Antropología Forense de Guatemala: FAFG) held a roundtable in Trincomalee, Sri

The Other Migration Crisis

A UNHCR report on Mixed Maritime Movements in Southeast Asia, released on 23 February, details the unfolding tragedy of Rohingya migrants making the perilous journey south from Bangladesh and western

The Other Migration Crisis Read more

A UNHCR report on Mixed Maritime Movements in Southeast Asia, released on 23 February, details the unfolding tragedy of Rohingya migrants making the perilous journey south from Bangladesh and western

Latin America and the Missing

At the beginning of March Colombia’s Ambassador to the Netherlands, Juan Jose Quintana, hosted a meeting of diplomats from the Group of Latin American Countries in The Hague. Participants discussed

Latin America and the Missing Read more

At the beginning of March Colombia’s Ambassador to the Netherlands, Juan Jose Quintana, hosted a meeting of diplomats from the Group of Latin American Countries in The Hague. Participants discussed

 

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