Blog: International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances: How Can Forensics Assist in the Location and Identification of Victims of Enforced Disappearances?

SQUIRES, Kirsty (2020) Blog: International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances: How Can Forensics Assist in the Location and Identification of Victims of Enforced Disappearances? LPF, Staffordshire University.

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The International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances will take place on Sunday 30th August 2020. According the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (2010), an enforced disappearance can be defined as “the arrest, detention, abduction or any other form of deprivation of liberty by agents of the State or by persons or groups of persons acting with the authorization, support or acquiescence of the State, followed by a refusal to acknowledge the deprivation of liberty or by concealment of the fate or whereabouts of the disappeared person, which place such a person outside the protection of the law.” Enforced disappearances are not confined to one country or continent, nor did they only happen in the past. Thousands of children and adults disappear on a yearly basis around the world.

Item Type:	Other
Faculty:	School of Law, Policing and Forensics > Criminal Justice and Forensic Science
Depositing User:	Kirsty SQUIRES
Date Deposited:	10 Sep 2020 10:59
Last Modified:	24 Feb 2023 14:00
URI:	https://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/id/eprint/6527

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