📌 Enforced disappearances remain an issue of profound seriousness, with lasting consequences for the families of those affected:

These realities continue to raise complex #legal and practical questions in criminal and #humanrights #law at national, regional, and international levels -

Post by Milica Kolaković-Bojović, PhD, and Prof. Grażyna Baranowska for the ICRC Blog in Law and #policy on #enforceddisappearance

#ihl #UN #genevaconvention #romestatute

+🎧 podcast

https://blogs.icrc.org/law-and-policy/2026/05/12/enforced-disappearances-universal-responses-to-a-worldwide-phenomenon/

Elizabeth Magbanua
Labor organizer Elizabeth "Loi" Magbanua has been missing since May 3, 2022.
The post Elizabeth Magbanua appeared first on Bulatlat.
https://www.bulatlat.com/2026/05/07/elizabeth-magbanua/

#bulatlat #philippines #Aparicin #LatestStories #Desaparecidos #ElizabethLoiMagbanua #ElizabethMagbanua #Enforceddisappearance

William Lariosa
Labor organizer William Lariosa has been missing for two years on this day.
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https://www.bulatlat.com/2026/04/10/william-lariosa/

#bulatlat #philippines #Aparicin #Desaparecidos #Enforceddisappearance #WilliamLariosa

After 2 years, son laments continuing disappearance of Mindanao labor organizer
"We do not know where to stand or how to feel, whether we could still hope or just move on."
The post After 2 years, son laments continuing disappearance of Mindanao labor organizer appeared first on Bulatlat.
https://www.bulatlat.com/2026/04/10/after-2-years-son-laments-continuing-disappearance-of-mindanao-labor-organizer/

#bulatlat #philippines #CivilPoliticalRights #Enforceddisappearance #WilliamLariosa

Ariel Badiang
Ariel Badiang, 64, a peace consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in Southern Mindanao Region, has been missing since Feb. 6, 2023. Read about it: NDFP consultant still missing after 3 years
The post Ariel Badiang appeared first on Bulatlat.
https://www.bulatlat.com/2026/03/25/ariel-badiang/

#bulatlat #philippines #Aparicin #Desaparecidos #Disappearedndfppeaceconsultants #Enforceddisappearance #NDFP

Justice delayed is justice denied — a legal maxim that underscores the growing concerns over prolonged judicial proceedings and their impact on victims, defendants, and public confidence in the rule of law.

#Thailand #Justice #AntiTortureLaw #EnforcedDisappearance #พรบอุ้มหาย

https://www.thaienquirer.com/66744/justice-delayed-is-justice-denied-three-years-after-thailands-anti-torture-law-33-cases-compensated-but-gaps-persist/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Why another investigation? After 8 years, Susanna Liew is demanding what the High Court, Suhakam & the task force already made clear: state agents abducted Pastor Raymond Koh. Reveal the truth. Prosecute the police involved. Stop delaying justice. #RaymondKoh #EnforcedDisappearance

https://www.malaysiakini.com/read4free/762928/NTZhawKce#why-investigate-kohs-abduction-again-pastors-wife-asks-gobind

UN experts urge #Nicaragua to reveal the fate and whereabouts of over 120 forcibly disappeared people, warning that all those trying to defend their rights face grave risk of #EnforcedDisappearance in the country.

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/10/nicaragua-un-experts-say-continuing-repression-population-through-enforced

The 7th Regional Court of Appeal has upheld the dismissal of a petition by the family of Siam Theerawut, a Thai political exile who disappeared in Vietnam in 2019, seeking to have him legally declared missing.

#Thailand #HumanRights #EnforcedDisappearance

https://www.thaienquirer.com/59472/appeals-court-upholds-dismissal-of-petition-to-declare-siam-theerawut-missing-family-to-continue-legal-efforts/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

📢 A Palestinian rights group accused Israel’s judiciary on Saturday of legitimizing the #enforceddisappearance of thousands of detainees from #gaza since the war began nearly two years ago

🔹 Marking the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Palestinian Prisoner Society said the practice escalated sharply after Israel launched its ground offensive on Oct. 27, 2023

#palestine #law #news
#humanrights

📰 Report MEMO AUG-30

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250830-israeli-judiciary-helped-conceal-fate-of-gaza-detainees-rights-group/