Remembering Argentina's Disappeared [Apologies, I don't know the source of this image] August is 30 th is the Day we remember the victims of enforced disappearance . Here we are mostly talking about government sponsored or condoned disappearances. There isn’t a region in the world which doesn’t have them and to their shame, 118 out of 193 UN member countries have not yet signed the Convention on the Prevention of Enforced Disappearances. In broad terms, this Convention adopted in 2010 covers the following points: Enforced Disappearance means the arrest, detention abduction or other forms of deprivation of liberty or concealing the fate or whereabouts of the disappeared person. No exceptional circumstances - not war, nor internal political instability, can be invoked to justify such actions. UN member states have a duty to prevent enforced disappearance, to investigate all allegations and to prosecute those responsible. Victims and their families have a right to justice, r
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