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Enforced disappearances in Ukraine - The mother of the missing Andrii Shapoval shows a video of her son on her phone.

Enforced disappearance in Ukraine: Andrii’s mother's tortured path

On the morning of April 12, 2022, the day of his 28th birthday, Andrii Shapoval went to his friend’s grandmother’s house in Balakliya, eastern Ukraine, which was under occupation. He never returned home. Through this story, a Ukrainian journalist looks at the steps taken by his mother and by thousands of other Ukrainians whose relatives […]

By Tetiana Fedorkova (in Balakliya, Ukraine / MediaPort)

Justice for Syria and the International court of Justice (ICJ) - Photo: a poster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the streets of Damascus.

Why isn’t the ICJ bolder on Syria?

In Guatemala, family members who were victims of enforced disappearances celebrate the verdict in a trial in Belgium.

A Belgian court provides hope for justice in Guatemala

Looking for the missing in Ukraine - Ukrainian rescuers after the destruction of a residential building in Dnipro (Ukraine) by a missile strike.

Looking for the missing in Ukraine

Belarusian Yuri Harauski acquitted after Swiss trial

In surprise move, Swiss court acquits Belarusian of enforced disappearances

Yuri Harauski on trial in Switzerland for enforced disappearances in Belarus

Belarus “hit squad” member on trial in Switzerland for enforced disappearances

Human rights and transitional justice in the Maldives - Photo of a paradise beach with an image of a demonstration against the enforced disappearance of Ahmed Rilwan.

Justice in paradise

Enforced disappearances: Germany seeks its place in international law - A relative of Syrian victims demonstrates outside the Koblenz court.

Enforced disappearances and the German contradiction

Enforced disappearances in Turkey -

Enforced disappearances in Turkey continue under Erdogan

Enforced disappearances in The Gambia - Photos of people who disappeared during Yahya Jammeh's reign.

The disappeared in The Gambia, a missing investigation

In Argentina, a man is dragged on the ground by the military

Argentina’s Ultimate Rendez-Vous with Justice

A priest and musicians celebrate a mass in memory of 3 victims of enforced disappearances in Guatemala in the 1980s.

Universal jurisdiction: what can Belgian justice bring for Guatemalan victims?

Grave of a missing and unidentified person in Colombia (inscription:

In Colombia, the end of a mother’s 20-year quest for a missing daughter

Different figures (tens of thousands) of forced disappearances in Colombia. In the background, silhouette of an unknown face.

What’s behind the numbers of disappeared in the Colombian armed conflict?

Kamel Matmati

Tunisia: glimmers of hope in the Matmati trial