Human Rights University Tour: Enforced Disappearances Edition

Human Rights University Tour: Enforced Disappearances Edition

This year’s ????? ?????? ?????????? ????, presented by Justice and Peace Netherlands and the University of Amsterdam, will bring together the Human Rights Tulip award winner and the International Commission on Missing Persons to discuss enforced disappearances. 

You are invited to join the talks and debates on the widespread issue of enforced disappearances. This phenomenon is a crime under international law and the human element to it is clear – people are taken by agents of the State or groups acting with the support of the State and there is a refusal to acknowledge the deprivation of liberty or the whereabouts of the missing person. It is used as a means to terrorize society, spreading fear and insecurity to families and communities. Every single enforced disappearance is a violation of human rights. 

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???????? ?????????: Graciela is the winner of the 2017 Human Rights Tulip. The award recognises courageous human rights defenders promoting and supporting human rights in innovative ways. Graciela is standing up for the rights of family members of disappeared persons in Mexico. She has founded the Forensic Citizen Science project to facilitate the identification of victims’ remains and bring justice to families, all while continuing the search for her own relatives. 

??????? ???? ????????: Deborah is Head of Institutional and Civil Society Development at the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP). The ICMP actively works with governments, civil society organisations, justice institutions and more to address the issue of missing persons as a result of armed conflict, human rights abuses and other causes. Their work focuses on developing institutional capacity for governments, developing legislation safeguarding rights of families and assisting the process of justice. 

??. ?????? ???????: Yvonne is a professor of international human rights and cultural diversity at the University of Amsterdam. She will discuss the pressing issue of shrinking space for civil society and the needed support for human rights defenders as true change-makers for a better world. 

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????????: English (With Spanish translation)
????????: University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Law), Roeterseiland Complex (Rec) Building A, Nieuwe Achtergracht 166, Room 301