Category: Documentation

Plus de cinq mois après la chute du régime de Bachar al-Assad, la Syrie entame une transition délicate. Le nouveau président par intérim, Ahmad al-Charaa, a annoncé une série d’initiatives censées poser les bases d’un futur fondé sur la justice, la vérité et la réconciliation. Parmi les mesures phares figurent la création de deux commissions… Poursuivre la lecture Syrie : premières initiatives de justice transitionnelle après la chute du régime

Colloque – Académie des Sciences d’Outre-MerLundi 28 et mardi 29 avril 2025 – 15, rue La Pérouse 75016 Paris (Métro Kléber, ligne 6) Présentation Ce colloque examinera la notion de « disparition » sous différents angles : en situation de « péril de mort » (Code civil, 1978) ou volontaire. Les guerres (mondiales, de décolonisation, civiles…) des XIXe et… Poursuivre la lecture Disparaître en temps de guerre (XIXe – XXe siècles)

In January 2025, the 1st World Congress on Enforced Disappearances was held in Geneva, bringing together key players in the fight against this serious and persistent crime. The event, of unprecedented scope, brought together associations, experts and human rights defenders from all over the world to discuss the... Continue reading Participation in the World Congress on the Disappeared in Geneva

From December 20 to 22, 2024, FEMED led a mission to Istanbul to strengthen support for its member associations working against enforced disappearances. The mission also laid the foundations for a network of associations with a view to setting up the Assembly of Women Human Rights Defenders. During the mission,... Continue reading The mission to Istanbul.

From September 23 to 25, 2024, FEMED led a crucial advocacy mission in Geneva, dedicated to combating enforced disappearances and promoting justice and accountability in the Euro-Mediterranean region. For three days, representatives of FEMED, its member associations and... Continue reading Advocacy mission to UN mechanisms

On August 30, 2024, FEMED (Euro-Mediterranean Federation against Enforced Disappearances) organized a series of events in Paris to mark the International Day for Victims of Enforced Disappearances. This day, commemorated throughout the world, is a reminder of the urgent need to combat this crime, which all too often goes unpunished, and to bring truth and justice... Continue reading Back to the International Day for Victims of Enforced Disappearances

On December 8, 2023, FEMED organized a round-table discussion and exhibition on the many female figures who have left their mark on history, but who are largely unknown to the general public. The theme of the event was the participation of women, particularly women from the South, in the drafting of the UDHR.... Continue reading Round table for International Human Rights Day and the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

To commemorate the International Day in Memory of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance, held every year on August 30, FEMED launched a campaign from August 30 to September 2 entitled "Et si j'avais disparu? Various groups of families of the disappeared were invited to take part, from... Continue reading "What if I had disappeared?" campaign on the occasion of the International Day for the Victims of Enforced Disappearances.

FEMED led an advocacy mission in Geneva from May 8 to 12, 2023, on the sidelines of the 130th session of the United Nations Working Group against Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances. As part of this mission, the Federation invited its member associations from Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Lebanon... Continue reading Advocacy mission to diplomatic representatives in Geneva and UN bodies.

Whether in Spain under Franco's regime, in Algeria during the Black Decade, in the Balkans during the Yugoslav wars, in Iraq or Syria, enforced disappearances have undeniably had a major impact on women; in that in patriarchal societies, at the intersection of different relations of domination,... Continue reading Conference on "Women and enforced disappearances : A double penalty", on the occasion of International Women's Rights Day