On the occasion of the International Day for the Right to the Truth, the Euro-Mediterranean Federation against Enforced Disappearances (FEMED) salutes the courage and determination of all its member associations, which defend the memory of the disappeared on a daily basis, relentlessly call for truth and justice, and demand the unconditional application of the principle of non-repetition.... Continue reading Right to the truth: more than a universal right, a duty of States

Thirteen years later ... where are our loved ones? We, the participants of the March 24, 2012 meeting in Therande (Suhareka), entitled "Thirteen years later ... where are our loved ones?" and after discussions with local institutions, international organizations and associations for the missing, come to these... Continue reading KOSOVO: Thirteen years later ... where are our loved ones?

In a joint report published today, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN), the Collectif des Familles des Disparu(e)s en Algérie (CFDA), the Ligue Algérienne pour la Défense des Droits de l'Homme (LADDH) and the Syndicat National du Personnel Autonome de l'Administration Publique (SNAPAP) call on the Algerian public and international observers present in Algeria to... Continue reading ALGERIA : Report by EMHRN, CFDA, LADDH and SNANAP

URGENT CALL - OBSERVATORY DZA 001 / 0412 / OBS 037 Arbitrary detention / Judicial harassment. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint program of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention on the... Continue reading ALGERIA : URGENT APPEAL : Arbitrary detention of Mr. Abdelkader Kherba

On March 30, 2012, Bosnia-Herzegovina ratified the Convention against Enforced Disappearances, a major step forward in the fight against impunity. Bosnia-Herzegovina becomes the 32nd State party to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. With this ratification, Bosnia-Herzegovina undertakes to carry out investigations... Continue reading BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Ratification by Bosnia-Herzegovina

Several waves of mass arrests have taken place this month in Turkey, targeting human rights activists. Representatives of the Yakay-der and Mothers for Peace associations, members of the Euro-Mediterranean Federation Against Enforced Disappearances (FEMED), are today in detention: Cemal Bektas, President of the Yakay-der association and brother of the disappeared, Kemal... Continue reading TURKEY: Urgent appeal

Maghreb-Europe regional seminar at the Museum of the History of Catalonia on The preservation of historical memory. Barcelona Session I: 10am - 1:30pm Chairman, Manuel Perona. 10:15am - 10:30am: Enforced disappearances in the Mediterranean Nassera Dutour, President of the Euro-Mediterranean Federation Against Enforced Disappearances (FEMED) 10:30am - 10:45am: Amnesty laws and the... Continue reading Maghreb-Europe regional seminar

Nassera Dutour receives the Oscar Romero Human Rights Award. Nassera Dutour, mother of the disappeared, founding member and spokesperson for the Collectif des familles de disparus en Algérie (CFDA), received the Oscar Romero Human Rights Award from the Rothko Chapel in Houston, USA, on Sunday November 13, 2011. The Oscar Romero... Continue reading ALGERIA: Nassera Dutour receives the Oscar Romero Human Rights Award

Two more flames extinguished, two mothers of the disappeared leave us forever! It is with immense sadness that SOS Disparus and the Collectif des Familles de Disparus (CFDA) have learned once again of the death of two mothers, Sbaâ Fatma, mother of the disappeared Bouderhem Djelloul, born on June 30, 1970, arrested on... Continue reading ALGERIA: Two more flames go out, two mothers of the disappeared leave us forever!

Spain in the dock instead of Judge Garzon? ICAED demands that investigations into enforced disappearances during the Spanish Civil War and Franco's regime should no longer be blocked. ICAED also calls for reparation to be made to the victims, and for the 1977 amnesty law to be repealed. ... Continue reading Spain in the dock instead of Judge Garzon?