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
Advocacy mission to Geneva (September 23-25, 2024)
From September 23 to 25, 2024, a delegation from the Euro-Mediterranean Federation against Enforced Disappearances (FEMED) travelled to Geneva for an advocacy mission. The purpose of the trip was to draw the attention of the United Nations and international experts to human rights violations, particularly enforced disappearances, in Egypt and Morocco. Meetings... Continue reading Advocacy mission in Geneva (September 23-25, 2024)
A look back at the International Day for the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
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
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance
Download PDF A look back at the International Day for Victims of Enforced Disappearances - August 30, 2024 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... Continue reading International Day for the Victims of Enforced Disappearance
Condolences to the family of Madame Chihoub
The members of FEMED join SOS Disparu(e)s and CFDA in extending their deepest condolences to the family and friends of Madame Chihoub née Djebbar Taous, who passed away on February 1. In 1996, her two sons, Mourad and Djamel, were arrested by soldiers from the Baraki barracks. Mourad was only 16... Continue reading Condolences to the family of Madame Chihoub
Round table to mark International Human Rights Day and the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
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)
Et si j'avais disparu?" campaign to mark the International Day for the Victims of Enforced Disappearance.
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.
Advocacy mission to diplomatic representatives in Geneva and UN bodies.
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.
Conference "Women and enforced disappearances: A double penalty", on the occasion of International Women's Rights Day
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
Training, advocacy and meetings in Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan
FEMED organized a training session on advocacy and political influence in Erbil, a city in Iraqi Kurdistan, from February 26 to March 1, 2023. The training brought together seventeen participants from associations working to combat enforced disappearances in various Iraqi cities... Continue reading Training, advocacy and meetings in Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan