2023-08-30 17:31
UN Chief Demands Halt to Atrocious Crime of Forced Disappearances
Enforced disappearance has regularly been used as a tool for instilling fear and exert control over a population. The feeling of insecurity it generates is not limited to close relatives of the disappeared, but also their communities and society as a whole. In a post on social media platform X, The UN chief said enforced disappearance was "a serious human rights violation that has frequently been used to spread terror…I call on countries to help put an end to this atrocious crime". News that may never come According to the UN human rights office ( OHCHR ), enforced disappearance can be defined as the arrest, detention, or abduction of an individual by the State or group acting with the authorization of the State, followed by concealment of the whereabouts of the disappeared person.
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