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#MeetTheEditors 👋 🙋 Meet Anush Petrosyan, Associate Editor – Memory, for the Journal of Disappearance Studies. 🧑‍🏫 Anush Petrosyan is a doctoral researcher at Tampere Peace Research Institute (TA...

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🔍 Discover the latest Editors' Choice Collection! All papers are free to read until 31 August ⏳ Congrats to all featured authors! 👏 bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/jds-...

@ulsteruniincore.bsky.social & @jdsjournal.bsky.social invite applications for the Disappearance Studies Conference scheduled to take place from 30.08.26 – 01.09.26 on the Derry-Londonderry Campus of Ulster University. Proposals can be submitted by March 20, 2026. Learn more at our website ⬇️

Call for Papers: Disappearance Studies Conference August 30 - September 1, 2026 at INCORE, Ulster University | Re-(E)MBody | Tampere Universities

INCORE (International Conflict Research Institute, Ulster University), in collaboration with the Journal of Disappearance Studies, invites contributions for its conference, scheduled to take place fro...

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⭐ Enjoy free access to our journal Editors’ top three articles from recent issues. Read for free until 30 April. Congrats to all featured authors! bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/jds-...

We're excited to share details for our second Conversation on Disappearance, taking place on January 27! This session will be focused on cultural responses to disappearance. Further information and registration available here: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/jou...

JDS is pleased to announce a series of ‘Conversations on Disappearances'. These workshop and networking events are designed to develop thematic discussions about disappearances, create a network of scholars and practitioners working on disappearance and develop potential submissions to the Journal.

In addition to traditional scholarly articles, the Journal of Disappearance Studies includes creative responses in all its issues. Have a look at Merve Kurt's poem 'The Vanished' from our first issue:

Another highlight from our first issue: Layla Renshaw's article on the transformative potential and ethical complexities of using genetic genealogy in humanitarian forensic investigations.

ICYMI: first issue out now! Check out Nikolas Kyriacou’s article on how enforced disappearance is understood in international legal frameworks. The article shows the importance of considering multiple human rights violations and underscores the need for sustained efforts to combat impunity.

Our 1st journal issue is out now Featuring interdisciplinary research on #EnforcedDisappearance - spanning #HumanRights law, transitional justice, migration studies, feminism & genetics. Plus interviews with journalists & activists, & poetry. bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

21 Sept was Int'l Peace Day 🕊️. Now, more than ever, it is crucial to invest in durable peace and take concrete steps in that direction. At JRR, with our partners, we are committed to promoting the rights & access to justice of victims & survivors of int'l crimes & serious human rights violations.

happening at the end of the month - the inaugural Disappearance Studies Conference at the University of Notre Dame. check out the program here: irishstudies.nd.edu/events/2025/...

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Disappearance Studies Conference The Journal of Disappearance Studies, in collaboration with the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish…

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I am one of the last of the Abuelas – the grandmothers still searching for Argentina’s ‘disappeared’. I’m 87, but I will never give up www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

I am one of the last of the Abuelas – the grandmothers still searching for Argentina’s ‘disappeared’. I’m 87, but I will never give up

Nearly 50 years ago, my son and his wife were tortured and killed and their baby was taken by the military regime. Two decades later, I found her – but hundreds of grandchildren are still missing

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We are pleased to share that we are now accepting mutli-language abstracts! Once an article is accepted, authors can supply a French, Spanish or Portuguese translation of their abstract bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/multi-langua... #EnforcedDisappearance #DisappearanceStudies

#Syria [interview] - In post-Assad Syria, the “truth tents” offer a space for victims’ families to discuss #truth and #justice. Jad al-Hamada, one of the truth tents’ initiators, speaks to Justice Info about the demand for #TransitionalJustice in Syria.

Truth tents: “Talking about what Syrians need right now”

In post-Assad Syria, the “truth tents” offer a space for victims’ families to discuss truth and justice. Jad al-Hamada, one of the truth tents’ initiators, speaks to Justice Info about the demand for ...

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The 1st issue of The Journal of Disappearance Studies will publish this Autumn. Follow @jdsjournal.bsky.social‬ to learn more about this transdisciplinary journal specialising in #EnforcedDisappearance.

”If we're not allowed in” because New Mexico's border is now a military zone, “then the bones will continue to be scattered and taken underground by animals and their families are never going to find out what happened to their loved ones,” a humanitarian volunteer tells @palabrasdeabajo.bsky.social.

Trump's military zones could complicate search for missing migrants near US-Mexico border

Volunteers who search for missing or dead migrants in the Borderland fear that Trump’s new military zones could obstruct their humanitarian efforts

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The genuinely-chosen #Tibet #PanchenLama and his family have endured three decades of #enforceddisappearance and #arbitrarydetention. Shouldn’t someone be held accountable? A failure to do so enables #China govt #crimesagainsthumanity. thediplomat.com/2025/05/how-...

How Beijing’s 1995 Disappearance of the Panchen Lama Enabled Crimes Against Humanity

China weathered no consequences for abducting a 6-year-old in 1995. That same impunity continues to fuel collective punishment, enforced disappearances, and arbitrary detention.

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On April 30, @nsarchive.bsky.social and @wola-org.bsky.social co-hosted a seminar with 3 Latin American experts to learn from their experiences with #EnforcedDisappearance. A fantastic convo ensued - archived here. 👇 nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/2025-05...

Lessons from Latin America as the United States Reckons With Enforced Disappearance Post Event UPDATE

Watch the recording

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I had the pleasure and honor to participate in the preparation of this documentary. Highly recommended to all interested in the issue of the disappeared during wars, in particular the missing of WWI

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If you're interested in the missing of WWI, watch this fantastic documentary in which 18 students from Ypres (Belgium) follow archaeologists trying to identify some of the thousands of soldiers still missing to this day. With a small contribution from the Re(E)MBody team! youtu.be/_fkmK2mv3hI?...

This tactic is not new; it is called #EnforcedDisappearance, and it is a human rights violation and a threat to democracy elfaro.net/en/202505/op...

Warning for Democracy: Do Not Ignore the US Government Disappearing Migrants

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The #WGEID just concluded its 136th session which took place from 28 April to 2 May 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand. Find out more about the cases it reviewed, its new studies and initiatives. Read the end of session statement here: www.ohchr.org/en/statement...

Enforced disappearances: Working Group concludes its 136th session

GENEVA/BANGKOK - The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (Working Group) concluded its 136th session, which took place from 28 April to 2 May 2025, in Bangkok, Thail...

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My latest about Mexico in denial on forced disappearances: Attacking those searching for missing loved ones is ‘particularly despicable’ politics, told me Lisa Sánchez, director of México Unido contra la Delincuencia @opendemocracy.net

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Enforced disappearances: The systematic crime Mexico refuses to acknowledge

“Under international law, when someone is detained and there’s no account of where the person is, it amounts to enforced disappearances – and this is exactly what has happened,” she said. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘They disappear them’: families of the detained see grim echo of Latin American dictatorships in Trump’s US

Mounting stories of ‘forced disappearances’ of Venezuelans in the US have left their loved ones distraught and disbelieving

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Be one of the fist to publish in the Journal of Disappearance Studies. We welcome contributions from across diverse disciplines and fields of study Learn more bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/jou... #EnforcedDisappearance

Pretty topical for the U.S.

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We welcome submissions that explore disappearance from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives, including: International Studies Peace & Conflict Studies Legal Studies Anthropology Sociology Humanities History The Arts Read our CFP to learn more bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/jou...

We welcome submissions that explore disappearance from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives, including: International Studies Peace & Conflict Studies Legal Studies Anthropology Sociology Humanities History The Arts Read our CFP to learn more bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/jou...

Journal of Disappearance Studies

The Journal of Disappearance Studies focuses on the collective dimensions of human disappearance, especially enforced disappearance, but also on its consequences at the more than human levels.

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We're open for submissions! The Journal of Disappearance Studies is a groundbreaking new platform for research that unearths and critiques the socio-political, cultural and economic factors shaping the dynamics of human disappearance. Learn more here bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/jou...

🙌 We’re thrilled to showcase our newest journals at #BritSoc25, including: • Journal of Creative Research Methods • Gender and Justice • Journal of Global Ageing • Journal of Disappearance Studies 📚 Discover more: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/page/journals

We’re a new Journal for the emerging field of Disappearance Studies. We publish research on the collective dimensions of human disappearance and its consequences, with a special focus on #EnforcedDisappearance bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/jou... @eliseferon.bsky.social #HumanDisappearance