The Cassese Initiative for Justice, Peace and Humanity (Cassese Initiative) organizes a workshop on the topic "Enforced Disappearance: Challenges to Accountability under International Law", which will be held at the European University Institute in Florence, on Friday 25 October 2013.
"Enforced disappearance remains one of the most heinous human rights violations. From the 'political cleansing' campaigns of oppressive regimes to the 'war on terror', hundreds of thousands of targeted opponents have disappeared without a trace, and their families left to live in uncertainty over their fate. Due to its complex nature as a multiple human rights violation and a very serious international crime, and the fact that it is, by definition, shrouded in secrecy, enforced disappearance poses particular problems with regard to accountability."
Today, in spite of a framework which includes the 2007 United Nations Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, several international courts and monitoring bodies with competence over the violation, as well as the International Criminal Court, these problems persist and new challenges emerge in the fight against impunity.
This Workshop, inspired by Antonio Cassese's early dedication to the eradication of enforced disappearance in Chile, seeks to address some of the problematic issues raised by the 'modern' forms of enforced disappearance, and evaluate the effectiveness of the existing international framework.
Presentations will be given by leading experts in the field. In the active discussion that will follow each presentation, participants will have the opportunity to share views and experience in both an academic but also in a professional context. The Workshop is addressed to professionals in the fields of human rights and international criminal law, as well as PhD researchers and students with a demonstrated interest.
To find out more about the program, please visit: http://www.cassese-initiative.org/global-training/workshops.html
If you wish to participate, please register on: http://www.moreganize.ch/bKAAubuia53
For more information on the Cassese Initiative, please visit http://www.cassese-initiative.org
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