LibGuides: Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances: Argentina

Argentina

Throughout Argentina's Dirty War, from 1974 to 1983, thousands of political dissidents were abducted and tortured. In 1984, CONADEP (National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons) officially estimated nearly 8,960 people still missing in Argentina.

Reports from human rights groups since then have cited up to 30,000 cases of enforced disappearances since the start of the Dirty War.

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Find more information on Argentina's enforced disappearances and human rights:

Argentina: The Right to the Full Truth (1995) In this report, AI continues to call for a full investigation of the fate of the "disappeared" and the disclosure of the results. The report reviews recent revelations by former members of the security forces about involvement in human rights violations. It looks at efforts to investigate past violations, in Argentina and elsewhere.
CONADEP: Nunca Más, A Report on Argentina's Disappeared (1984) CONADEP presided over hearings of thousands of cases of abduction, disappearance, torture, and executions. Every individual case was documented in a numbered file, compiled over 50,000 pages of documentation. See Contents of the report for specific direction.
FEDEFAM: Fighting Against Forced Disappearances in Latin America FEDEFAM is a nongovernmental organization formed by associations of relatives of the disappeared in countries of Latin America and the Caribbean which have or are currently practicing forced disappearance. Their objective is to promote awareness and they seek answers to the missing cases across these countries.