International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

#IDVED

More of an educational piece, it was for me anyway…

Every year on August 30th, the world observes the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. This day highlights the grave injustices faced by countless individuals and their families around the world and calls for action to prevent such atrocities in the future. Established by the UN General Assembly in 2010, the day aims to draw attention to the fate of individuals who have been forcibly disappeared, often by state officials or with state complicity. 

#EndEnforcedDisappearances

#IDVED (International Day of Visibility of Enforced Disappearances)

🎥 Enforced Disappearances: hear the victims

UN Human Rights | Aug 30, 2022

According to the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, proclaimed by the General Assembly in its resolution 47/133 of 18 December 1992 as a body of principles for all States, an enforced disappearance occurs when:

"persons are arrested, detained or abducted against their will or otherwise deprived of their liberty by officials of different branches or levels of Government, or by organized groups or private individuals acting on behalf of, or with the support, direct or indirect, consent or acquiescence of the Government, followed by a refusal to disclose the fate or whereabouts of the persons concerned or a refusal to acknowledge the deprivation of their liberty, which places such persons outside the protection of the law."

Both the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which came into force on 1 July 2002, and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, adopted by the UN General Assembly on 20 December 2006, state that, when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed at any civilian population, a "forced disappearance" qualifies as a crime against humanity and, thus, is not subject to a statute of limitations. It gives victims' families the right to seek reparations, and to demand the truth about the disappearance of their loved ones.

Secretary of State Blinky Blink’s statement on the day specifically spotlighted three countries: China, Russia-occupied parts of Ukraine, and Syria…

🔖 U.S. Department of State | Press Statement | Aug 30, 2024

Today we remember the victims of this practice around the world – including in the People’s Republic of China, where members of religious and ethnic minority groups, lawyers, activists, and others are targeted; in Russia-occupied parts of Ukraine, where thousands of civilians have been disappeared or held incommunicado by Russian authorities, with their whereabouts and wellbeing unknown; and in Syria, where over 110,000 persons remain forcibly disappeared or arbitrarily detained, including thousands of children and women. The United States urges governments everywhere to put an end to this practice, hold perpetrators accountable, and respect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all.

Two remarks I wish to add here…

➊ I first heard about the staggering Syria statistic in the UN Security Council’s 9713th meeting a few days ago (28th August to be precise). One of the representatives remarked their forcibly disappeared person count accounted for around five percent of total population.

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) today released its 13th annual report on enforced disappearance in Syria, to mark the International Day of the Disappeared, which is observed annually on August 30. In the report, the group notes that at least 113,218 of the people arrested by the parties to the conflict in Syria since March 2011, including 3,129 children and 6,71 women, are still forcibly disappeared. SNHR also stressed that there is no end in sight for the crime of enforced disappearance in Syria.

🔖 SNHR’s 13th Annual Report

➋ You cease not disappoint ‘Merica… how you can view, monochromatic, Ukraine’s plight and breathe no whisper, Israel’s occupied Palestine.. Majestic feat of purposeful influence (we call that shit propaganda & you’re really not that good at it by the way…)

Palestinian rights groups on Friday said that the Israeli judicial system facilitates the crime of forced disappearance of Palestinian detainees from Gaza, calling for holding Israel accountable, Anadolu reports.

The statement, reported by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, was issued by the Palestinian Prisoner Society, the Prisoners Affairs Commission, and the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association to mark the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance on Aug. 30.

The statement noted that thousands of detainees are being held under the “Unlawful Combatants Law,” enacted by the Israeli Knesset in 2002, which the groups argue fundamentally violates due process.

The statement further highlighted the lack of clear information regarding the number of detainees from Gaza in Israeli jails, including children and women.

Middle East Monitor | Aug 31, 2024

🎥 Israel's 'Abu Ghraib': Torture, abuse of Palestinians in concentration camp

TRT World | Aug 27, 2024

Leaked images and reports from the military-run Sde Teiman detention centre – where Israel is holding dozens of Palestinians from Gaza, have raised fears of Israel running a detention centre similar to the notorious prison operated by US forces at Abu Ghraib near Iraq's capital, Baghdad, where prisoners were subjected to severe abuse, torture, and even execution by US military personnel.

Sum of your principles: elites, slaves and poor entertainment,

hold a whole world captive, thermogenic toxic battle,

scientific materialism, mind-numbing commercialism,

enjoy the blood-soaked printed riches of our souls

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Al Jazeera English | Aug 30, 2024

Will share part 3 of song in next work’s piece (inshallah), ciao for now 🫡

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