Book presentation: Enforced Disappearances: On Universal Responses to a Worldwide Phenomenon

When: Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Where: Online via Zoom

This book presentation discusses the current challenges in the area of enforced disappearances and how they have been - or can be - addressed using international law and UN mechanisms. 

Enforced Disappearances: On Universal Responses to a Worldwide Phenomenon (Cambridge University Press, 2025) discusses the UN human rights (both treaty bodies and special procedures) response to the key challenges of missing persons and enforced disappearances, including reparations, family rights, involvement of non-state actors, and the migration context. The book also includes several illustrative case studies from Latin America, Africa, Mexico, the Western Balkans, and the Asia-Pacific region, which demonstrate the current challenges and problems relating to enforced disappearances in domestic or regional settings. The book includes contributions from experts in this issue working across a global range of jurisdictions. 

The event will welcome the book's co-editors, Grażyna Baranowska and Milica Kolaković-Bojović, along with contributors Gabriella Citroni, Jasminka Džumhur, Lene Guercke, Ivan Jovanović, Barbara Lochbihler,Maria Clara Galvis Patiñoand Eva Nudd. Moderated by Violeta Moreno-Lax. The event is hosted by the Centre for Fundamental Rights, in collaboration with (B)OrderS: Centre for the Legal Study of Borders, Migration and Displacement at Queen Mary University of London.

Prior registration is required. Registered attendees will receive the dial-in details prior to the event.