Panel discussion (video): The impact on families of Russia’s use of enforced disappearance in Chechnya and Ukraine
On 30 August 2023, to mark the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, EHRAC and Bertha Dochouse presented a screening of ‘Barzakh’, an award-winning documentary by Director Mantas Kvedaravičius. The screening, at the Curzon Bloomsbury cinema in central London, was followed by a panel discussion. The panel focused on Russia’s use of the crime of enforced disappearance as a tool of war, in Chechnya and more recently in Ukraine, and the ongoing impact on the families of the disappeared.
Panel:
- Akhmed Gisaev, Human Rights Analysis Centre
- Tetiana Pechonchyk, ZMINA (appearing via Zoom from Kyiv)
- Dr Sarah Whittaker, Trauma Treatment International
Chair: Mariat Imaeva, EHRAC
Lithuanian filmmaker and anthropologist Mantas Kvedaravičius was killed in April 2022 while filming in the besieged city of Mariupol, Ukraine. The event paid tribute to Kvedaravičius’ talent and compassionate filmmaking.
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The Enforced Disappearance Legal Database, or EDLD, is the first and only resource of its kind for those seeking to litigate cases involving enforced disappearance.
The EDLD launched in August 2022, the result of a two-year research project completed with input from domestic and international legal experts. It now includes nearly 200 case summaries, drawn from the European and Inter-American Courts of Human Rights, UN treaty bodies, and a number of domestic courts. It is available in English, Spanish, French and Russian.
The updated EDLD provides international standards on enforced disappearances as set out in international humanitarian law and international criminal law, in addition to the previously-available information on international and regional human rights systems.
