Book of the Disappeared

Jennifer Heath is an Independent scholar, Author/Editor, Activist, and Curator.Ashraf Zahedi, a sociologist, is a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

“Book of the Disappeared is destined to be an essential work in the field of human rights for years to come. The authors argue that the search for the disappeared must be conducted for three reasons: to locate, identify, and return the remains of the disappeared to family members for proper burial; to gather evidence to hold perpetrators accountable; and to set the historical record straight.”—Eric Stover, Co-Faculty Director, Human Rights Center, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley

• AcknowledgementsArtworkIntroductionJENNIFER HEATH and ASHRAF ZAHEDIInterlude: Index of the DisappearedCHITRA GANESH and MARIAM GHANI1 ─ Latin America's Contributions to the Development of Institutional Responses to Enforced DisappearancesARIEL E. DULITZKY2 ─ The Impact of Enforced Disappearance on WomenAMRITA KAPURInterlude: Between Two RiversSAMA ALSHAIBI3 ─ Iraq: Enforced Disappearance as a Tool of WarDIRK ADRIAENSENS4 ─ Extraordinary Rendition: A Human Rights AnalysisDAVID WEISSBRODTInterlude: Abu GhraibNANCY MARON 5 ─ Lives in Limbo: Afghanistan’s Epidemic of DisappearancesDALAS MAZOORI and STEFAN SCHMITT6 ─ Vanishing Nation: Enforced Disappearances in Syria SARETA ASHRAPH and NICOLETTE WALDMANInterlude: Do Not Forget Us: La TanssanaHELEN ZUGHAIB7 ─ Politics of Silence and Denial: 1988 Enforced Disappearances and Executions in IranASHRAF ZAHEDIInterlude: The EyesYASSI GOLSHANI8 ─ The Legacy of Wartime Rape in Bosnia and HerzegovinaEDINA BEĆIREVIĆ and MAJDA HALIOVIĆ9 ─ Genocide of the RohingyaAKILA RADHAKEISHNAN and ELENA SARVERInterlude: The Elephant and the Pond of BloodLEANG SECKON10 ─ The Khmer Rouge Bureaucrats: Counting the MissingJAMES A. TYNERInterlude: Lynch FragmentsMELVIN EDWARDS11 ─ Our Resilient Bodies: The Role of Forensic Science and Medicine in Restoring the Disappeared to HistorySOREN BLAUInterlude: In Between/Underneath (Entremedio/Por Debajo)JONATHAN HERRERA SOTO12 ─ Retributive or Restorative Justice: Gacaca Courts’ Contribution to Transitional Justice and Reconciliation in poet-Genocide RwandaHILMI ZAWATI13 ─ MIA: Disappearing Political Analysis in Transnational JusticeVASUKI NESIAHInterlude: StolenMORGAN C. PAGE14 ─ Story as Portal: Healing, Regeneration, and Possibility After GenocideKAYHAN IRANI15 ─ The Psychology of Bystanders, Perpetrators, and Heroic HelpersERVIN STAUBAbout the ContributorsIndex