Underreporting of cases from Africa
Josine Krikke; Dave Hardy
2007, Aim for human rights (previously Humanist Committee for Human Rights, HOM):
Pages: 30-31
Article on 2005 report of the UNWGEID in which the working group is concerned about the lack of reports on disappearances from Africa.
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Abstract:
The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (UNWGEID) and international human rights NGOs regularly receive information on cases of enforced disappearances from dozens of countries around the world. However, if one takes a closer look at the figures it becomes clear that Africa is hardly mentioned, despite the fact that this region is prone to many wars and internal conflicts which lead to gross human rights violations. There seems to be an apparent underreporting of disappearance cases from Africa.
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