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Enforced disappearances Argentina


Numbers and Context
UNWGEID Cases
3,445 cases reported, 142 clarified and 3,303 outstanding.
NGOs Numbers
30.000 is the estimated number of disappearances by human rights organisations. CONADEP (Comisión Nacional sobre la Desaparición de Personas) recorded the enforced disappearance of 9,000 people from 1976 to 1983.
Context
The military coup of March 24, 1976 removed Perón's democratic government from office. The armed forces took power until 1983. The military government repressed opposition and leftist groups using harsh illegal measures (the "Dirty War"). Majority of cases reported to the UNWGEID occured between 1975 and 1978 under the military Government in its campaign against left win guerrillas and their alleged sympathizers.
Federations and Organisations
Federation Federación Latinoamericana de Asociaciones de Familiares de Detenidos-Desaparecidos (FEDEFAM)
Website http://www.desaparecidos.org/fedefam
Contact Postal Address:
Fedefam 2444 - Carmelitas 1010-A
Caracas, Venezuela
Office:
Edif. Aldomar Piso 7 - Oficina 55, Marrón a Cují
TF: +58.2.564.0503
Fax: +58.2.564.2746
e-mail: fedefamorg(at)cantv.net
Focus Enforced Disappearances in Latin American Region
 
Organisation Abuelas Plaza de Mayo
Website www.abuelas.org.ar
Contact
Focus Enforced Disappearances of Children in Argentina
Member ofFederación Latinoamericana de Asociaciones de Familiares de Detenidos-Desaparecidos (FEDEFAM)
 
Organisation Asociación Madres de la Plaza de Mayo
Website www.madres.org
Contact
Focus Enforced Disappearances in Argentina
Member ofFederación Latinoamericana de Asociaciones de Familiares de Detenidos-Desaparecidos (FEDEFAM)
 
Organisation Comisión Pro-Monumento a las Víctimas del Terrorismo de Estado
Website www.parquedelamemoria.org.ar
Contact Comisión pro Monumento a las Víctimas del Terrorismo de Estado
Perú 160, 1° piso Ciudad Autónoma
Buenos Aires (C1067AAD), Argentina
Tlf: 4338-3000
Fax: 4338-3000
Focus Remembrance, information center, reporting cases of disappearances
 
Organisation Familiares de Desaparecidos y Detenidos por Razones Políticas (Familiares)
Website www.desaparecidos.org/familiares
Contact
Focus Enforced Disappearances for Polical Reasons in Argentina
Member ofFederación Latinoamericana de Asociaciones de Familiares de Detenidos-Desaparecidos (FEDEFAM)
 
Organisation Hijos por la Identidad y la Justicia contra el Olvido y el Silencio (H.I.J.O.S)
Website www.hijos-capital.org.ar
Contact
Focus Human Rights in Argentina
 
Organisation Madre de la Plaza de Mayo - Linea Fundadora
Website http://www.madresfundadoras.org.ar/
Contact
Focus Enforced disappeances in Argentina