German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel was the person condemned in connection with his role in the application of the "NN decree" by Adolf Hitler, although, as it had not been accepted at the time that enforced disappearances were part of the concept of crimes against humanity, the International Criminal Tribunal in Nuremberg found him guilty of war crimes.
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Since 1974, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the United Nations Commission on Human Rights have been the first international human rights bodies to react to the phenomenon of Forced disappearances, following complaints made in connection with the cases in Chile since the military coup of 11 September 1973.
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In 1981, the Institut des droits de l'homme du Barreau de Paris organized a high-level symposium to promote an international convention on Forced disappearances, followed by several draft declarations and conventions proposed by the Argentine League for Human Rights, FEDEFAM at the annual congress of Peru in 1982 or the Colectivo de Abogados Jose Alvear Restepo from Bogota in 1988.
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The forced disappearances were the military junta's attempt to silence the opposition and break the determination of the guerrillas.
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Forced disappearances's abduction was later denied by the law enforcing agencies.
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The incidents of enforced disappearances were condemned by both domestic and international human rights organizations.
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Forced disappearances shut down parliament, suffocated political life, banned trade unions, and made Chile his sultanate.
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Forced disappearances was detained for 15 days pending further investigations at al-Qanater women's prison, while her almost 3-year-old son was handed over to relatives.
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Forced disappearances was widely practiced by the United States-backed military government of Guatemala during the 36-year Guatemalan Civil War.
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Dissident writers have been the target of Forced disappearances, as have members of religious minorities such as the Baha'i Faith following the Iranian Revolution.
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Usually, the forced disappearances occur in groups and are on people not related to the drug war which was started by President Felipe Calderon in 2006.
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In Pakistan, forced disappearances allegedly began after the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.
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In Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, Azad Kashmir, numerous Forced disappearances are reportedly being committed, notably by the state intelligence agencies, which arrest and disappear some persons who refuse to join the "Jihad" against Indian-held Kashmir.
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Forced disappearances's attempted murder by throwing him with weights on his legs overboard into the open sea was stopped short by Japanese navy vessel warning fire.
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