FEMED

The Euro-Mediterranean Federation against Enforced Disappearances is a federation of associations of victims' families fighting for Truth and Justice.

[UN Human Rights @UNHumanRights]

Enforced disappearances still happen every day, leaving families without answers.

20 years after the Convention, the call remains clear: Victims first. Action now.

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[FEMED @femedonline]

Les autorités tunisiennes doivent mettre fin à cette dérive et respecter leurs engagements nationaux et internationaux.

[FEMED @femedonline]

🚨 La FEMED dénonce avec la plus grande fermeté la condamnation à vingt-cinq ans de prison de Mme Sihem Ben Sedrine, ancienne présidente de l’Instance Vérité et Dignité en Tunisie.

[FEMED @femedonline]

La FEMED exprime sa pleine solidarité avec Mme Sihem Ben Sedrine et avec toutes les personnes poursuivies pour avoir contribué à la mise en œuvre de ce processus essentiel. Œuvrer pour la justice transitionnelle n'est pas un crime.

[FEMED @femedonline]

En ciblant celles et ceux qui ont porté la justice transitionnelle, les autorités tunisiennes envoient un signal alarmant : celui de la criminalisation du travail de mémoire, de redevabilité et de lutte contre l’impunité.

[FEMED @femedonline]

Cette décision, rendue dans le cadre de poursuites liées à l’exercice d’un mandat légal au sein d’une institution de justice transitionnelle, constitue une attaque grave contre le droit à la vérité, la justice et la réparation.

[FEMED @femedonline]

Salle comble vendredi pour notre conférence « Le droit à la vérité » : enjeux juridiques, politiques et sociaux, avec une approche comparative (Algérie, Afrique du Sud, Argentine) et des témoignages forts, dont celui de Bachir Ben Barka, fils d'El Mehdi Ben Barka.

[FEMED @femedonline]

March 24 — International Day for the Right to the Truth

A fundamental right for the families of the disappeared… and for society as a whole.

Enforced disappearances are not just a crime of the past: they continue today, as in the DRC or Iran.

➡️ No truth, no justice.

[FEMED @femedonline]

📣 INVITATION Conférence – Droit à la vérité
INSCRIPTION OBLIGATOIRE : https://t.co/SP8sSNoDYH
Documentaire, puis conférence avec 2 chercheuses

📅 Vendredi 27 mars
🕖 19h – 21h

📍 Salle Louise Michel
Bourse du Travail
3 rue du Château d'Eau
75010 Paris

[FEMED @femedonline]

Preventing families from gathering and speaking out will not erase the truth.

🔎 The international community must remain vigilant about the human rights situation in Algeria.

#SOSDisparus #Algeria #EnforcedDisappearances #HumanRightsViolations

[FEMED @femedonline]

🚨 ALERT – ALGERIA
The office of SOS Disparus in Algiers has been sealed by the authorities after more than 25 years of activity.
This space was a key meeting point for families of people who disappeared during Algeria’s civil war in the 1990s.

[FEMED @femedonline]

✊ FEMED strongly condemns the sealing of the SOS Disparus office and calls on the Algerian authorities to:
• lift this decision
• guarantee freedom of association
• respect the right of families to truth and justice.

[FEMED @femedonline]

In July 2025, activist and mother of a disappeared person Nassera Dutour was denied entry and expelled from Algiers airport, despite travelling to her own country.

[FEMED @femedonline]

This decision comes amid growing pressure on civil society and human rights defenders in Algeria, repeatedly raised by international human rights organisations.

[FEMED @femedonline]

The sealing of this office directly affects families who have spent decades seeking answers about the fate of their loved ones.
It risks further isolating victims and erasing the memory of the disappeared.

[FEMED @femedonline]

Founded by Nassera Dutour, herself the mother of a disappeared person, SOS Disparus has helped document thousands of cases of enforced disappearances dating back to Algeria’s “Black Decade”.

[FEMED @femedonline]

Since the early 2000s, families of the disappeared – often mothers – gathered there regularly to share testimonies, submit documentation and continue their struggle for truth and justice.

[FEMED @femedonline]

On 16 March 2026, officials from the Sidi M’hamed district arrived at the premises on Mustapha Ben Boulaïd Street in Algiers to enforce an administrative closure order dated 12 March 2026.

[FEMED @femedonline]

An enforced disappearance is not a past event.

It is a present violation.

Until the person is found.
Until the truth is known.
Until justice is delivered.
#EnforcedDisappearances #RightToTruth #InternationalLaw

[FEMED @femedonline]

🔎 Understanding Enforced Disappearances - Episode 1

Why is enforced disappearance considered a continuous crime under international law?

A short thread by FEMED👇

[FEMED @femedonline]

This legal characterization is crucial.

It prevents States from:
• Evading responsibility through time
• Invoking prescription too early
• Closing cases without establishing the truth