Forced Disappearances and Quality of Family Life: Perspectives From Memory, Justice and Social Resilience

Enforced disappearances constitute one of the most devastating expressions of contemporary structural violence. Unlike other forms of aggression, disappearance not only deprives individuals of their freedom and lives, but also extends its harm into time and the community, transforming individual suffering into a collective wound. The disappeared person does not truly die, but neither does he fully live on in the memory of those who search for him. His absence becomes a painful presence that reorganizes the daily lives of families and challenges the very notion of justice.