(Redirected from Comisión Nacional sobre la Desaparición de Personas)The 'National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons' (Spanish: '''Comisión Nacional sobre la Desaparición de Personas''', CONADEP) was an
Argentine organization created by
President Raúl Alfonsín on
15 December 1983, shortly after his inauguration, to investigate the fate of the ''desaparecidos'' (victims of
forced disappearance) and other
human rights violations (see:
Dirty War) performed during the military dictatorship known as the
National Reorganization Process between 1976 and 1983.
The research of the investigation commission was documented in the ''Nunca Más'' (Never Again) report, delivered to
Alfonsín on
20 September 1984, which opened the doors to the trial of the military
juntas of the dictatorship. CONADEP recorded, case by case, the forced disappearance of about 9,000 persons from 1976 to 1983, although it noted that the actual number could be higher (estimates by human rights organizations usually place it at 30,000 persons). The report also stated that about 600 people were "disappeared" and 458 were assassinated (by death squads such as the
Argentine Anticommunist Alliance) during the Peronist governments from 1973 to 1976.
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[2]
CONADEP's members were:
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Ernesto Sábato (President)
★ Ricardo Colombres
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René Favaloro
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Hilario Fernández Long
★ Carlos T. Gattinoni
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Gregorio Klimovsky
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Marshall Meyer
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Jaime F. de Nevares
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Eduardo Rabossi
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Magdalena Ruiz Guiñazú
★ Santiago Marcelino López (1)
★ Hugo Diógenes Piucill (1)
★ Horacio Hugo Huarte (1)
:
(1) designated by the Chamber of Deputies.
Five secretaries were also named:
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Graciela Fernández Meijide: Depositions
★ Daniel Salvador: Documentation and Data Processing
★ Raúl Aragón: Procedures
★ Alberto Mansur: Legal Affairs
★ Leopoldo Silgueira: Administrative
Endnotes
1. L'ancienne présidente argentine Isabel Peron arrêtée à Madrid, à la demande de Buenos Aires, ''Le Monde'', January 13, 2007 .
2. Argenpress, 10 April 2006. ''Represión en Argentina y memoria larga''.
See also
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List of truth and reconciliation commissions
External links
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The ''Nunca Más'' (Never Again) CONADEP Report