Protecting Victims of Disappearances Committed by Organised Criminal Groups: State Responsibility in International Human Rights Law and the Experiences of Human Rights Practitioners in Mexico. KU Leuven
In this thesis, I explore the protective capacity of International Human Rights Law (IHRL) vis-à-vis victims of disappearances committed by organised criminal groups (OCG), and their relatives. To do so, I combine doctrinal legal research with qualitative research on the particular situation of disappearances in the context of the so-called ‘war on drugs’ in Mexico and the experiences of human rights practitioners engaged with this topic. My ...