Komnas Perempuan Effect Of The Crime Of Enforced Disappearance On Women

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JAKARTA - Chair of the Sub-Commission on the Development of a Recovery System of the Commission Against Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) Theresia Iswarini encourages the integration of a gender perspective into the ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. "The crime of enforced disappearance has a special and different impact on women because it cycle of violence that continues to psychological and physical exhaustion, in addition to psychological or mental health disorders,' said Theresia. She made this statement in a media briefing entitled "After 11 Years: How's the Convention Against Enforced Disappearances?" which was broadcast on INFID TV's YouTube channel, monitored from Jakarta, Friday, February 25. Theresia emphasized that enforced disappearances not only affected the family's economic condition, but also significantly disrupted, and even damaged the family structure as the smallest social unit in society. administrative problems that can have an economic and social impact, including stigma and alienation that must be faced by the families of the victims. Furthermore, all conditions are exacerbated by the prevailing social construction, namely when women are often marginalized in history, traditions, religion, culture, and laws that "Nevertheless, women also have special and unique ways of building defense efforts, whether individual or collective," she said. She therefore encourages the ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances to integrate a gender approach in every process of resolving cases of enforced disappearances. "Including truth-seeking, establishing a truth commission, and reparation for victims," said Theresia. from the disappearing situation "The parties must ensure the fulfillment of women's rights to remedies that include the right to adequate and effective reparations for violations of their rights," he said.