In response to the Committee on Enforced Disappearances’ (CED) call for inputs on women, girls, and enforced disappearances for the drafting of its General Comment No. 2, the Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF) has submitted a contribution focusing on the Inter-American Human Rights System’s jurisprudence and standards, as well as the context of dissapearences and search efforts in El Salvador.
The submission analyzes the multiple patterns and perpetrators involved in the disappearance of women and girls in El Salvador, ranging from conflict-era to contemporary cases committed by organized crime groups and State agents. It also addresses the State-led search efforts and mechanisms, and the key role played by civil society and family members–especially women searchers–in locating the disappeared, often at great personal risk.
