Mental health and psychosocial support for families of missing persons in Sri Lanka: A retrospective cohort study. [PDF]
Confl Health, 2020 Background The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has developed its ‘Accompaniment model’ to address the multi-faceted needs of relatives of people who go missing during armed conflict. In Sri Lanka an Accompaniment Programme was launched in
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The Endless Grief in Waiting: A Qualitative Study of the Relationship between Ambiguous Loss and Anticipatory Mourning amongst the Relatives of Missing Persons in Italy. [PDF]
Behav Sci (Basel), 2020 This article presents the results of a qualitative study aiming to consider the relationship between ambiguous loss and anticipatory mourning amongst relatives of missing people in Italy.
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Cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness for relatives of missing persons: a pilot study. [PDF]
Pilot Feasibility Stud, 2019 ObjectivesRelatives of long-term missing persons need to deal with uncertainties related to the disappearance. These uncertainties may give rise to ruminative thinking about the causes and consequences of the loss. Focusing on tolerating uncertainties in
Lenferink LIM +3 more
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Predicting the locations of missing persons in China by using NGO data and deep learning techniques
International Journal of Digital EarthMissing person crimes can seriously affect the well-being of Chinese families, and missing person destination prediction can help to solve this problem.
Anning Dong +9 more
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Disproportion and Decision: Ethnic Minority Overrepresentation and Police Risk Assessment in Missing Persons Cases [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesDisproportionality in missing persons cases raises critical questions about forensic and legal decision making. In the UK, Black individuals comprise 14% of missing persons but only 3% of the population.
Fiona Gabbert +3 more
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Stability : International Journal of Security and Development, 2013 This paper outlines the context in which many thousands of people went missing in Timor-Leste between 1975 and 1999. The issues related to estimating the exact number of missing are discussed, followed by a review of the mechanisms implemented by the ...
Naomi Kinsella, Soren Blau
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The Challenges of Social Work with Families Of Missing Persons
Društvene i Humanističke Studije, 2020 The research aimed to locate, analyze, and determine the role, opportunities, and challenges of social work with the families of missing persons. The focus of the paper is primarily on theoretical and empirical research of services provided by the social
Hariz Šarić, Nedeljko Jurkić
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The Office on Missing Persons in Sri Lanka: Why Truth Is a Radical Proposition
International Journal of Transitional Justice, 2023 In 2016, the Sri Lanka Parliament passed the Office on Missing Persons Act (OMP) ‘to search for and trace missing persons.’ At the time, Sinhala Buddhist nationalist leaders strongly objected to it.
Chulani Kodikara
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Legal principles and mechanism in relation to missing persons in SFRY and AP KiM [PDF]
Megatrend Revija, 2021 Resolving the issue of missing persons in the former SFRY, including cases of disappearances and abductions in Kosovo and Metohia, is an important humanitarian and political issue.
Vukonjanski Igor, Obradović Darko
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