Catherine Kent

Catherine Kent is a Programme Lawyer at the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI). Her current work focuses on torture prevention, enforced disappearances and the death penalty.

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Excluding enforced disappearances from military jurisdiction

Enforced disappearances often result in impunity, which is a “distinctive trait” of such crimes (UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, 2020 Annual Report, paras. 1, 93). A range of factors can contribute...