Our researchers presented results of their ongoing research process contributing to the interdisciplinary discussions on the issue of missing persons in post-conflict reconciliation from multiple points of view. The presentations contributed both to corporeal understanding of missingness in post-conflict societies, as well as offered grounded empirical findings that contribute to literature centering on the issue of missing persons in post-conflict reconciliation processes. The panel was well-attended, and it generated discussion with the audience on matters of temporalities, missing persons and post-conflict reconciliation, transitional justice and conceptual elaborations on bodies and closure.
Among various thematic directions explored during the conference such as forensic techniques, international law, family activism and others, this panel highlighted the significant role of the missing bodies in post-conflict reconciliation, advancing critical dialogue on the intersections of post-conflict justice, memory, and reconciliation.