Disappearing Act: Reconstructing the Crime of Disappearances in Times of Political Violence

Project Information

DISACT

Grant agreement ID: 101086935

DOI

10.3030/101086935

EC signature date 14 May 2023

Start date 1 July 2023

End date 30 June 2028

Funded under

• European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 990 598,00

EU contribution

€ 1 990 598,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS
Cyprus

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (6)

Human rights violations reporting dataset

Author(s): Constantinos Djouvas, Nikandros Ioannidis, Iosif Kovras, Christos Christodoulou
Published in: Data in Brief, Issue 66, 2026, ISSN 2352-3409
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.DIB.2026.112854

The Origins of Transnational Repression: Colonial Legacies and Authoritarian Circulations in Libya’s Disappearance Regime

Author(s): Gerasimos Tsourapas, Walid Ali, Iosif Kovras
Published in: International Political Sociology, Issue 20, 2026, ISSN 1749-5679
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/IPS/OLAG029

Justice on Hold: Explaining the Reluctance of Victims to Seek Accountability

Author(s): Iosif Kovras, Elpida Vasileiou, Nikandros Ioannidis
Published in: The International Journal of Transitional Justice, 2026, ISSN 1752-7716
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/IJTJ/IJAG009

Explaining strategic disinterment: Forensics and the reconstruction of the missing in Cyprus

Author(s): Maria Mikellide, Romanos Lyritsas, Nikandros Ioannidis, Iosif Kovras
Published in: Political Geography, Issue 115, 2024, ISSN 0962-6298
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.POLGEO.2024.103207

Digging up crimes: Forensic perspectives on perpetrator-led exhumations

Author(s): Nikandros Ioannidis, Iosif Kovras, Marisol Intriago-Leiva, Maria Mikellide
Published in: Cooperation and Conflict, 2025, ISSN 0010-8367
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/00108367251372866

Politics of Victimhood and Hierarchies of Missing Persons in Cyprus

Author(s): Romanos Lyritsas
Published in: The International Journal of Transitional Justice, 2025, ISSN 1752-7716
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/IJTJ/IJAF019