The Comisión Nacional sobre la Desaparición de Personas (National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons, CONADEP) was an Argentine organism created by President Raúl Alfonsín on December 15, 1983, shortly after his inauguration to investigate the fate of the desaparecidos and other human rights violations (see: Dirty War) performed during the military dictatorship of 1976 to 1983. Current President Néstor Kirchner The President of Argentina (full title: President of the Argentine Nation, Spanish: Presidente de la Nación Argentina) is the head of state of Argentina. ... Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín (born 13 March 1927) is an Argentine politician, who was the President of Argentina from 10 December 1983 to 9 July 1989. ... December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Desaparecidos means literally the disappeared in Spanish, and is a reference to people who were arrested, often illegally, by various South American military governments and then vanished. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... Dirty War (in Spanish: Guerra Sucia) refers to a program of a state-sponsored war on domestic citizens in response to strikes, social unrest, violence or subversion that is claimed to threaten a countrys stability. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Dirty War. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The research of the investigation commission was documented in the Nunca Más (Never Again) book, delivered to Alfonsín on September 20, 1984, which opened the doors to the trial of the military juntas of the dictatorship. Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín (born 13 March 1927) is an Argentine politician, who was the President of Argentina from 10 December 1983 to 9 July 1989. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A military dictatorship is a form of government wherein the political power resides with the military; it is similar but not identical to a stratocracy, a state ruled directly by the military. ...

CONADEP's members were:

• Ernesto Sábato (President)
• Ricardo Colombres
• René Favaloro
• Hilario Fernández Long
• Carlos T. Gattinoni
• Gregorio Klimovsky
• Marshall T. Meyer
• Jaime F. de Nevares
• Eduardo Rabossi
• Magdalena Ruiz Guiñazú
• Santiago Marcelino López (1)
• Hugo Diógenes Piucill (1)
• Horacio Hugo Huarte (1)

(1) designated by the Chamber of Deputies.

Five secretaries were also named: Ernesto Sabato (born 1911 ) is an Argentine writer (of Italian and ethnic Arbëresh/Albanian descent). ... René Favaloro Dr. René Gerónimo Favaloro (July 12, 1923 - July 29, 2000) was a famous Argentinian cardiologist who created the technique for coronary bypass surgery. ... Hilario Fernández Long (12 September 1918–23 December 2002) was an Argentine engineer and educator. ... Eduardo Rabossi (1930–2005) was an Argentine philosopher and human rights activist. ... The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the National Congress, Argentinas parliament. ...

• Graciela Fernández Meijide: Depositions
• Daniel Salvador: Documentation and Data Processing
• Raúl Aragón: Procedures
• Alberto Mansur: Legal Affairs
• Leopoldo Silgueira: Administrative

See also

• List of truth and reconciliation commissions

Truth and reconciliation commissions, under various names, are occasionally set up by states emerging from periods of internal unrest, civil war, or dictatorship. ...

External links

• (English) The Nunca Más (Never Again) CONADEP Report