Sandra Peake is Honorary Professor of Practice at Queen’s University Belfast. She was awarded her PhD at University College Cork in 2022. She is a nurse by background. In 1995, Sandra was appointed CEO of WAVE Trauma Centre, a small voluntary group established in 1991, and was the organisation’s first paid employee.Orla Lynch is currently Dean and Senior Lecturer in Criminology at University College Cork, Ireland. She has a PhD in Applied Psychology. Orla has written extensively on victims and victimhood, as well as on the psychology of political violence. Orla is a Senior Fellow with Hedayah and Resolve (United States Institute of Peace) and is a member of the committee of Experts on Hate Crime at the Council of Europe.

• .- Prologue..-1. Introduction..- 2. Setting the scene.- 3. Disappearances: Ireland and International..- 4. Trauma and loss during political violence..- 5. Victims Voices: An Awakening..- 6. Victims Voices: Seeking Recognition..- 7. Victims Voices: The International Arena..- 8. Orchestrated Loss – a framework for understanding conflict related disappearances..- 9. Discussion/Conclusion.

Sandra Peake is Honorary Professor of Practice at Queen’s University Belfast. She was awarded her PhD at University College Cork in 2022. She is a nurse by background. In 1995, Sandra was appointed CEO of WAVE Trauma Centre, a small voluntary group established in 1991, and was the organisation’s first paid employee.Orla Lynch is currently Dean and Senior Lecturer in Criminology at University College Cork, Ireland. She has a PhD in Applied Psychology. Orla has written extensively on victims and victimhood, as well as on the psychology of political violence. Orla is a Senior Fellow with Hedayah and Resolve (United States Institute of Peace) and is a member of the committee of Experts on Hate Crime at the Council of Europe.

• .- Prologue..-1. Introduction..- 2. Setting the scene.- 3. Disappearances: Ireland and International..- 4. Trauma and loss during political violence..- 5. Victims Voices: An Awakening..- 6. Victims Voices: Seeking Recognition..- 7. Victims Voices: The International Arena..- 8. Orchestrated Loss – a framework for understanding conflict related disappearances..- 9. Discussion/Conclusion.

Sandra Peake is Honorary Professor of Practice at Queen’s University Belfast. She was awarded her PhD at University College Cork in 2022. She is a nurse by background. In 1995, Sandra was appointed CEO of WAVE Trauma Centre, a small voluntary group established in 1991, and was the organisation’s first paid employee.Orla Lynch is currently Dean and Senior Lecturer in Criminology at University College Cork, Ireland. She has a PhD in Applied Psychology. Orla has written extensively on victims and victimhood, as well as on the psychology of political violence. Orla is a Senior Fellow with Hedayah and Resolve (United States Institute of Peace) and is a member of the committee of Experts on Hate Crime at the Council of Europe.

• .- Prologue..-1. Introduction..- 2. Setting the scene.- 3. Disappearances: Ireland and International..- 4. Trauma and loss during political violence..- 5. Victims Voices: An Awakening..- 6. Victims Voices: Seeking Recognition..- 7. Victims Voices: The International Arena..- 8. Orchestrated Loss – a framework for understanding conflict related disappearances..- 9. Discussion/Conclusion.