Comisión Nacional sobre la Desaparición de Personas
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The Comisión Nacional sobre la Desaparición de Personas (National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons, CONADEP) was an Argentine organization 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.
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.
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:
- Graciela Fernández Meijide: Depositions
- Daniel Salvador: Documentation and Data Processing
- Raúl Aragón: Procedures
- Alberto Mansur: Legal Affairs
- Leopoldo Silgueira: Administrative
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