A Human Security Collapse: Enforced Disappearances and Detained Civilians in Russia’s War Against Ukraine

Why ThinkPeace? Adding Feminist Perspectives to the Discourse

The new German government faces challenges that are existential for Germany, Europe, and international peace and security. Critical, comprehensive, and sustainable solutions are needed at a time when the global order, based on international law, is being shaken to its core. While the future of feminist foreign policy as a governmental framework in Germany remains uncertain, this series aims to broaden the discussion on critical security policy challenges by integrating feminist perspectives and contributing to a process of shaping discourse and setting priorities within the framework of a human security approach.

The endeavor is a collaboration of the Heinrich Boell Foundation’s Global Unit for Feminism and Gender Democracy, the Global Unit for Human Security, and the Foreign and Security Policy Division. ThinkPeace #3 was co-created with Sofiia Shevchuk and Barbara Mittelhammer, and drafted in cooperation with the Heinrich Boell Foundation Kyiv Office – Ukraine, as well as the Foundation’s East and South East Europe Division.

This third publication of the series addresses the issue of enforced disappearances and detained civilians in Russia’s war against Ukraine.