On March 14, 2024, the Institute of International and Security Studies hosted an open lecture entitled The Systematic Enforced Disappearance of Children by States Around the World, Including from Ukraine, by Prof. Jeremy Sarkin (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa).

Professor Jeremy Sarkin is a lawyer specializing in transitional justice and human rights issues. He received his law degree from Harvard Law School and his PhD in comparative and international law. He has worked as an attorney in the U.S. and South Africa, was a member and chair of the UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances, and is currently a professor of law at the University of South Africa and a visiting professor at Nova University in Lisbon. He has published more than 250 articles and 15 books.