No place for enforced disappearances in 2017, UN experts say
The crime of enforced disappearance is as unacceptable today as it was decades ago when it first came to the attention of the international community, and there are neither reasons nor circumstances that can ever be invoked to justify it, said Suela Janina, Chair of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances.
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=22270&LangID=E
Forced and Involuntary Disappearances
A disappearance has a doubly paralysing impact: on the victims, frequently tortured and in constant fear for their lives, and on their families, ignorant of the fate of their loved ones, their emotions alternating between hope and despair, wondering and waiting, sometimes for years, for news that may never come.
http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/FactSheet6Rev3.pdf
International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP)
ICMP ensures the cooperation of governments and others in addressing the issue of missing persons, including provisions to build institutional capacity, encourage public involvement and address the needs of justice and provides technical assistance to governments in locating, recovering and identifying missing persons.
https://www.icmp.int/what-we-do/
Africa Asia Central America Europe Global Latin America United States
TRIAL International
TRIAL International is a non-governmental organization fighting impunity for international crimes and supporting victims in their quest for justice. TRIAL International takes an innovative approach to the law, paving the way to justice for survivors of unspeakable sufferings. The organization provides legal assistance, litigates cases, develops local capacity and pushes the human rights agenda forward.
https://trialinternational.org/who-we-are/
Algeria Bosnia and Herzegovina Burundi Democratic Republic of Congo Gambia Morocco México Nepal Russia Spain Switzerland Syria
The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD)
The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) is a federation of human rights organizations working directly on the issue of involuntary disappearances in Asia. Envisioning a world without desaparecidos, the Federation was founded on June 4, 1998 in Manila, Philippines.
International Coalition Against Forced Disapeareances
The principal objective of the Coalition is maximising impact of the activities carried out by its members in favour of an early ratification and effective implementation of the Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearances.
Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP)
APDP is a collective of relatives of victims of enforced and involuntary disappearances in Kashmir. Disappearances often end in extra-judicial killings or death by torture. The APDP was formed in 1994 to organize efforts to seek justice and get information on the whereabouts of missing family members. It presently consists of family members of about one thousand victims. APDP actively campaigns for an end to the practice and international crime of involuntary and enforced disappearances at local, national and international platforms.
Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
One of the Working Group’s primary task is to assist families in determining the fate or whereabouts of their family members who are reportedly disappeared. In that humanitarian capacity, the Working Group serves as a channel of communication between family members of victims of enforced disappearance and other sources reporting cases of disappearances, and the Governments concerned.
http://www.ohchr.org/en/Issues/Disappearances/Pages/DisappearancesIndex.aspx
Committee on Enforced Disappearances
The Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) is the body of independent experts which monitors implementation of the Convention by the States Parties.
Enforced Disappearances – An Information Guide for Human Rights Defenders and CSOs
This publication speaks about enforced disappearances and underscores the important issue of human rights concerns globally.