Action 1
Family Members are Mobilized across 8 countries in Asia to lead powerful commemorative events, honoring their loved ones and keeping the demand for truth alive.
AFAD's 4 Pillars
Campaign and Lobby
Amplify, Lobby, Mobilize
True change happens when affected communities lead the call for justice. Through our Campaigns & Lobbying program, we provide families of the disappeared with local platforms and regional networks to amplify their voices, drive legislative reform, and secure meaningful human rights wins.
By combining grassroots mobilization, strategic policy lobbying, and dynamic digital storytelling, we bring global attention to enforced disappearances and hold governments accountable.
Actions
Action 2
Family-Led Lobbying for Legislative Reform sustained and actively pushed for domestic anti-disappearance laws and the ratification of the UN International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
Action 3
Statements Released in collaboration with regional, local, and international human rights partners to respond swiftly to ongoing rights violations.
Action 4
Expanded Digital Storytelling, launching engaging new multimedia content—including podcasts, social media reels, publication graphics, and targeted campaign series such as Protection, Not Persecution of Human Rights Defenders and Memory is Resistance.
Action 5
Launched Website Rebranding at disappeared-asia.org to build a modern, accessible digital hub for our regional movement.