Twenty-one years ago, the Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearances (FIND) in the Philippines, together with representatives from different regions (Latin America, Africa, Asia), conceptualized the formation of a regional federation to fight against the phenomenon of enforced disappearances in Asia.A year later, FIND sought consultations with the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) in Indian-Administered Jammu and Kashmir and Organization of Parents and Family Members of the Disappeared (OPFMD) in Sri Lanka in 1998.