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International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances (IDD) 2024

Category: IDD-AFAD-MO
Published: 04 September 2024

KontraS - Indonesia

KontraS IDD 2024

International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances (IDD) 2024

Category: IDD-AFAD-MO
Published: 04 September 2024

FIIND - PHILIPPINES

FIND IDD 2024

International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances (IDD) 2024

Category: IDD-AFAD-MO
Published: 04 September 2024

DHR - Pakistan

DHR IDD 2024

International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances (IDD) 2024

Category: IDD-AFAD-MO
Published: 04 September 2024

Odhikar - Bangladesh

OdhikarIDD2024

 

Women are Pillars of Strength in the Struggle to End Enforced Disappearances

Category: IDD-AFAD-MO
Published: 31 August 2023

On the observance of The International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances (IDD), the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) emphasizes the importance of human lives and condemns any act that goes against basic human rights. In doing so, we bring attention to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED), adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council on 23 December 2010, that states “No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification for enforced disappearance.”

 

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2023 BANGLADESH: Government must cease enforced disappearances, stop harassment of the victims’ families and hold perpetrators accountable

Category: IDD-AFAD-MO
Published: 30 August 2023

A Joint Statement by Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN), Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), Capital Punishment Justice Project (CPJP), International Coalition Against Enforced Disappearances (ICAED), International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Eleos Justice, Monash University, Maayer Daak, Odhikar, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) on the occasion of International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

2023 BANGLADESH: Government must cease enforced disappearances, stop harassment of the victims’ families and hold perpetrators accountable

Bangkok/ Dhaka/ Geneva/ Hong Kong/Kuala Lumpur/ Manila/ Melbourne/ Paris/ Washington, D.C.; 29 August 2023: We, the undersigned organisations, are gravely concerned over the continued commission of enforced disappearances in Bangladesh and the denial of access to justice for the victims. The acts of enforced disappearance occur with impunity in Bangladesh and have become an institutionalised practice of repression in violation of Articles 9 and 16 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Articles 31, 32 and 33 of the Constitution of Bangladesh. The government uses enforced disappearances as a tool to suppress political movements and silence dissenting voices, creating a climate of fear in the country.

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FIND: INTERNATIONAL WEEK OF THE DISAPPEARED PRESS STATEMENT

Category: IDD-AFAD-MO
Published: 01 June 2023
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Pahayag ng Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance (FIND) sa paggunita sa International Week of the Disappeared sa taong 2023

Patuloy ang hamon sa mga pamilya ng desaparecidos ang pagsusulong ng katotohanan at paglaban sa pagbabaluktot ng kasaysayan, partikular sa bagong administrasyong ito na naghahatid ng pamilyar ngunit panibagong mga pangamba hinggil sa pagkamit ng matagal nang hinahangad na hustisya para sa mga biktima ng sapilitang pagwala.

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A Campaign in Two Fronts, Commemorating the International Week of the Disappeared 2023

Category: IDD-AFAD-MO
Published: 01 June 2023

To commemorate this year's International Week of the Disappeared (IWD), Member Organizations (MOs) of the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) conducted a campaign on two fronts, continuously calling on the government to end enforced disappearances (ED), while at the same time raising general public's awareness on ED. The IWD reminds us of the work left to be done in attaining a world without disappearances. As the struggle continues, AFAD and its MOs remain steadfast in speaking and seeking truth about enforced disappearances.

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