Paper / Presentation of Joey Faustino, Secretary General Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) World Congress on Enforced Disappearance - Asian Consultation

Good afternoon from the headquarters of AFAD in Manila. (Backgrounder) The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) was organized in 1998. Along with representatives from Latin America, Africa and Europe, AFAD became part of the inter-continental forum against involuntary disappearances in April 2000. The group presented the global phenomenon of involuntary disappearances at the halls of the United Nations during the 57th session of the *United Nations Commission on Human Rights. (*later replaced by the UN Human Rights Council in 2006)

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