Asian Federation Against IDD-IWD
- Category: IDD-AFAD-MO
31 August 2022
Manila: On the International Day of the Disappeared 2022, the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) calls for the protection, NOT PERSECUTION, of human rights defenders and advocates.
Years after the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on Enforced Disappearance and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED), the practice of enforced disappearance chillingly persists. Enforced disappearance is defined as a crime against humanity and the worst type of human rights violation as it puts a person completely outside the protection of the law.
- Category: IDD-AFAD-MO
Manila - The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) joins the international community in commemorating the International Week of the Disappeared (IWD) from 23rd to 28th of May 2022. IWD 2022 is commemorated to keep alive the memory and the relentless struggle for truth and justice of the countless victims of enforced disappearances and their families across the globe. IWD 2022 will also be in honor of their resilience and steadfastness in the face of threats, oppression, and intimidation within a rapidly shrinking space for civic action.
- Category: IDD-AFAD-MO
23rd- 31st May 2022
The last week of May, families of the disappeared and human rights activists around the world join hands in the activities to commemorate International Week of the Disappeared (IWD). Defence of Human Rights (DHR) too organised a number of activities. This week is observed to show solidarity with the victim families of enforced disappearances. Most of the families have been struggling to find the truth and justice for decades now. This week shall be a reminder for all those families that they do not stand alone in this struggle to find their disappeared loved-ones.
- Category: IDD-AFAD-MO
Press release International Week of the Disappeared
• Last week of the month of May is annually commemorated worldwide as the International Week of The Disappeared (IWD). • This commemoration was started by the United Federation of the Disappeared and the Prisoners in Latin American countries (FEDEFAM) in 1981, and this IWD week is celebrated in many countries around the world, now. • The Families of the Disappeared (FoD) celebrate the IWD hand in hand with the “Asian Federation against involuntary Disappearances” (AFAD) in which FoD is also a member with other 8 Asian Countries which includes various activities with the involvement of the family members of the disappeared. • As the Families of the Disappeared (FoD) we will: