August 30th, 2024
| Company: | United Nations |
| Web site: | http://www.un.org/en/observances/victims-enforced-disappearance |
Enforced disappearance has become a global problem and is not restricted to a specific region of the world. Once largely the product of military dictatorships, enforced disappearances can nowadays be perpetrated in complex situations of internal conflict, especially as a means of political repression of opponents. International Day of Victims of Forced Disappearances is a time to shed light on this global problem.
