On this December 23, 2014, we celebrate the fourth anniversary of the entry into force of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (the Convention), following its ratification by Iraq. Four years after the Convention's entry into force, this document, whose content emanates directly from the suffering... Continue reading ICAED: 4th Anniversary of the entry into force of the Enforced Disappearances Convention.

Prime Minister Tammam Salam, since the end of military operations in Lebanon in 1990, the families of the victims of enforced disappearances in Lebanon have been waiting for the State to do them justice. Mothers have been waiting for their loved ones, their children, for almost 10 years at the tent of the families of Lebanese detainees... Continue reading LEBANON: Open letter to Prime Minister Tammam Salam.

Faced with "invisible" victims, we have an imperative duty to remember and mobilize. The year 2013 reminds us that the practice of enforced disappearance is not the prerogative of the past. Authoritarian regimes or democracies, no one is exemplary in the fight against this major violation of human rights, which spares no continent. From Syria to... Continue reading International Missing Persons Day

At a time when Algeria is submitting its candidacy to become a member of the UN Human Rights Council, Algerians are being repressed and their rights trampled underfoot. On Thursday, September 12, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, during the 24th Session of the Council, the CFDA presented its report entitled: Le régime algérien à l'épreuve... Continue reading ALGERIA: Side event of September 12, 2013

The Family and Friends of Houcine EL MANOUZI, commemorate today the 41st anniversary of his abduction from the Tunisian capital on October 29, 1972. At the time, he was in his early thirties (29), working as an aircraft mechanic. As a young child, Houcine had rubbed shoulders with the resistance movement... Continue reading MOROCCO: Communiqué from the parents of detainee-disappeared Houcine El Manouzi

Despite a visit from the Iraqi Prime Minister's office, led by Mr. Hussein Al-Shahristani in July 2013, and declaring the town of Tuz Khormato a "disaster zone", the situation remains particularly critical. In Tuz Khormato, the month of November 2013 was murderous in many ways: On November 17, in the space of two hours... Continue reading IRAQ: Black days in Tuz Khormato

On this International Human Rights Day, celebrating the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on December 10, 1948, the Euro-Mediterranean Federation against Enforced Disappearances (FEMED) and its network of 26 member associations on both shores of the Mediterranean would like to pay tribute to all the families of... Continue reading Human rights, enforced disappearances and the fight against impunity

Razan Zaitouneh, Samira Khalil, Nazem al Hamadi and Waël Hamada, human rights defenders working for the Documentation Center on Violations in Syria (VDC[1] - a non-governmental organization), have been abducted, according to information received by the Euro-Mediterranean Federation against Enforced Disappearances (FEMED). FEMED strongly condemns these abductions. According to... Continue reading SYRIA: Alarming situation after quadruple kidnapping

A mass grave discovered at Rudnica near Rashka in Serbia. The victims are believed to be Albanians who disappeared during the Kosovo war in 1999. On June 30, 2006, as human remains were being repatriated from Serbia, the Serbian delegation for the negotiations between Pristina and Belgrade stated that there were no Albanian remains left on the... Continue reading KOSOVO: Mass grave discovered in Serbia

Training on international mechanisms for protecting human rights and combating enforced disappearances. On January 25 and 26, 2014, the Euro-Mediterranean Federation against Enforced Disappearances (FEMED) organized a training session on international mechanisms for protecting human rights and combating enforced disappearances. More than twenty... Continue reading TUNISIA: Training in Tunis