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International Day of the Disappeared: 30 August

The annual commemoration of the International Day of the Disappeared aims to draw attention to those people who have been imprisoned without their friends or relatives knowing where or why; also to highlight the work of those organisations who campaign against secret imprisonment and work to support the 'disappeared' and their families.

Awareness-raising events are organised worldwide on this Day by families of the 'disappeared'. You can find further information about the Day, and about the campaign to bring about effective implementation of an international convention to protect the 'disappeared', on the website of the International Coalition Against Enforced Disappearances: www.icaed.org. The International Committee of the Red Cross also has information about people missing as a result of armed conflict or internal unrest at:  www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/themissing.

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