International Coalition Against Enforced Disappearances (ICAED)
Monday, May 23, 2016
"The
clamor of the families of victims of enforced disappearance from across
the globe to resurface and bring back their disappeared loved ones is
louder than before. Another year has passed and although a significant
number of milestones have been achieved in the collective struggle
against this painful phenomenon, enforced disappearance continues to
traumatize the lives of innocent families worldwide.
In
the August 2015 Report of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced
or Involuntary Disappearances (UN WGEID), the number of cases under
active consideration stands at 43, 563 in a total of 88 states[1].It
is plausible to theorize that the continuing occurrences of enforced
disappearance is associated with the States’ lack of sufficient legal
mechanisms and frameworks that will safeguard the lives of its citizens
from the cruel act of enforced disappearance. The UN Convention for the
Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, which is an
international legal instrument that was adopted to address the issue, is
faced with different political challenges. As of May 2016, many
countries have yet to sign and ratify the Convention and those which
have ratified have yet to recognize the competence of the Committee on
Enforced Disappearances."
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