Between 2008 and 2010, ICMP contributed to public policy documents and legislation on missing persons in Colombia, recommending provisions on the protection of genetic data, establishment of a national DNA database, collection and processing of reference samples, protection of unidentified remains in cemeteries, and provision of reparations to families of the missing. 

The parties to the Final Peace Agreement, signed in November 2016, invited ICMP to support the peace process as an international partner on the issue of missing persons. From 2019 to mid-2021, supported by the European Union, ICMP assisted the Search Unit for Persons Listed as Disappeared (UBPD), created in the context of the Peace Agreement, as well as other authorities and CSOs, with special emphasis on families of the missing.

ICMP stands ready to help achieve the aspirations articulated in the Peace Agreement, especially through the transfer of capacity and expertise to State institutions and CSOs. ICMP plans to continue supporting civil society and plans to work with Colombian institutions that have a role in addressing the issue of the missing, including the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Directorate of Criminal Investigation and INTERPOL (DICI), the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), and the Office of the Attorney General, and promote their collaboration with one another.