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Global Report on Missing Persons: Key Challenges & Strategic Opportunities

[:en]The Hague, 27 August 2021 – The first edition of the Global Report on Missing persons, published today, ahead of the International Day of the Disappeared, examines why increasing numbers […]

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[:en]The Hague, 27 August 2021 – The first edition of the Global Report on Missing persons, published today, ahead of the International Day of the Disappeared, examines why increasing numbers

ICMP collects DNA samples from EU-based Syrian families

[:en]The Hague, 20 August 2021 – The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) today completed the first phase of a campaign to collect DNA samples from Syrian families living in Europe

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[:en]The Hague, 20 August 2021 – The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) today completed the first phase of a campaign to collect DNA samples from Syrian families living in Europe

ICMP Marks the 7th Anniversary of Da’esh Invasion of Sinjar with Yazidi NGOs in The Hague

[:en]The Hague, 3 August 2021: The International Commission on Missing Persons hosted a day-long event at its headquarters in The Hague today to mark the 7th Anniversary of the Da’esh

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[:en]The Hague, 3 August 2021: The International Commission on Missing Persons hosted a day-long event at its headquarters in The Hague today to mark the 7th Anniversary of the Da’esh

ICMP Presentation Commemorates Missing Persons in Colombia

[:en]The Hague, 15 July 2021: The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) has inaugurated an online digital presentation, which was presented this week in Bogota and at ICMP’s Headquarters in The

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[:en]The Hague, 15 July 2021: The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) has inaugurated an online digital presentation, which was presented this week in Bogota and at ICMP’s Headquarters in The

Syria Policy Group Adopts Ethical Charter on Data Collection

[:en]The Hague, 13 July 2021 – The Policy Coordination Group (PCG), a Syrian-led initiative on the missing and disappeared facilitated by ICMP, this week adopted an Ethical Charter. This Charter contains

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[:en]The Hague, 13 July 2021 – The Policy Coordination Group (PCG), a Syrian-led initiative on the missing and disappeared facilitated by ICMP, this week adopted an Ethical Charter. This Charter contains

Srebrenica Genocide: Upholding the Truth is Essential for Peace

[:en]The Hague, 11 July 2021: The truth about the Srebrenica Genocide of 1995 must be upheld; efforts to account for those who are still missing must continue; and perpetrators must

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[:en]The Hague, 11 July 2021: The truth about the Srebrenica Genocide of 1995 must be upheld; efforts to account for those who are still missing must continue; and perpetrators must

FARC Search Commission shares information with Colombian Search Unit through support from ICMP

[:en]Bogotá, June 30, 2021 – Former combatants who are part of the FARC Search Commission for Missing Persons recently provided Colombia’s Search Unit for Missing Persons (UBPD) with information related

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[:en]Bogotá, June 30, 2021 – Former combatants who are part of the FARC Search Commission for Missing Persons recently provided Colombia’s Search Unit for Missing Persons (UBPD) with information related

ICMP coordinates roundtable with Iraqi committee focused on accounting for missing persons in Sinjar

[:en]Baghdad, June 30 2021 – Representatives of the Federal Government of Iraq, the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Yazidi community in Iraq discussed ongoing efforts to account for missing persons

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[:en]Baghdad, June 30 2021 – Representatives of the Federal Government of Iraq, the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Yazidi community in Iraq discussed ongoing efforts to account for missing persons

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Missing Persons Institute and ICMP strengthen cooperation

[:en]Sarajevo 23 June 2021 – The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) and the Missing Persons Institute of Bosnia and Herzegovina (MPI) will further strengthen their cooperation to account for

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Missing Persons Institute and ICMP strengthen cooperation Read more

[:en]Sarajevo 23 June 2021 – The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) and the Missing Persons Institute of Bosnia and Herzegovina (MPI) will further strengthen their cooperation to account for

ICMP welcomes Colombian civil society’s call for coordination on search for victims of enforced disappearances

[:en]The Hague, the Netherlands, 21 June 2021 – A recent proposal from 19 civil society organizations based in Antioquia, Colombia, that offers a roadmap for coordinating institutions involved in the

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[:en]The Hague, the Netherlands, 21 June 2021 – A recent proposal from 19 civil society organizations based in Antioquia, Colombia, that offers a roadmap for coordinating institutions involved in the

Iraq: Seven years since Camp Speicher Massacre

[:en]Baghdad, 12 June 2021 – Seven years ago, Da’esh fighters executed an estimated 1,700 Iraqi air force recruits at Camp Speicher near Tikrit, 140 kilometres northwest of Baghdad. Speaking today, the

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[:en]Baghdad, 12 June 2021 – Seven years ago, Da’esh fighters executed an estimated 1,700 Iraqi air force recruits at Camp Speicher near Tikrit, 140 kilometres northwest of Baghdad. Speaking today, the

ICMP DG on Mladic verdict: Truth and justice prevail for families of the missing

[:en]The Hague, 8 June 2021 – The verdict handed down today by the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (UNMICT) in the case of Ratko Mladić, following legal proceedings that

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[:en]The Hague, 8 June 2021 – The verdict handed down today by the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (UNMICT) in the case of Ratko Mladić, following legal proceedings that

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