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28 August 2009: The Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina will mark the International Day of the Disappeared by organizing a special parliamentary session on 31st August to commemorate the day and to push for the implementation of the Law on Missing Persons and the establishment of a fund for families of the missing. The session will be the highlight of a series of events held across the country and the region, aimed at building public awareness of the universal nature of the problem of missing persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia and Kosovo.
The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP), along with the Missing Persons Institute (MPI) of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has, for the second year running, organized a 30th August campaign called ‘I have the right to know,’ which provides a special opportunity to raise the profile of the issue of missing persons as a problem across society. It will ensure the inclusion of a broad range of civil society groups in these activities, and on 31st August, a large number of Family Associations of relatives of missing persons will stage a peaceful protest walk in central Sarajevo following the parliamentary session. Events will also be held in Belgrade, Pristina and in Osijek, Croatia.
«On The International Day of the Disappeared, it is important to stress that the issue of missing persons and the human suffering that accompanies it is a universal human rights problem. ICMP continues to be committed to assisting governments and civil society, including the relatives of the missing, in dealing with and resolving this issue,» said Ms.Kathryne Bomberger, ICMP Director-General.
The special session of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina Parliament will not only see parliamentarians actively involved in the problem of missing persons, but will give an opportunity to family members of the missing to put questions to their political representatives in an open forum. Mr. Sadik Ahmetovic, Chairman of the Joint Commission for Human Rights, Rights of Children, Youth, Immigration, Refugees, Asylum, and Ethics will open the session and give an introductory speech. The media have offered promotional coverage, while a special poster display in Bosnian towns and cities will highlight the campaign.
An estimated 40,000 people went missing as a result of the conflicts of the 1990’s in the former Yugoslavia, approximately 30,000 of them in Bosnia-Herzegovina. By using its world-class DNA-assisted identification system ICMP has resolved the fate of nearly 15,000 of those missing regionally, nearly 12,600 of whom are from Bosnia and Herzegovina. In BiH an additional 6,000 to 8,000 cases were closed prior to the use of DNA, and thus some 8,000 to 10,000 cases remain open in the country, and the mortal remains of those still missing lie scattered in mass graves and burial sites, fourteen years after the cessation of conflicts. 12,000 to14,000 people remain missing regionally.
ICMP endeavours to secure the cooperation of governments and other authorities worldwide in locating and identifying persons missing from armed conflicts, human rights violations and natural disasters; it currently assists governments in the Western Balkans, Iraq, Colombia, Chile, the Philippines and Kuwait.
The International Day of the Disappeared is an annual, global event that takes place on 30th August to commemorate persons who have disappeared as a consequence of armed conflict, crimes against humanity or other violations of human rights and whose fate and whereabouts are unknown.
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Povodom obilježavanja 30. augusta, Međunarodnog dana nestalih osoba, Zajednička komisija za ljudska prava, prava djeteta, mlade, imigraciju, izbjeglice, azil i etiku Parlamentarne skupštine Bosne i Hercegovine organizira posebnu sjednicu u ponedjeljak 31. augusta 2009. godine kako bi podstakli implementaciju Zakona o nestalim osobama BiH i uspostavu fonda za porodice nestalih. Ova sjednica će biti najvažniji u nizu događaja koji će se održati širom zemlje i regije u cilju podizanja svijesti o univerzalnosti problema nestalih osoba u BiH, Hrvatskoj, Srbiji i Kosovu.
Međunarodna komisija za nestale osobe (ICMP), Institut za nestale osobe BiH (INO) i Međunarodni komitet crvenog krsta/križa (MKCK) po drugi put zaredom organiziraju kampanju „Imam pravo da znam» kao specijalnu priliku da se važnost problema nestalih osoba u javnosti podigne na viši nivo, a koja će uključiti razne nevladine organizacije; medijske kuće velikodušno podržavaju ovu kampanju i pokrivat će njene događaje. Nakon pomenute sjednice 31. augusta veliki broj udruženja porodica nestalih osoba održat će protestnu šetnju u centru Sarajeva. Dan nestalih će biti obilježen i u Beogradu, Prištini i Osijeku.
„Na Međunarodni dan nestalih osoba važno je naglasiti da problem nestalih osoba i ljudska patnja koja ga prati jesu univerzalan problem ljudskih prava. ICMP će i dalje predano pomagati vladama i civilnom društvu kao i porodicama nestalih u suočavanju sa ovim problemom i njegovom rješavanju», izjavila je Kathryne Bomberger, generalna direktorica ICMP-a.
Posebna sjednica Zajedničke komisije Parlamentarne skupštine BiH dat će mogućnost parlamentarcima da se aktivno uključe u problem nestalih osoba a porodicama nestalih priliku da izravno postave pitanja svojim političkim predstavnicima. Sadik Ahmetović, predsjedavajući Zajedničke komisije za ljudska prava, prava djeteta, mlade, imigraciju, izbjeglice, azil i etiku Parlamentarne skupštine BiH, otvorit će sjednicu i održati pozdravni govor.
Procjenjuje se da je oko 40.000 osoba nestalo kao posljedica sukoba u 1990-ih godina u bivšoj Jugoslaviji, od toga oko 30.000 u Bosni i Hercegovini. Korištenjem svojeg naprednog sistema DNK identifikacija ICMP je uspio rasvijetliti sudbinu oko 15.000 nestalih u regiji, od toga skoro 12.600 u BiH. U BiH je oko 6.000-8.000 slučajeva riješeno prije upotrebe DNK analize, stoga se još oko 10.000 osoba vode kao nestale. Njihovi posmrtni ostaci leže u masovnim grobnicama i grobovima širom zemlje, 14 godina po okončanju sukoba. U cijeloj regiji se još uvijek traga za 12.000-14.000 osoba.
ICMP nastoji obezbijediti saradnju vlada i drugih organa vlasti pri lociranju i identifikovanju osoba nestalih tokom oružanih sukoba, kršenja ljudskih prava i usljed prirodnih katastrofa; trenutno pomaže vladama na Zapadnom Balkanu, Iraka, Kolumbije, Čilea, Filipina i Kuvajta. Međunarodni dan nestalih osoba je svjetski godišnji događaj kojim se 30. augusta svijet prisjeća osoba koje su nestale kao posljedica oružanih sukoba, zločina protiv čovječnosti ili kršenja ljudskih prava, a čije sudbine i mjesta ukopa su nepoznati.
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