Press Releases

The Hague, 23 May 2024: The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) commends and welcomes the adoption of the Resolution ‘International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the Genocide in Srebrenica […]

The Hague, 19 April 2024 – This week at the Headquarters of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) in The Hague, associations of families of the missing from the

Sarajevo 16 May 2024: The Missing Persons Group (MPG), established at the Western Balkans Berlin Process summit in London, as a group of institutions tasked with resolving the issue of

Hanoi, 12 April 2024: The Institute of Biotechnology-Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (IBT-VAST), in coordination with the International Commissions on Missing Persons (ICMP), has launched an ODA project to

21 March 2024, Ottawa, Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ontario: Canada can take effective steps to support First Nations, Metis, and Inuit rights holders as they seek justice and accountability for the

The Hague, 1 March 2024: Representatives of ambassadors from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) gathered in The Hague today at a meeting facilitated by the International Commission on

Marking the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Commissioners and Director-General of the International Commission on Missing persons issued the following statement: 24 February 2024 – Tens

Oslo, 10 February: Norway will support the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) in its work to assist Ukraine in locating missing persons and investigating their disappearance. Under a three-year,

The Hague, 22 January 2024 – At a meeting facilitated by the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) this weekend in Istanbul, Türkiye, representatives of Syrian civil society organizations discussed measures

The Hague, 10 December 2023: – The numbers of missing and disappeared persons around the world are on the rise due to global warming, increased conflict and migration. This year

Statement by ICMP Chairperson Knut Vollebaek and ICMP Director-General Kathryne Bomberger on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, 10 December 2023 Governments have the right to implement policy but

The Hague, 1 December 2023 – The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) has completed the third phase of a campaign that enables Syrian families of the missing who are residing