For many families around the world, Sunday (30 August), the International Day of the Disappeared, will be a day of anger and sorrow.
Families of the missing will receive messages of support and solidarity, but such messages can only have meaning if they are accompanied by concrete and effective action.
Governments have mandatory obligations under international and domestic law to do everything in their power to account for missing persons.
When families of the missing seek...
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Already a member? Login hereKathryne Bomberger is director-general of the International Commission on Missing Persons, an international organisation in The Hague.
Kathryne Bomberger is director-general of the International Commission on Missing Persons, an international organisation in The Hague.