The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) is an international

human rights Human rights are Morality, moral principles or Social norm, normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHuman Rights Retrieved 14 August 2014 for ce ...

organization which focuses on the issue of

forced disappearance An enforced disappearance (or forced disappearance) is the secret abduction or imprisonment of a person by a state or political organization, or by a third party with the authorization, support, or acquiescence of a state or political organiza ...

in Asia. AFAD was founded on 4 June 1998 in

Manila, Philippines Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populated ...

. The federation was awarded the

Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award Since 2006, the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy confers the Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award on an individual or organization which has made major contributions through peaceful means to the development of democracy and human rights in Asia. E ...

in 2016.

Members

According to the 2018 Annual report of AFAD, 13 organizations and one individual member are part of the federation. *

Advocacy Forum Advocacy Forum (AF) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization working to promote the rule of law and uphold international human rights standards in Nepal. The organization is part of the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances T ...

(Nepal) *

Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary associatio ...

(Jammu and Kashmir, India) * Citizens' Alliance for North Korean Human Rights (South Korea) *

Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence ( id, Komisi untuk Orang Hilang dan Korban Tindak Kekerasan (KontraS)) is an Indonesian human rights organization established in 1998 to investigate forced disappearances and acts of violen ...

(Indonesia) * Conflict Victims' Society for Justice (Nepal) * Defence of Human Rights (Pakistan) * Families of the Disappeared (Sri Lanka) * Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance (Philippines) * Free Jonas Burgos Movement (Philippines) * Association of Families of the Disappeared (Indonesia) * Justice for Peace Foundation (Thailand) *

Odhikar Odhikar is a Bangladesh-based human rights organization that was founded in October 1994. It is a member of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH). It has been publishing an annual activity report since 2003. Odhikar's work has been ...

(Bangladesh) * Relatives Committee of the May 1992 Heroes (Thailand) * Ng Shui Meng - Individual member from Laos

References

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External links

AFAD official website
Human rights organizations based in the Philippines Human rights in Asia Enforced disappearances