is a common event that occurs in various countries around the world today, most notably, Syria, Guatemala, Sri Lanka, Columbia, Indonesia, and Chile. Recently, organizations such as the United Nations Commission for Human Rights (U.N.C.H.R.) and the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance (W.G.E.I.D.) have played an important role in helping to put a stop to forced disappearance. For example, in 2001, the U.N.C.H.R. aided Sri Lanka, the country with the third highest total of F.D.P. incidences, and established a permanent and independent body to investigate human rights violations throughout the country. Since the 1980’s, there have been over 12,000 F.D.P. occurrences in Sri Lanka, however, after the U.N.C.H.R. pushed for the establishment of four separate investigative commissions, disappearances decreased. Although F.D.P. cases are decreasing in countries where action has been taken, there are still many countries that continue to support and carry out F.D.P.
is a common event that occurs in various countries around the world today, most notably, Syria, Guatemala, Sri Lanka, Columbia, Indonesia, and Chile. Recently, organizations such as the United Nations Commission for Human Rights (U.N.C.H.R.) and the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance (W.G.E.I.D.) have played an important role in helping to put a stop to forced disappearance. For example, in 2001, the U.N.C.H.R. aided Sri Lanka, the country with the third highest total of F.D.P. incidences, and established a permanent and independent body to investigate human rights violations throughout the country. Since the 1980’s, there have been over 12,000 F.D.P. occurrences in Sri Lanka, however, after the U.N.C.H.R. pushed for the establishment of four separate investigative commissions, disappearances decreased. Although F.D.P. cases are decreasing in countries where action has been taken, there are still many countries that continue to support and carry out F.D.P.