On October 28 — November 2 We Remember Foundation President and ICAED Steering Committee member Irina Krasovskaya will attend several events in Geneva, Switzerland, dedicated to the issue of the involuntary disappearances.

On October 31 98th Session of the UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances is set to start. Members of the group will meet the International Coalition Against Enforced Disappearances (ICAED) representatives in order to exchange the actual information and experience.

Before the Session on October 30 a special Commemorative Event 20 years of the Declaration [on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance]: Looking Back and Looking Forward — Exploring best practices to protect women and girls from enforced disappearance and its impact is organized by the Working Group. ICAED members are invited to attend.

ICAED has also planned to run Steering Committee working meeting, during which issues connected to the mandate of the Coalition, membership and Charter alteration will be discussed.

On October 31 in the Palace of Nations a side event of the ICAED will take place where experts of the ICAED and the UN in the field of disappearances will have a word.

The International Coalition Against Enforced Disappearances was founded in 2007 with the goal to lobby ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. We Remember was one of the founding organizations. Since then We Remember is a member of the Steering Committee of the ICAED, along with Amnesty International (AI); Asian Federation Against involuntary Disappearances (AFAD); Collectif des Families De Disparus en Algerie (CFDA); FEDEFAM; FEMED; Federation Internationale de l’ACAT/ International Federation of Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (FIACAT); Federation Internationale des Droits de l’Homme (FIDH); Human Rights Watch (HRW); International Committee for Justice (ICJ). At the moment 42 organizations are ICAED members.

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