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Asian

Federation

Against

Involuntary

Disappearances

Rms.

310311

Philippine

Social

Science

Center

Building

Commonwealth

Avenue,

Diliman,

1103

Quezon

City

PhilippinesTelefax

004324546759Telephone

Number

0O{32427t15!X

Mobile

UJ534777924055

Email

afad@surfshop.nelph

website

www.afad-online.org

Bangkok,Thailand

26

November

20ll

MRS.

NAVI

PILLAY

High

Commissioner

for

Human Rights

Office

ofthe

High

Commission

for

Human Rights

Her

ExcellencyNavi

Pillay,

Wann

greetings!The

Asian

Federation

AgainstInvoluntary

Disappearances

(AFAD),

a

regional federation

of

human

rights

organizations

directly workingon

enforced

disappearances

fiom

Bangladesh,krdia,Indonesia,

Nepal,Philippines,SriLanka, Thailand,

Timor

Leste

would like

to

congrahrlate

you

for

your

great

contribution

to

the

protection

of

human

rights.

Our

Federation

is

also the Focal

Point

of

the

International

Coalition Against

Enforced

Disappearances

(ICAED),

which

is

a

globalcoalition

of

40

member-organizations

campaigning

for

theratification

of

the

IntemationalConvention

for

theProtection

of

All

Persons

from

Enforced

Disappearances

(the

Convention).

Aswe

are

concluding

our

201

1

Council meeting,

we

deem

it

appropriate

to

address

youwith

regard

to

the

scourge

of enfolced

disappearances

in

our

region.

Asweallknow,

such

violations

continue

to

takeplace

tlroughout

thecontinentaffecting thousands

of

people

and

their

families.

As

underlined

by

the

LJN

Working

Group

on

Enforced

or

Involuntary

Disappearances

in

its

last

annual

repor!

Asia

hassubmined

thahighest

numberofcases.On this

occasion,

maywe call

on

youtocontinuedevoting

particular

attention to

the

Asian

region

and

to

spend

your

effort

to

tacklethephenomenon

of

enforced

disappearance,

establishingthe

truth

on the

fate

and whereabouts

of

thedisappearedand

gurantee

redress

to

victims

and

their

families.

Corollary

to

tlis,

may

we

callyour

attention

to

the

2009 Report

of

theInternational

People's

Tribunal

on

HumanRightsand

Justice,

entitled:

"

Buried

Evidence:

A

Report

on

Unknown,Unmarkedand Mass

Graves

in

Indian Administered

Kashmir,"which

concems

2,700

graves

thatcontain 2,930remains

of

victims

of

human

rightsviolations,which

might

belong

to

those who

disappeared.Thisreport

wassubmitted

to ths

UN

WorkingGroup

on

Enforced

or

Involuntary

Disappemances

in

March2010.The

AFAD

appeals

onyoutoreiterate

fte

crucial

importance

of

States

to

seriously

engage

in

the

fight

against

impunity

and enforce

by all

means

theirobligation to

investigate,

prosecuteand

sanction

those

responsible

for

enforced

disappearanceandserious

internationalcrimes.

The

AFAD

urges

you

to call

on

allAsian

States

to

ratfy

and

fully

implementtheConvention

and

to

recognize

the

competence

of

the

Committee

on

Enforced

Disappearances

(CED)

pursuanttoArticles

31 and 32

of theConvention.

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