Marking the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances with conferences in Belgrade and Prishtina 

Just like the previous year, MPRC this year commemorated the 30th of August, the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances.

On this occasion, there were two conferences/round table discussions, one in Pristina and one in Belgrade. 

Family members of missing persons from Kosovo and Serbia participated in these events, as well as the representatives of the relevant institutions.

Topics discussed:

• Latest developments regarding the fieldwork, new locations/excavations

• Declaration on Missing Persons

• Strategy on Transitional Justice

• Amendment of the Law on Missing Persons

• Financial benefits of the family members of missing persons

The event was jointly implemented with the association of the family members of missing persons ‘Kosovski Stradalnici’ from Belgrade, with financial support from the Swiss Embassy in Kosovo, and the British Embassy in Kosovo through UNDP.