By Yasmine Khalaf
28 July 2020: A collection of films and other advocacy material created by Syrian civil society organizations are featured in a new online exhibit organized by the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP).
The materials aim to make families of the many who have disappeared in the Syrian conflict aware of their rights, and what they can do to support a search for their missing relatives. The 11 organizations created the products with support from the ICMP, which awarded them small grants to finance the projects and offered workshops and other support to help the organizations strengthen their skills.
“We have the right to know where they are,” a woman gazing straight into the camera says in one of the films, produced by the Syria Legal Network.
The title of online exhibit, “In Their Absence”, was inspired by a book collecting interviews by families of the missing on the challenges…