ICMP report provides overview of the problem and important recommendations to Colombia

The report, entitled Colombia's Response to Enforced Disappearances, examines Colombia's efforts to confront the problem of thousands of cases of enforced disappearance through analyzing its work in searching for and identifying victims, including the institutional and procedural mechanisms established for that purpose, the technical processes employed and the work undertaken directly with the victims, as they were at the close of the assessment (March 2008). Further, the report contains a list of precise recommendations that, if implemented, should further enhance different aspects of the search and identification process in Colombia.

One of the many tragic consequences of Colombia's internal armed conflict has been the enforced disappearance of many thousands of people. In cases of…