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WORLDMay 29 · 13:13 UTCJUST SECURITYKarla I. Quintana O.

The Search for the Missing in Syria: Learning from the Past

Syria faces a severe missing persons crisis, with estimates of 130,000 to 300,000 individuals disappeared since 2011. The fall of the Assad regime in December 2024 has enabled search efforts on Syrian soil and the establishment of the Syrian National Commission on Missing Persons (NCMP) in May 2025 to address the issue.

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Syrian National Commission on Missing PersonsorganizationIndependent Institution of Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab RepublicorganizationUnited Nations General AssemblyorganizationAssad regimeorganizationDeclaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced DisappearancetopicInternational Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced DisappearancetopicInter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Peopletopic
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