Number of people missing in global conflicts at new high: ICRC

Africa: Accountability for Missing Persons Is 'Crucial' - UN Human Rights Chief

2024 saw the highest increase in missing persons in at least two decades, with 56,559 new cases recorded, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Number of people missing in global conflicts at new high: ICRC

The number of people missing in conflicts around the world is at its highest ever level, with more than 56,000 new cases recorded in 2024, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned Wednesday.

Accountability for missing persons is ‘crucial’: UN human rights chief » Africa Global Village

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Of the approximately 40,000 people who disappeared as a result of armed conflicts in the territory of the former Yugoslavia, approximately 11,000 are still missing, it was said today at the presentation of the Database of Missing Persons, which was organized in Belgrade for the families of the missing by the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP).

More than 56,000 new cases of disappearances were recorded in 2024, according to the ICRC, which is "the largest increase in at least 20 years," reports the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.The number of persons missing during conflicts around the world is reaching an "unprecedented" level, warned Fernando Fornaris, Humanitarian Affairs Adviser of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) at a session of the United Nat…

The number of people missing during conflicts around the world reached an 'unprecedented' level, with more than 56,000 new cases registered in 2024, alerted the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Wednesday, a concern shared by the United Nations.