12, 13 and 14 June 2008, FEMED organized a conference theme that has also played the role of Assembly membership. Titled "Second Euro-Mediterranean Meeting of Families of Disappeared" was entitled "The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons against Enforced Disappearances in the Face of Euro-Mediterranean countries." The objective This second meeting was threefold: 1 / train and educate family associations in the region on the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons against Enforced Disappearances, 2 / as a platform for exchange of experiences between the associations of families , 3 / FEMED present and invite participants to join.
Over a hundred people from different backgrounds were present, especially representatives of family associations of missing persons from Algeria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cyprus, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Serbia, Syria and Turkey as well as experts and law professors International activists in human rights and international or regional organizations - Aim for Human Rights, the Asian Federation against Enforced Disappearances (AFAD), the Latin American Federation of Associations of Relatives of Disappeared Detainees (FEDEFAM) the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), Human Rights Watch (HRW), International Coalition against Enforced Disappearances (ICAED), the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP ), the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), etc.. This conference
rich allowed associations to meet for the first time their counterparts in the region. During these three days, they were able to discuss, exchange information and plan joint actions for the eradication of enforced disappearances in the region. Many associations have expressed their desire to join the Federation. This event provided a regional and international dimension to FEMED.
The work of the meeting ended with the unanimous adoption of the Rabat call - a call to ratify the Convention (see above), for official meetings with the Moroccan authorities to discuss de la ratification de la Convention par le Maroc, ainsi que par une conférence de presse pour présenter les conclusions de la conférence et assurer une bonne diffusion de l’Appel de Rabat.
Over a hundred people from different backgrounds were present, especially representatives of family associations of missing persons from Algeria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cyprus, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Serbia, Syria and Turkey as well as experts and law professors International activists in human rights and international or regional organizations - Aim for Human Rights, the Asian Federation against Enforced Disappearances (AFAD), the Latin American Federation of Associations of Relatives of Disappeared Detainees (FEDEFAM) the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), Human Rights Watch (HRW), International Coalition against Enforced Disappearances (ICAED), the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP ), the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), etc.. This conference
rich allowed associations to meet for the first time their counterparts in the region. During these three days, they were able to discuss, exchange information and plan joint actions for the eradication of enforced disappearances in the region. Many associations have expressed their desire to join the Federation. This event provided a regional and international dimension to FEMED.
The work of the meeting ended with the unanimous adoption of the Rabat call - a call to ratify the Convention (see above), for official meetings with the Moroccan authorities to discuss de la ratification de la Convention par le Maroc, ainsi que par une conférence de presse pour présenter les conclusions de la conférence et assurer une bonne diffusion de l’Appel de Rabat.
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