AFAD

Founded in 1998, AFAD is a non-profit network based in Quezon City, Philippines working on human rights, justice & legal aid.

The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) is a federation of human rights organisations working on enforced or involuntary disappearances across Asia. Founded on 4 June 1998 in Manila, Philippines, its member organisations include families of the disappeared, relatives' groups and human rights defenders. AFAD supports the search for the disappeared, provides psychosocial support to victims' families, runs campaigns and lobbying on accountability, and promotes ratification of the UN Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. It links with the Latin American Federation of Associations of Relatives of Detained-Disappeared (FEDEFAM) and works with UN mechanisms on enforced disappearances.