The president of the Central American Council of Human Rights Prosecutors (CCPDH) Eduardo Leblanc said that there is an urgent need to have a database of disappeared persons, records of compatible search mechanisms that facilitate the centralization, synthetization or exchange of information, at the conclusion of the regional forum: ‘The disappearances of migrants in Central America and Mexico in light of the recommendations made by the mechanisms for the protection of human rights’.
During the regional forum, three speakers’ tables were addressed: “The Disappearance of Migrants in Light of the Observations of International Human Rights Mechanisms”, in which Byron Cárdenas, Human Rights officer of the Office of Human Rights, had an outstanding participation. Regional Office of the OHCHR, “Search and access to justice for victims and relatives of disappeared migrants”, in which Ana Lusiardo of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team stood out, and “Experience of National Human Rights Institutions and Family of Migrants in the search processes”, where the participation of Apolonio Tobar, Human Rights Ombudsman of El Salvador, stands out.
For his part, Alberto Brunori, from the Regional Office in Central America and the Caribbean of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, highlighted the co-organization of this Regional Forum with the Central American Council of human rights attorneys on a latent issue. and of great concern in the region.
Brunori added that it is important that States cooperate at all levels to search for persons reported as missing, adopting inclusive search mechanisms with the participation of family members and civil society organizations, guaranteeing the recovery, identification, repatriation of remains. in conditions of dignity, safety and adequately notifying families.
The regional forum is organized by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner, the Council of Human Rights Ombudsmen (CCPDH), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) and the Ombudsman’s Office.
