I. Introduction

At the beginning of 2007, the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances had just culminated its Third Congress with the theme: Enhancing the Global Respect for the
Right Not to Be Disappeared. Among other things, the Third AFAD Congress approved a Six-Year Strategic Plan which serves as bases of annual plans of the AFAD Council, the
Federation’s member-organizations and the AFAD Secretariat. The AFAD Six- Year Plan of Action is also based on the presentation of country situations focusing on the issue of
enforced disappearances by the AFAD member- organizations.