Enforced Disappearances
வலுக்கட்டாய காணாமல் ஆக்கல்
The 6,700 / 16,700 honesty-index, the role of the Office on Missing Persons (OMP), and what UN CED standards actually require.
Audience & use
Audience: UK MPs · FCDO · All-Party Parliamentary Groups on Sri Lanka and on Tamils
Best used for: International Day of the Disappeared (30 August) statements · PQs on UK engagement with the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) · Letters pressing Sri Lanka to ratify the optional protocols to ICPPED · Support letters for ITJP / PEARL / OMP-facing families
Remembrance frame
Families of the Disappeared have held continuous roadside protests in the North-East since 2017. The case file is not historical — it is open and walking.
Two-layer reading
Cited Tier-A evidence is open and unresolved. Statements honour memory; evidence remains under-actioned.
Each anniversary produces tabled PQs, FCDO follow-ups, and a tracked answer.
Evidence anchors (Tier-A)
Policy asks
Sample Parliamentary Questions
- written → FCDO
What recent representations has the Government made to Sri Lanka on the work of the Office on Missing Persons? - written → FCDO
Will the Government press Sri Lanka to ratify the optional protocols to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance? - oral → FCDO
What assessment has the Government made of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances' most recent country observations on Sri Lanka?
Pack-specific safety rules
- Never name a disappeared person or their family member. Always route to ITJP / PEARL / OMP / OHCHR / UN WGEID for intake.
- Cite the OMP figure verbatim, with date and source URL. Never aggregate or estimate a 'true' total — the honesty-index is the point.
- Never frame the OMP as a closed accountability mechanism. It is one institution among several and has been credibly critiqued.