Searching for Colombia’s Missing Persons
from Events at USIP Hosted by U.S. Institute of Peace
In Colombia, more than 100,000 people have disappeared over the course of the country’s six decades of ongoing armed conflict. On October 21, USIP and the Embassy of Colombia hosted a public presentation on the Missing Persons Search Unit’s remarkable forensic and restorative work, as well as the launch of "Still Missing: Colombia's Search for the Disappeared from Six Decades of Ongoing Conflict," a temporary photo exhibit at USIP that details the unit’s search efforts. Speakers Daniel García-Peña, opening remarks Colombian Ambassador to the United States Luz Janeth Forero Director, Missing Person Search Unit Major (retired) Cesar Maldonado Truth Provider as Former Colombian Army Officer Daniela Mostacilla Family Member of Forced Disappearance Victim Leyner Palacios Senior Expert on Restorative Justice, Colombia, U.S. Institute of Peace Dr. Beth Van Schaack, closing remarks Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice, U.S. Department of State Steve Hege, moderator Colombia Country Director, Colombia, U.S. Institute of Peace For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/searching-colombias-missing-persons
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