Current Affairs - Important Days - Discussion

International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances was observed all over the world. In 2010, the United Nations General Assembly declared 30th August as the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. This day was first observed on 30th August 2011. Enforced disappearance occurs when a person is secretly kidnapped or imprisoned by a state or political organization or a third party, with support of the State, following concealment of information about the person. It creates awareness on enforced or involuntary disappearances like arrest, detention, abduction or any other form of enforced disappearances.