Source: Amnesty International –
Prior to the upcoming session of the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances to be held in Geneva, Switzerland, and which from 10 to 12 March will assess the progress and challenges faced by Ecuador in preventing, investigating and punishing enforced disappearances, Amnesty International has stated that these crimes remain unpunished and will continue to happen as long as President Daniel Noboa’s security policy remains militarized.
“This is a crucial opportunity to inform the international community that the armed forces have committed enforced disappearances under the Noboa administration, and that the victims’ families continue to demand truth, justice and reparation. Now more than ever, we must heed their demands,” said Ana Piquer, Americas director at Amnesty International.
This is a crucial opportunity to inform the international community that the armed forces have committed enforced disappearances under the Noboa administration, and that the victims’ families continue to demand truth, justice and reparation.”
Ana Piquer, Americas director at Amnesty International.
The organization submitted information to the Committee based on its report “It was the military, I saw them: Enforced disappearances in Ecuador at the hands of the armed forces”, which documents the disappearance of ten people in five security operations carried out in 2024 in the context of the militarized security strategy driven by President Noboa.