Disappearances bring human suffering beyond imagination As the UN marks the anniversary of its treaty on enforced disappearance, more Asian countries must ratify the convention Trending Pattiyo Sohman holds a photo of her missing son Fadel, who was abducted near a school in southern Thailand by unknown assailants in 2016. (Photo: Abby Seiff) The annual reports of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced Disappearances (UNWGEID), a thematic body under the UN Human Rights Council established in 1980 to respond to increasing cases of enforced disappearances, speak of the global magnitude...