The 10-year conflict in Nepal between 1996 and 2006 left a tragic and painful legacy. Thousands of people were killed, while many families are still anxiously waiting for news on the fate or whereabouts of their loved ones. International humanitarian law requires the authorities to take all feasible measures to account for people who have gone missing in connection with a conflict, and to provide their families with all the information they may have on their fate and whereabouts.

Under international humanitarian law, the authorities are obliged to do everything possible to provide the families with answers that will end the agony of uncertainty so that they can begin mourning the loss of a beloved husband or wife, caring parent, or loving son or daughter.

Since 1999, the ICRC, in cooperation with the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS), has been talking to the families of the missing across Nepal and has repeatedly asked the parties to the conflict to clarify the fate of those who went missing. Over the years, the ICRC collected more than 3400 reports of disappearance. While the fate and whereabouts of hundreds has been established, more than 1300 people remain unaccounted for three years after the end of the conflict.

The ICRC is firmly committed to pursuing its efforts on behalf of the families and to alleviating their suffering. The publication of the names of the missing persons aims at publicly recognizing the plight of the affected families and at reassuring them that they are neither forgotten nor alone in their search for answers. It also constitutes an appeal to the government of Nepal to address these families’ needs.

If you see your name on the list, or you have any information that may help to establish the fate or whereabouts of a missing person, please click on “Contact ICRC” in the individual record. “Date & place of last news” corresponds to the last reported sighting of the missing person.