The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains (ICLVR) was established by treaty between the United Kingdom Government and the Government of Ireland, made on 27 April 1999 in connection with the affairs of Northern Ireland.
A number of people, referred to colloquially as The Disappeared, have gone missing in Northern Ireland over the last thirty-five years, mainly in the 1970s. It is believed that they were abducted and killed by proscribed terrorist organisations, mostly the Provisional Irish Republican Army, but to date their remains have not been located. The Commission was established to locate the remains of these people.
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