Global Missing Children’s Center

Every day, all around the world, children go missing. Our Global Missing Children’s Center aims to protect children around the world from going missing or being abducted by providing resources for governments, law enforcement, NGOs, and families on prevention as well as the appropriate actions to take in the event a child does go missing.

Global Missing Children’s Network

Changing the way the international community responds when a child goes missing or is abducted.

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Missing Children Statistics

How many children go missing every year?

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Model Missing Child Framework

In an effort to facilitate more efficient investigation, management, and resolution of missing children cases, a robust, national missing child framework is necessary.

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Definition of "Missing"

There is no global consensus as to how to define a "missing child" or how to investigate cases involving missing/abducted children.

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While many missing children will return on their own, for those who do not we know that the longer they are missing, the more vulnerable they become.

International Parental Child Abduction

International Parental Child Abduction

What happens when a parent takes a child across a national border without the necessary permissions?

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Global Missing Children Research Initiative

Global Missing Children Research Initiative

Assessing current mechanisms that exist for missing children around the world.

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Rapid Emergency Child Alerts

Rapid Emergency Child Alerts

Creating voluntary partnerships between law enforcement, media, transportation agencies, and others to disseminate urgent bulletins about missing children

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International Missing Children’s Day

International Missing Children’s Day

Remembering children who have gone missing, and those who have been found

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Prevention and Response

Prevention and Response

Tips for prevention and steps you should take if your child is missing.

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Dissemination of Missing Child Photos

Dissemination of Missing Child Photos

Determining how and when to involve the public in the search for a missing or abducted child.

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