About HAlliance

The International Alliance Against State Kidnapping and Hostage-Taking (“HAlliance”) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to ending state-sponsored hostage-taking and supporting the victims of this crime.

Our mission is twofold:
1 - to campaign for the release of hostages and the return of disappeared or unlawfully detained citizens, and
2 - to provide practical, emotional, and advocacy support to victims and their families.

Working with local NGOs, legal experts, and apolitical international partners, we push governments to adopt stronger victim-centred policies, improve transparency, and uphold their duty to protect citizens abroad. We advocate for accountability under established international law—including the International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages (1983)—and for modern legal frameworks that recognise hostage-taking as a human-rights violation, not a diplomatic tool.

Alongside policy and advocacy, HAlliance is committed to public education, cultural initiatives, and the promotion of the arts as vehicles for awareness, healing, and civic engagement. We work to keep hostages’ stories visible, challenge state abuse, and ensure that survivors and their families are not isolated or silenced.

State-sponsored hostage-taking has destroyed the lives of countless individuals since the 1970s, and it continues today—tearing families apart, undermining international law, and threatening global security. This crisis demands public attention, political will, and collective action.

If you believe in justice and the protection of human dignity, we invite you to stand with us.

Please support our work, amplify our message, and help us bring them home.

Join us

Alice

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