International Convention for the Protection of All Persons From Enforced Disappearance

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 70bHuman rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, published in 2020.

What other versions does this mandate have?

16 versions · 2006–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/201

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What subjects does this mandate have?

1 topic

Disappearance of Persons

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2021.

2021A/76/315International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance report of the Secretary-General

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What does this mandate say?

17 operative paragraphs

Recognizes the importance of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, the ratification and the implementation of which is a significant contribution to ending impunity and to promoting and protecting all human rights for all;

Welcomes the fact that 98 States have signed the Convention and 62 have ratified or acceded to it, and calls upon States that have not yet done so to consider signing, ratifying or acceding to the Convention as a matter of priority, as well as to consider the option provided for in articles 31 and 32 of the Convention regarding the Committee on Enforced Disappearances;

Also welcomes the most recent reports of the Secretary-General on the status of the Convention;

Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to increase their intensive efforts to assist States in becoming parties to the Convention, including by supporting the actions of States to ratify the Convention, providing technical and capacity-building assistance to States and civil society and raising awareness about the Convention, with a view to achieving universal adherence;

Requests United Nations agencies and organizations, and invites intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances to continue to make efforts to disseminate information on the Convention, to promote understanding of it and to assist States parties in implementing their obligations under this instrument, especially in the context of the commemoration of the fortieth anniversary of the Working Group in 2020;

Recalls with appreciation the first Conference of the States Parties to the Convention, held in Geneva on 19 December 2016, and convened in accordance with article 27 of the Convention, and the decision adopted by consensus that the Committee would continue to monitor the Convention in accordance with its mandate;

Takes note with appreciation of the fifth meeting of the States parties to the Convention, held in New York on 25 June 2019, and its discussion of substantive matters related to the Convention, and encourages all States parties to the Convention to continue to include such a discussion in the agenda of the meeting of the States parties;

Welcomes the work achieved by the Committee, and encourages all States parties to the Convention to submit their reports, to support and promote the work of the Committee and to implement its recommendations;

Takes note of the guiding principles for the search for disappeared persons adopted by the Committee at its sixteenth session and developed in dialogue and broad consultations with Member States and other relevant stakeholders;

Recognizes the importance of the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance as a body of principles for all States that is designed to punish enforced disappearances, to prevent their commission and to help victims of such acts and their families to seek fair, prompt and adequate reparation;

Welcomes the cooperation established between the Working Group and the Committee, within the framework of their respective mandates, and encourages further cooperation in the future;

Takes note with interest of all the general comments of the Working Group, including the comments on children and women affected by enforced disappearances, and recognizes in this regard that enforced disappearances have special consequences for women and vulnerable groups, especially children, as they most often bear the serious economic hardships that usually accompany such disappearances and, when subjected to enforced disappearances themselves, may become particularly vulnerable to sexual and other forms of violence;

Takes note of the need to document cases concerning enforced or involuntary disappearances allegedly perpetrated by non-State actors, as decided by the Working Group;

Welcomes the fact that the Committee held its annual meeting with the Working Group, as an opportunity to take stock of the activities of the two parallel organs, which are complementary and reinforce each other within the framework of their respective mandates;

Invites the Chair of the Committee and the Chair of the Working Group to address and engage in an interactive dialogue with the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth and seventy-sixth sessions under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session a report on the status of the Convention and the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to give its full consideration to the subject matter at its seventy-sixth session.

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