Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances Fact Sheet No. 6/Rev.3 (Advance Copy)
UNWGEID
2009, UNWGEID:
This document is an advance copy of the FactSheet 6 Rev.2 which defines the crime of enforced disappearances as in the Declaration on the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearances and describes the mandate and working methods of the UNWGEID
Table of contents:
Introduction
Chapters
I. RIGHTS VIOLATED BY THE PRACTICE OF DISAPPEARANCE
II. DECLARATION ON THE PROTECTION OF ALL PERSONS FROM ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE
III. INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF ALL PERSONS FROM ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE
IV. WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES
A. Definition of enforced disappearance
B. Activities of the Working Group
C. Methods of work of the Working Group
D. Admissibility
E. Handling of cases
F. Replies from Governments and clarification, closure or discontinuation of cases
G. Protection of relatives and witnesses
V. FUTURE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMMITTEE-TO-BE AND THE WORKING GROUP
Annexes
I. Form to submit a communication on a victim of an enforced or involuntary disappearance
II. Practical information: the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances in a nutshell
III. Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
IV. International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
Selected bibliography
Source(s):
| Language | Format | Source |
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| English | PDF document |  view/download |