Missing Persons: a Handbook for Parliamentarians
IPU and ICRC IPU and ICRC
2009, IPU and ICRC:
Handbook for parliamentarians gives explanation of basic documents pertaining to the Missing, as well as the role Parliamentarians can play to ensure better protection.
Description:
From the Handbook (p.4):
What is in this Handbook?
- An introduction to the subject of persons missing or unaccounted for following armed conflict or internal violence, and its impact on the families of the individuals concerned.
- An outline of the responsibilities of State authorities under international law.
- An explanation of the essential role of parliamentarians in preventing disappearances, elucidating the fate of missing persons and helping their families.
- A proposal for a model law on missing persons, drawn up by the ICRC’s Advisory. Service as a tool to help States and their competent national authorities to adopt legislation designed to prevent, deal with and resolve the type of situations that give rise to disappearances.
- A number of model instruments to facilitate the work of parliamentarians in connection with accession by their countries to the relevant international treaties and the drawing up of certificates.
- Other practical information.
Source(s):
| Language | Format | Source |
|---|---|---|
| English | PDF document |  view/download |
| French | PDF document | view/download |