Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons

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The Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons is a regional human rights treaty that obligates states in the Americas to prevent, punish, and eradicate the practice of forced disappearance and to provide justice and reparations for victims.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human rights treaty
international convention
regional treaty
adoptedBy General Assembly of the Organization of American States
surface form: OAS General Assembly

Organization of American States
establishes individual criminal responsibility for forced disappearance
international responsibility of States for forced disappearance
language English
French
Portuguese
Spanish
legalStatus legally binding
legalSystem Inter-American human rights system
monitoringBody Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
obligates States Parties
obligation adopt administrative measures against forced disappearance
adopt judicial measures against forced disappearance
adopt legislative measures against forced disappearance
cooperate in preventing and punishing forced disappearance
criminalize forced disappearance in domestic law
investigate cases of forced disappearance
prosecute perpetrators of forced disappearance
provide remedies to victims of forced disappearance
provide reparations to relatives of disappeared persons
punish perpetrators of forced disappearance
prohibits forced disappearance of persons
invocation of exceptional circumstances to justify forced disappearance
invocation of orders from a superior to justify forced disappearance
secret detention
unacknowledged detention
providesFor extradition for forced disappearance offenses
mutual legal assistance among States Parties
purpose eradicate forced disappearance of persons
prevent forced disappearance of persons
provide justice for victims of forced disappearance
provide reparations for victims of forced disappearance
punish forced disappearance of persons
recognizes forced disappearance as a continuous or permanent offense
forced disappearance as a crime
right of victims to justice
right of victims to reparation
right of victims to truth
region Americas
requires keeping official registers of detainees
prohibition of incommunicado detention practices that facilitate disappearance
prompt judicial review of detention
subject forced disappearance

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Inter-American human rights system coreInstrument Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons
Treaties of the Organization of American States hasPart Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons