CPED

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CPED is an international human rights treaty that obliges states to prevent, investigate, and punish enforced disappearances and provide justice and reparations to victims and their families.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations human rights treaty
international human rights treaty
acronym CPED
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly
adoptionDate 2006-12-20
adoptionPlace New York City
aimsTo investigate enforced disappearances
prevent enforced disappearances
provide justice to victims of enforced disappearance
provide reparations to families of victims of enforced disappearance
provide reparations to victims of enforced disappearance
punish enforced disappearances
category human rights law
international criminal law
depositary Secretary-General of the United Nations
enteredIntoForceDate 2010-12-23
establishes Committee on Enforced Disappearances
focusesOn right not to be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
right to an effective remedy for enforced disappearance
right to liberty and security of person
right to recognition as a person before the law
fullName International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
language Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
monitoringBody Committee on Enforced Disappearances
obliges States parties to clarify the fate and whereabouts of disappeared persons
States parties to cooperate in extradition for enforced disappearance
States parties to criminalize enforced disappearance in domestic law
States parties to ensure that enforced disappearance is an offence under criminal law
States parties to ensure that enforced disappearance is not justified by exceptional circumstances
States parties to establish jurisdiction over enforced disappearance
States parties to guarantee the right to truth regarding enforced disappearance
States parties to investigate alleged enforced disappearances
States parties to maintain official registers of persons deprived of liberty
States parties to prevent enforced disappearances
States parties to prevent secret detention
States parties to prosecute those responsible for enforced disappearances
States parties to protect complainants, witnesses, relatives and their defense counsel
States parties to provide reparation to victims of enforced disappearance
States parties to provide victims with an effective remedy
States parties to punish those responsible for enforced disappearances
States parties to search for disappeared persons
openedForSignatureDate 2007-02-06
openedForSignaturePlace Paris
protects all persons from enforced disappearance
relatives of victims of enforced disappearance
victims of enforced disappearance
recognizes enforced disappearance as a crime
enforced disappearance as a crime against humanity when practiced in a widespread or systematic manner
relatedTo Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
shortName International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
surface form: Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
subject enforced disappearance

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