Committee on Enforced Disappearances

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UN expert body United Nations treaty body human rights treaty body

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances is a United Nations expert body that monitors states’ implementation of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.

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Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UN expert body ⓘ United Nations treaty body ⓘ human rights treaty body ⓘ
appliesTo	States parties to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance ⓘ
composition	independent experts ⓘ
dateFormed	2011 ⓘ
electingBody	States parties to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance ⓘ
establishedBy	International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance ⓘ
field	enforced disappearance ⓘ human rights ⓘ
fullName	Committee on Enforced Disappearances self-link ⓘ
function	adopt general comments or general guidance on provisions of the Convention ⓘ conduct inquiries into allegations of serious violations of the Convention, where applicable ⓘ consider individual communications under the Convention, where applicable ⓘ consider inter-State communications under the Convention, where applicable ⓘ examine reports submitted by States parties ⓘ issue concluding observations on States parties’ reports ⓘ provide guidance on the interpretation of the Convention ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Geneva ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis	Article 26 of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance ⓘ International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance ⓘ
locatedInOrganization	Palais des Nations ⓘ surface form: United Nations Office at Geneva
mandate	to prevent enforced disappearances and address their consequences through implementation of the Convention ⓘ
meetingFrequency	regular sessions ⓘ
meetsAt	Palais des Nations ⓘ surface form: United Nations Office at Geneva
memberCount	10 ⓘ
membersAre	independent experts serving in their personal capacity ⓘ
monitorsImplementationOf	International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance ⓘ
oversightArea	protection of all persons from enforced disappearance ⓘ
parentOrganization	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ United Nations ⓘ
primaryFunction	monitor implementation of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance by States parties ⓘ
regionServed	worldwide ⓘ
relatedTo	Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances ⓘ
reportsTo	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ United Nations Human Rights Council ⓘ
shortName	CED ⓘ
subjectOf	United Nations treaty bodies ⓘ surface form: United Nations human rights treaty body system
typeOfJurisdiction	treaty-based international oversight ⓘ
website	https://www.ohchr.org/en/treaty-bodies/ced ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance → establishesBody → Committee on Enforced Disappearances ⓘ

Committee on Enforced Disappearances → fullName → Committee on Enforced Disappearances self-link ⓘ

United Nations treaty bodies → includes → Committee on Enforced Disappearances ⓘ

United Nations human rights system → monitoredBy → Committee on Enforced Disappearances ⓘ

International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance → monitoringBody → Committee on Enforced Disappearances ⓘ