International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

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United Nations human rights treaty multilateral treaty

The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance is a United Nations human rights treaty that prohibits enforced disappearances and obliges states to prevent, investigate, and punish this practice while ensuring justice and reparations for victims and their families.

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Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations human rights treaty ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionDate	2006-12-20 ⓘ
adoptionPlace	New York City ⓘ
aimsTo	criminalize enforced disappearance in domestic law ⓘ ensure investigation of enforced disappearances ⓘ ensure prosecution and punishment of perpetrators of enforced disappearance ⓘ prevent enforced disappearances ⓘ prevent secret detention ⓘ provide justice and reparations for victims of enforced disappearance ⓘ
appliesTo	all persons without discrimination ⓘ
belongsTo	international human rights law ⓘ
depository	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
entryIntoForceDate	2010-12-23 ⓘ
establishesBody	Committee on Enforced Disappearances ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
monitoringBody	Committee on Enforced Disappearances ⓘ
openedForSignatureDate	2007-02-06 ⓘ
openedForSignaturePlace	Paris ⓘ
prohibits	enforced disappearance ⓘ invoking a state of war or internal political instability as justification for enforced disappearance ⓘ
protectsRight	right not to be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment ⓘ right to family life ⓘ right to liberty and security of person ⓘ right to recognition as a person before the law ⓘ
providesFor	individual complaints procedure under certain conditions ⓘ inter-state complaints procedure ⓘ urgent action procedure to search for disappeared persons ⓘ
recognizesAs	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 ⓘ Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ
requires	states to criminalize enforced disappearance in their domestic law ⓘ states to ensure that enforced disappearance is not justified by exceptional circumstances ⓘ states to investigate allegations of enforced disappearance ⓘ states to prevent secret detention and maintain official registers of persons deprived of liberty ⓘ states to prosecute those responsible for enforced disappearance ⓘ states to provide reparation and compensation to victims and their families ⓘ states to provide victims with the right to truth ⓘ
scope	both peacetime and situations of armed conflict ⓘ
shortName	CPED ⓘ International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
subject	enforced disappearance ⓘ
UNResolutionNumber	A/RES/61/177 ⓘ

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

United Nations human rights system → includesInstrument → International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance ⓘ

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

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

United Nations treaty bodies → monitorsTreaty → International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance ⓘ

International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance → shortName → International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance