International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

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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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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 ⓘ
Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance ⓘ
subject enforced disappearance ⓘ
UNResolutionNumber A/RES/61/177 ⓘ

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United Nations treaty bodies → monitorsTreaty → 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 → monitorsImplementationOf → 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 → establishedBy → International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance ⓘ
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance → shortName → Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance ⓘ
linked to: International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
Optional Protocols to core human rights treaties → relatedTo → International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance ⓘ
CED → overseesImplementationOf → International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance ⓘ
CED → monitors → International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance ⓘ
CED → legalBasis → International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance ⓘ
CED → establishedBy → International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance ⓘ
CPED → fullName → International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance ⓘ
CPED → shortName → Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance ⓘ
linked to: International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances → relatedTo → International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance ⓘ
Resolution 20 (XXXVI) of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights → precedes → International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance ⓘ
WGEID → relatedTo → International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance ⓘ