The work of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances - Achievements and jurisprudence ten years after the entry into force of the Convention.
No disappeared person’s fate shall remain unresolved, No national law shall stay insufficient, and No perpetrator shall go unpunished. On 23 December 2020, we celebrated the 10th anniversary of the entry into force of the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearances, adopted during the sixty-first session of the General Assembly. In these ten years, the Committee on Enforced Disappearances has been working on a daily basis to support States Parties, victims, civil society organizations and national human rights institutions in the eradication and prevention of enforced disappearance. Throughout these years, the Committee has progressively construct - ed its jurisprudence in the context of the examination of states’ initial and follow-up reports, as well as reports containing additional information. It has also established its jurisprudence addressing urgent action requests and individual complaints. Lots remains to be done. However, it i...
