International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

    Consideration of Malta (cont'd). Watch 524th Meeting, 28th Session, Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED)!

   Consideration of Malta. The Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) is the body of independent experts which monitors the implementation of the Convention for the Protection of all Persons against Enforced Disappearance by the States parties. The Committee and its Secretariat work daily to support victims, civil society organizations, National Human Rights Institutions and States to search for and locate disappeared persons, eradicate, punish and prevent this crime, and repair the damage suffered by the victims. Related Documents:  CED 28th Session (17 Mar - 04 Apr 2025) Watch 523rd Meeting, 28th Session, Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED)!

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today reviewed a report containing additional information submitted by Belgium under article 29 (4) of the Convention. Committee Experts commended the State party’s commitment to human rights, while raising questions on foreign unaccompanied minors and illegal international adoptions. Matar Diop, Committee Expert and Country Rapporteur for Belgium, commended the State party’s commitment and welcomed the important delegation, which demonstrated Belgium’s commitment to human rights and cooperation with the United Nations human rights bodies. Barbara Lochbihler, Committee Expert and Country Rapporteur for Belgium, asked what measures had been implemented by the State party to gather complex and disaggregated statistics relating to unaccompanied foreign minors? What measures did the State party intend to adopt to search for and investigate unaccompanied foreign minors? Could an update on current legislation relating to unaccompanied minors be provi...

Consideration of Belgium. The Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) is the body of independent experts which monitors the implementation of the Convention for the Protection of all Persons against Enforced Disappearance by the States parties. The Committee and its Secretariat work daily to support victims, civil society organizations, National Human Rights Institutions and States to search for and locate disappeared persons, eradicate, punish and prevent this crime, and repair the damage suffered by the victims. Related Documents:  CED 28th Session (17 Mar - 04 Apr 2025) Watch the 522nd Meeting, 28th Session, Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED)!

Consideration of Peru. The Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) is the body of independent experts which monitors the implementation of the Convention for the Protection of all Persons against Enforced Disappearance by the States parties. The Committee and its Secretariat work daily to support victims, civil society organizations, National Human Rights Institutions and States to search for and locate disappeared persons, eradicate, punish and prevent this crime, and repair the damage suffered by the victims. Related Documents:  CED 28th Session (17 Mar - 04 Apr 2025) . Watch 519th Meeting, 28th Session, Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED)!

  The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the report of Peru on a stand-alone request for additional information under article 29 (4) of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance . The request concerned the State’s law 32107, which addressed crimes against humanity and war crimes. Committee Experts asked questions on the effects of the law on investigations into historic enforced disappearances and reported reprisals against judges who spoke out against it. Juan Pablo Alban Alencastro, Committee Expert and Country Rapporteur, asked about the effect that law 32107 had on search activities and the restitution of victims’ remains for enforced disappearance cases from before 2002? The law reportedly limited the financial capacity of the General Directorate for the Search for Disappeared Persons, and granted privileges to the State armed forces, police and persons over age 80 who were accused of crimes...

  The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the efforts of the Central African Republic to implement the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance . Committee Experts commended the State party’s willingness to review its laws and practices on enforced disappearance , while asking questions on arbitrary detentions and enforced disappearances in conflict settings. Olivier de Frouville, Committee Expert and Country Rapporteur, welcomed the State party’s sincerity and its willingness to review its laws and practices. Matar Diop, Committee Expert and Country Rapporteur, asked whether the State’s Criminal Code had been amended to criminalise enforced disappearance as a stand-alone offence. Mr. de Frouville said the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic had documented unlawful or arbitrary detention of more than 1,000 persons, including 41 unlawful a...

Consideration of Central African Republic (cont'd). The Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) is the body of independent experts which monitors the implementation of the Convention for the Protection of all Persons against Enforced Disappearance by the States parties. The Committee and its Secretariat work daily to support victims, civil society organizations, National Human Rights Institutions and States to search for and locate disappeared persons, eradicate, punish and prevent this crime, and repair the damage suffered by the victims. Related Documents:  CED 28th Session (17 Mar - 04 Apr 2025) . Watch 518th Meeting, 28th Session, Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED)!