Enforced disappearance inflicts profound suffering on victims and violates their right not to be subjected to torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
To mark the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances , international* and regional** Human Rights experts call on States to end the practice of enforced disappearance and avoid the profound suffering endured by its victims, to take preventive measures, and to ensure they receive adequate remedies for the harm suffered, and perpetrators receive proportionate punishment. They issued the following joint statement today: Enforced disappearances entail a serious violation of multiple human rights, inflicting profound suffering, experienced not only by those who are forcibly disappeared, but also by their families, their communities, and by society as a whole. They are often practiced as a deliberate strategy of control through terror intended to cause suffering, instill fear, suppress dissent, and punish entire communities. Their commission involves varying degrees of participation, acquiescence, or omission by State agents. Any act of enforced disappearance places ...
