International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

Annual Meeting with Member States and CSOs 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 Sites and Documents:  29 Session (22 Sep 2025 - 02 Oct 2025) . Watch the 550th Meeting, 29th Session, Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED)! Human Rights Treaty Bodies

   Consideration of Sri Lanka (continued) 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 Sites and Documents  29 Session (22 Sep 2025 - 02 Oct 2025) Watch 549th Meeting, 29th Session, Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED)!

Consideration of Sri Lanka. 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 Sites and Documents:  29 Session (22 Sep 2025 - 02 Oct 2025) . Watch the 548th Meeting, 29th Session, Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED)! Human Rights Treaty Bodies

The high-level event organized by the Permanent Missions of Croatia and Switzerland to the UN aims to facilitate a discussion and provide tangible proposals in the long-term quest of finding answers and revealing the fate of the missing. Among many humanitarian tragedies of armed conflicts, the issue of missing persons stands out as an exceptionally protracted global menace. From Croatia, Ukraine, Colombia, Cambodia to the Sudan, the anguish and lack of closure for families and loved ones of the missing remain a particularly cruel and long-lasting consequence of war for decades. The search for answers and the truth is not only a legal obligation for States and parties to armed conflicts but also remains a moral duty of affected societies, the international community and humanity itself. The discussion should aim to explore how to further secure the implementation of existing norms of international humanitarian law related to information gathering about those missing in armed conflict...

Consideration of Benin (continued). 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 Sites and Documents:  29 Session (22 Sep 2025 - 02 Oct 2025) Watch the 544th Meeting, 29th Session, Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED)! Human Rights Treaty Bodies

Consideration of Benin. 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 Sites and Documents:  29 Session (22 Sep 2025 - 02 Oct 2025) . Watch the 543rd Meeting, 29th Session, Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED)! Human Rights Treaty Bodies

   Consideration of Montenegro. ** Montenegrin interpretation is available on the Arabic audio channel** ** Crnogorski prevod je dostupan na arapskom audio kanalu ** 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. Watch the 541st Meeting, 29th Session, Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) Human Rights Treaty Bodies

   Opening of session. 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. Watch the 540th Meeting, 29th Session, Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED)! Human Rights Treaty Bodies