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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.
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When women are themselves direct victims of disappearance, they become particularly vulnerable to sexual and other forms of violence. Children can also be victims, both directly and indirectly. The disappearance of a child is a clear contravention of a number of provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, including the right to a personal identity.
Communities are directly affected by the disappearance of breadwinners, and the degradation of the families' economic situation and their social marginalization. Having been removed from the protective precinct of the law and "disappeared" from society, victims of enforced disappearance are in fact deprived of all their rights and are at the mercy of their captors.
Some of the human rights that enforced disappearances regularly violate are:. Enforced disappearances also generally violate various economic, social and cultural rights for both the victims as well as their families:.
Both the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court , which came into force on 1 July , and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance , adopted by the UN General Assembly on 20 December , state that, when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed at any civilian population, a "forced disappearance" qualifies as a crime against humanity and, thus, is not subject to a statute of limitations.
It gives victims' families the right to seek reparations, and to demand the truth about the disappearance of their loved ones. By the same resolution the Assembly welcomed the adoption of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance , and decided to declare 30 August the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, to be observed beginning in Impunity compounds the suffering and anguish.
Under international human rights law, families and societies have a right to know the truth about what happened. Significant progress has thus been made since 20 December , the date on which the United Nations General Assembly, at the initiative of France, adopted the first resolution on disappeared persons:. As of May , it had 98 States and 62 States Parties. Between and , 25 States ratified the Convention, mainly thanks to the joint campaign between Argentina and France for its universal ratification.
The Convention is a genuine instrument for combatting enforced disappearances. As such, it provides a legal definition of enforced disappearance which it considers to be a crime both in times of peace and war, thus filling the legal loophole which existed. No circumstances whatsoever may be invoked to justify enforced disappearances. The Convention addresses both individual cases of enforced disappearance and systematic practices of enforced disappearance thanks to proactive investigation and response measures.
It thus criminalizes the act of a State conducting or organizing the enforced disappearance of a person, with no information ever on what happened. It prohibits secret places of detention and strengthens the procedural safeguards surrounding detention. It gives families and relatives a right to know the truth about the fate of victims of enforced disappearances. Furthermore, it requires States to pay special attention to missing children.
It is essential to raise further awareness of this innovative legal instrument, so that it is equal to the challenge posed by enforced disappearances around the world. The preventive aspect of the Convention which sets up monitoring and early warning mechanisms must be highlighted, as must its role in consolidating the rule of law and fighting impunity in post-crisis situations.
France welcomes the decision taken at the conference that the Committee on Enforced Disappearances should remain the body responsible for monitoring implementation of the Convention.
The Committee on Enforced Disappearances helps fulfil the aspirations of family members of missing persons to obtain compensation.
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