Enforced disappearances: UN expert
group to review in Geneva more than 530 cases from 36 countries
GENEVA (13 September 2019) – The
United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances will
hold its 119th session in Geneva from 16 to 20 September 2019 to examine more
than 530 cases from 36 countries.
The Group - composed of five
independent human rights experts - will meet relatives of those who have
disappeared, state authorities, civil society representatives and other stakeholders
to exchange information on individual cases and on the persistent practice of
enforced disappearances.
The experts will discuss a number
of thematic issues, including its upcoming report on standards and public
policies on the effective investigation of enforced disappearances, as well as
the issue of disappearances committed by non-state actors.
The Working Group will, in
addition, discuss internal matters and future activities, including its planned
visits for 2019 and 2020. The experts will also examine allegations received
regarding obstacles encountered in the implementation of the Declaration on the
Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
The Working Group’s meetings are
held in private.
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The Working Group on Enforced orInvoluntary Disappearances is comprised of five independent experts from all
regions of the world. The Chair-Rapporteur is Mr. Bernard Duhaime (Canada) and
the Vice-Chair is Mr. Tae-Ung Baik (Republic of Korea); other members are Ms.
Houria Es-Slami (Morocco); Mr. Luciano Hazan (Argentina) and Mr. Henrikas
Mickevicius (Lithuania).
The Working Group was established
by the then UN Commission on Human Rights in 1980 to assist families in
determining the fate and whereabouts of disappeared relatives. It endeavours to
establish a channel of communication between the families and the Governments
concerned, to ensure that individual cases are investigated, with the objective
of clarifying the whereabouts of persons who, having disappeared, are placed
outside the protection of the law. It also provides assistance in the
implementation by States of the UN Declaration on the Protection of All Personsfrom Enforced Disappearance .
The Working Groups are part of what
is known as the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council. Special
Procedures, the largest body of independent experts in the UN Human Rights system,
is the general name of the Council’s independent fact-finding and monitoring
mechanisms. Special Procedures mandate-holders are independent human rights
experts appointed by the Human Rights Council to address either specific
country situations or thematic issues in all parts of the world. They are not
UN staff and are independent from any government or organization. They serve in
their individual capacity and do not receive a salary for their work.
Learn how to submit a case to the
Working Group.
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