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The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 20, 2006, states that the widespread or systematic practice of enforced disappearances constitutes a crime against humanity. It gives victims' families the right to seek reparations and to demand the truth ...
The convention is modelled heavily on the United Nations Convention Against Torture. "Enforced disappearance" is defined in Article 2 of the Convention as the arrest, detention, abduction or any other form of deprivation of liberty by agents of the State or by persons or groups of persons acting with the authorization, support or acquiescence of the State, followed by a refusal to acknowledge ...
The term "crimes against humanity" is potentially ambiguous because of the ambiguity of the word "humanity", which originally meant the quality of being human (first recorded in 1384) but more recently (in 1450) additionally took on another meaning as a synonym of mankind. [5]
A forced disappearance (or enforced disappearance) occurs when a person is secretly abducted or imprisoned by a state or political organization or by a third party with the authorization, support, or acquiescence of a state or political organization, followed by a refusal to acknowledge the person's fate and whereabouts, with the intent of ...
Crimes against humanity, divided by type. Please Note : Crimes against humanity is a specific legal concept. In order to be included in this category, the event(s) must have been prosecuted as a crime against humanity, or at a minimum be described as such by most reliable sources.
The case marked the first time a Swiss court had heard a case involving enforced disappearance. The defendant had sought asylum in Switzerland, arguing his life was at risk in Belarus due to his ...
Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons; International Coalition against Enforced Disappearances; International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; International Day of the Disappeared
In a new, 161-page report, the U.N.'s fact-finding mission details specific incidents of killings, forced disappearances, sexual assault and gender-based violence, and physical, psychological and ...