Committee on Enforced Disappearances 22 May 2018 The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this morning opened its fourteenth session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, during which it will examine...

GENEVA (17 May 2018) – The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) is meeting in Geneva from May 22 – June 1, 2018, to review Albania, Austria, and Honduras. The Committee, which is composed of...

The human rights treaty bodies are committees of independent experts that monitor implementation of the core international human rights treaties. Each State party to a treaty has an obligation to take...

Spanish INFORMATION NOTE: On August 7 of 2017, The Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) sent a petition for urgent action to the Government of Argentina, according to art. 30 of the Convention...

GENEVA (5 December 2017) - A group of UN human rights experts* has welcomed the conviction of 48 people in Argentina, including military personnel and civilians, for torture, murder and enforced...

NEW YORK (20 October 2017) - Enforced disappearance should not exist in the 21st century, but reports of the “heinous” crime continue to be received in unacceptably high numbers, two UN experts* say...

Adopts Concluding Observations on the reports of Lithuania and Gabon The Committee on Enforced Disappearances closed its thirteenth session this afternoon after adopting concluding observations on the...

GENEVA (15 September 2017) – The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances has published its findings on Gabon and Lithuania, which it reviewed during its latest session, held from 4 to 15 September in...