Article 23
1. Each State Party shall ensure that the training of law enforcement
personnel, civil or military, medical personnel, public officials and other
persons who may be involved in the custody or treatment of any person
deprived of liberty includes the necessary education and information
regarding the relevant provisions of this Convention, in order to:
(a) Prevent
disappearances;
the
involvement
of
such
officials
in
enforced
(b) Emphasize the importance of prevention and investigations in
relation to enforced disappearances;
(c) Ensure that the urgent need to resolve cases of enforced
disappearance is recognized.
2. Each State Party shall ensure that orders or instructions prescribing,
authorizing or encouraging enforced disappearance are prohibited. Each
State Party shall guarantee that a person who refuses to obey such an
order will not be punished.
3. Each State Party shall take the necessary measures to ensure that
the persons referred to in paragraph 1 of this article who have reason to
believe that an enforced disappearance has occurred or is planned report
the matter to their superiors and, where necessary, to the appropriate
authorities or bodies vested with powers of review or remedy.
Article 24
1. For the purposes of this Convention, “victim” means the
disappeared person and any individual who has suffered harm as the
direct result of an enforced disappearance.
2. Each victim has the right to know the truth regarding the
circumstances of the enforced disappearance, the progress and results of
the investigation and the fate of the disappeared person. Each State Party
shall take appropriate measures in this regard.
3. Each State Party shall take all appropriate measures to search for,
locate and release disappeared persons and, in the event of death, to
locate, respect and return their remains.
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