CONTENTS
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Introduction...................................................................................
1
III.
RIGHTS VIOLATED BY THE PRACTICE OF DISAPPEARANCE.....
3
III.
DECLARATION ON THE PROTECTION OF ALL PERSONS FROM
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE............................................................
5
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF
ALL PERSONS FROM ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE..................
7
WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY
DISAPPEARANCES...................................................................
11
A. Definition of enforced disappearance................................
11
B. Activities of the Working Group.........................................
12
C. Methods of work of the Working Group.. ....................
15
D. Admissibility..............................................................
16
E. Handling of cases.. .....................................................
17
F. Replies from Governments and clarification, closure or
discontinuation of cases.............................................
18
G. Protection of relatives and witnesses...........................
20
FUTURE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMMITTEE-TO-BE
AND THE WORKING GROUP...................................................
21
Annexes.........................................................................................
23
I.
Form to submit a communication on a victim of an
enforced or involuntary disappearance............................
23
II. Practical information: the United Nations Working Group
on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances in a nutshell..
27
III.
IV.
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IV.
III. Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced
Disappearance................................................................. 31
IV. International Convention for the Protection of All Persons
from Enforced Disappearance..........................................
40
Selected bibliography.....................................................................
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