Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances

A/HRC/RES/63/34View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, published in 2026.

What other versions does this mandate have?

10 versions · 2008–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/HRC/RES/63/34	Enforced or involuntary disappearances	1,573	—Compare
2023	A/HRC/RES/54/14	Enforced or involuntary disappearances	1,426	87%Compare
2020	A/HRC/RES/45/3	Enforced or involuntary disappearances	1,289	94%Compare
2017	A/HRC/RES/36/6	Enforced or involuntary disappearances	1,300	63%Compare
2014	A/HRC/RES/27/1	Enforced or involuntary disappearances	1,085	26%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Disappearance of Persons Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Working Groups

What’s in this document?

12 operative paragraphs

Calls upon all States that have not yet signed, ratified or acceded to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance to consider doing so as a matter of priority, and also to consider the option provided for in articles 31 and 32 of the Convention regarding the Committee on Enforced Disappearances;

Also calls upon States to cooperate with the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances and to respond favourably to its request for visits;

Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue their intensive efforts to assist States interested in becoming parties to the Convention, while recognizing that a significant number of States support universal ratification;

Takes note of the reports of the Working Group, and encourages States to give due consideration to the comments and recommendations contained therein;

⁷A/HRC/63/28, A/HRC/63/28/Add.1 and A/HRC/63/28/Add.2.

Welcomes the important work undertaken by the Working Group to address all situations of enforced disappearance;

Encourages the Working Group to continue to explore issues regarding enforced disappearances and requests to continue to submit reports to the Human Rights Council, in accordance with its mandate, which should be made available in all official languages to facilitate their dissemination;

Welcomes the cooperation established between the Working Group and the Committee on Enforced Disappearances, as well as with other relevant special procedures and treaty bodies, within the framework of their respective mandates, and encourages them to continue their cooperation in the future;

Decides to extend the mandate of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances for a further period of three years, in conformity with the terms set forth in Human Rights Council resolution 7/12;

Calls upon States that have not provided substantive replies concerning claims of enforced disappearances in their countries to do so, and to give due consideration to relevant recommendations concerning this issue made by the Working Group in its reports;

Encourages the Working Group, in accordance with its working methods, to continue to provide the States concerned with relevant and detailed information on allegations of enforced disappearances in order to facilitate a prompt and substantive response to these communications without prejudice to the need for the States concerned to cooperate with the Working Group;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the Working Group with all financial and human resources necessary to enable it to carry out fully its mandate, and requests the Working Group to address and reduce the backlog of submissions concerning allegations of enforced disappearances and to continue to process all new cases in a timely and efficient manner so as to avoid future backlogs;

Decides to continue its consideration of the question of enforced disappearances in accordance with its programme of work.

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