Question of Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1988.

What other versions does this mandate have?

17 versions · 1983–2005

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/59/200

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2005	A/RES/59/200	Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances	1,408	79%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/215	Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances	1,514	68%Compare
2001	A/RES/55/103	Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances	1,243	82%Compare
1999	A/RES/53/150	Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances	1,135	95%Compare
1997	A/RES/51/94	Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances	1,116	64%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

2 reports · 2004–2006

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2006	A/61/289	Question on enforced or involuntary disappearances report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/59/200
2004	A/59/341	Question on enforced or involuntary disappearances report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/57/215

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Disappearance of Persons Fact-Finding Missions Written Communications

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Expresses its appreciation to the Working Group 011 Enforced or Involuntary Disappeara11ces for its humanitarian work and to those Governments that have co-operated with it;

Welcomes the decisíon of the Commission on Human Rights to extend for two years the term of the mandate of the Working Group, as defined in Commissio11 resolution 20 (XXXVI) of 29 February 1980,55 while maintaining the principie of a1111ual reporting b) the Group;

A/so welcomes the provis1ons made by the Commission on Human Rights in its resolution 1986/55 of 13 March 198661 to enable the Working Group to fulfil its mandate with greater efficiency;

Appeals to the Governments concerned, particularly those which have not yet replied to the communications addressed to them by the Working Group, to co-operate

fully with the Group so as to enable it, with respect for its working methods based 011 discretion, to perform its strictly humanitarian role;

Encourages the Governments concerned to consider the wish of the Working Group, whe11 such a wish is expressed, to visit their countries, thus enabling the Group to fulfil its mandate eve11 more effectively;

Appeals to the Governments concerned to take steps to protect the families of disappeared persons against any intimidation or a11y ill-trcatment ofwhich they may be the target;

Ca/Is upon the Commission on Human Rights to co11tinue to study this question as a matter of priority and to take any step it may deem necessary to the pursuit of thc task of the Working Group when it considers the report to be submitted by the Group to the Commission at its forty-fourth session;

Renews its request to the Secretary-General to contirme to provide the Working Group with ali necessary facilities.

166 Resolution 40/34, annex.

167 See Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime ,md the Treatment of Offenders, Milan, 26 August-6 September 1985: ceport prepared by the Secretariat (United Nations publication, Sales "lo E.86.IV. I ), chap. 1, sect. E. 1 S.

168 /bid., sect. D.2.

169 First United Nations Congress on the Prevention ofCrime and the T'reatment of Offenders, Geneva, 22 August-3 September 1955: report orepared by the Secretaria! (United Nations publication, Sales No. :<Vin.lV 4), annex LA

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