International Convention for the Protection of All Persons From Enforced Disappearance

A/RES/63/186View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 64b Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, published in 2009.

What other versions does this mandate have?

16 versions · 2006–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/201

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/201	International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance	2,072	96%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/207	International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance	2,086	77%Compare
2022	A/RES/76/158	International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance	1,730	76%Compare
2020	A/RES/74/161	International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance	1,328	81%Compare
2018	A/RES/72/183	International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance	1,094	77%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

9 reports · 2013–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2025	A/80/298	International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/207
2021	A/76/315	International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/74/161
2019	A/74/213	International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/72/183
2017	A/72/280	International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/160
2016	A/71/278	International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/160

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Disappearance of Persons Information Dissemination Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Treaties

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the adoption on 20 December 2006 of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance,³ and looks forward to its entry into force at an early date;

³Resolution 61/177, annex.

Also welcomes the fact that since the signing ceremony for the Convention, on 6 February 2007, eighty States have signed the Convention and seven have ratified it, and calls upon States which have not yet done so to consider signing and ratifying the Convention as a matter of priority, as well as to consider the option provided for in articles 31 and 32 of the Convention regarding the Committee on Enforced Disappearances;

Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights to intensify efforts to assist States to become parties to the Convention, with a view to achieving universal adherence;

Requests United Nations agencies and organizations, and invites intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, to continue undertaking efforts to disseminate information on the Convention, to promote understanding of it, to prepare for its entry into force and to assist States parties in implementing their obligations under this instrument;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session a report on the status of the Convention and the implementation of the present resolution.

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