International Convention for the Protection of All Persons From Enforced Disappearance

A/RES/68/166View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 69b Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, published in 2014.

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?

3 subjects

Disappearance of Persons Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Treaties

What’s in this document?

12 operative paragraphs

Recognizes the importance of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance,³ the ratification and the implementation of which will be a significant contribution to ending impunity and to promoting and protecting all human rights for all;

³Resolution 61/177, annex.

Welcomes the fact that 93 States have signed the Convention and 41 have ratified or acceded to it, and calls upon States that have not yet done so to consider signing, ratifying or acceding to 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;

Also welcomes the holding of the second meeting of the States parties to the Convention on 28 May 2013, and welcomes the panel discussion held on that occasion;

Further welcomes the report of the Secretary-General;⁴

⁴A/68/210 and Add.1.

Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to increase their intensive efforts to assist States in becoming 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 making efforts to disseminate information on the Convention, to promote understanding of it and to assist States parties in implementing their obligations under this instrument;

Welcomes the work achieved by the Committee on Enforced Disappearances, and in particular the consideration, during its fourth session, of the first reports submitted by States parties under article 29 of the Convention, and encourages all States parties to the Convention to submit their reports, to support and promote the work of the Committee and to implement its recommendations;

Recognizes the importance of the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance⁵ as a body of principles for all States designed to punish enforced disappearances, to prevent their commission and to help victims of such acts and their families to seek fair, prompt and adequate reparation;

⁵Resolution 47/133.

Welcomes the cooperation established between the Working Group and the Committee, within the framework of their respective mandates, and encourages further cooperation in the future;

Takes note with interest of all the general comments of the Working Group, including the most recent comments on children⁶ and women⁷ affected by enforced disappearances, and recognizes in this regard that enforced disappearances have special consequences for women and vulnerable groups, especially children, as they most often bear the serious economic hardships that usually accompany such disappearances and, when subjected to enforced disappearances themselves, may become particularly vulnerable to sexual and other forms of violence;

⁶A/HRC/WGEID/98/1 and Corr.1.

⁷A/HRC/WGEID/98/2.

Invites the Chair of the Committee and the Chair of the Working Group to address and engage in an interactive dialogue with the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”;

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

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