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General Comment No. 7 on the definition of enforced disappearance

A/HRC/7/2 (para. 26)
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Author
UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
Publication Year
2008
Region
Global
Thematic Area
The Search Process / Law & Policies
Topic
Enforced Disappearance / Detention / Criminal Justice
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Open access

As a result of the development of international law, especially with respect to the definition of enforced disappearance, the Working Group decided to draft a general comment to provide a construction of the definition of enforced disappearance that is most conducive to the protection of all persons from enforced disappearance. In March 2007, during its eighty-first session, the Working Group adopted the following general comment.

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