Legal Document
Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons
Adopted at Belém do Pará, on 9 June 1994, at the twenty fourth regular session of the General Assembly of the OAS.
Author
Organization of American States (OAS)
Publication Year
1994
Thematic Area
The Search Process
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Law & Policies
Topic
Prevention
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Enforced Disappearance
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Detention
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Criminal Justice
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Children
Access
Open access
States that are party to the Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons undertake the responsibility not to engage in any acts of forced disappearances of persons; to punish those who do within their jurisdictions; to cooperate in helping to prevent, punish, and eliminate forced disappearance of persons; and lastly to take the necessary legal and administrative measures to comply with the Convention. Violations of the convention can be brought to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and can be forwarded to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
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