Le Comité des disparitions forcées a clos cet après-midi les travaux de sa vingt-cinquième session, qui se tenait à Genève depuis le 11 septembre dernier et au cours de laquelle il a examiné les rapports soumis par la Mauritanie, le Mexique, les Pays-Bas et le Nigéria en vertu de la…

  The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today hosted an event at the Palais des Nations in Geneva to launch its first general comment on enforced disappearances in the context of migration.  Opening the event, Olivier de Frouville, Chair of the Committee, said that millions of…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today held an informal meeting with non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations.  Non-governmental organizations speaking in the meeting addressed issues including the Committee’s concept note on short-term enforced disappearances;…

  The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today held an informal meeting with States.  Olivier de Frouville, Chair of the Committee, expressed gratefulness to the States parties that had dedicated time to participating in the exchange.  Speaking in the discussion were Iraq…

  The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today held an informal meeting with national human rights institutions.  Olivier de Frouville, Chair of the Committee, welcomed the contributions of national human rights institutes to the work of the Committee, saying that the Committee…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today co-hosted an event at the Palais des Nations in Geneva to mark the first anniversary of the joint statement on illegal intercountry adoptions.  Speakers discussed the content and objectives of the joint statement, highlighted its importance…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today considered the initial report of Nigeria under the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.  Committee Experts raised questions regarding investigations into Boko Haram abductions, the…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the additional information report submitted by Mexico under Article 29, paragraph four of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, and follow-up to the Committee's…

Ask Questions on Disappearances of Unaccompanied Minors and Lack of Access to Compensation and Asylum in Caribbean Territories The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today considered, in absence of a delegation, the additional information report submitted by the Netherlands under…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today considered Mauritania's initial report on its implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.  Committee Experts welcomed a prospective bill criminalising enforced disappearance,…