General Comment on Article 19 of the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

Key Judgment

Legal Relevance

Keywords: Effective Remedy

Themes: Memory and Reparations

The General Comment explains the right to obtain redress, adequate compensation, and rehabilitation for victims of enforced disappearance and their families. The Working Group clarifies that states are obliged to ensure that domestic legislation incorporates relevant provisions that enable victims to claim compensation which must be proportionate to the gravity of the act of enforced disappearance.