Guiding principles for the search for disappeared persons
Key Judgment
Legal Relevance
Keywords: Indigenous Peoples | Refugees and Migrants | Children/Youth
Themes: Search
The Committee developed 16 guiding principles based on its accumulated expertise. The guiding principles aim to consolidate good practices in searching for disappeared persons. They identify mechanisms and procedures for carrying out states’ obligation to search for disappeared persons. The principles also reaffirm the important role that victims and their relatives play in the search for disappeared persons.
Judgment Date
May 8, 2019
Country
Universal
Judicial Body
Committee on Enforced Disappearances