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

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