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Legal Instrument

Ley Federal de Declaración Especial de Ausencia para Personas Desaparecidas

(Federal Law of Special Declaration of Absence for Disappeared Persons)

Jurisdiction: Mexico
Entry into Force: 22 June, 2018 (reformed 20 May, 2021)
Link: https://www.diputados.gob.mx/LeyesBiblio/ref/lfdeapd.htm (in Spanish)

Ley General en Materia de Desaparición Forzada de Personas, Desaparición Cometida por Particulares y del Sistema Nacional de Búsqueda de Personas

(General Law on the Forced Disappearance of Persons, Disappearance Committed by Individuals and the National System for the Search for Persons)

Jurisdiction: Mexico
Entry into Force: 17 November, 2018 (reformed 13 May, 2022)
Link: https://www.diputados.gob.mx/LeyesBiblio/ref/lgmdfp.htm (in Spanish)