Law on cooperation with the International Criminal Court on matters of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity

The Law defines enforced disappearance as follows: "whoever in any way and for any reason, being an agent of the State or, without being an agent, with the authorisation, support or acquiescence of agents of the State, deprives a person of their liberty, followed by the refusal to report the deprivation of liberty or the whereabouts or fate of the person; or whoever omits and refuses to provide information about the deprivation of liberty of a missing person, their whereabouts or fate". The Law defines even an isolated incident as a crime against humanity. The crime of enforced disappearance is defined as a permanent crime until the fate or whereabouts of the victim are established.

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Mechanism Date

September 25, 2006

Country

Uruguay

Theme

Justice

Keywords

Crimes against humanity | Criminal offence of enforced disappearance | Non-derogation | Penalties | Sanctions and mitigations | Statute of limitations


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