Domestic Mechanisms Database
The Domestic Mechanisms Database includes mechanisms from around the world that have been put in place at national levels to address the crime of enforced disappearances. It includes criminal, constitutional and civil legislation, truth and reconciliation bodies, search and forensic mechanisms, reparation among other domestic frameworks. Users can search the source bank through a filter-based or key-term search and access text in English, Spanish, Russian and French.
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Committee on the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance
The Committee on the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance is composed of members of the Government, other institutions, human rights experts and medical doctors. Its functions include: a) formulating policies, plans, and measures to prevent and suppress enforced disappearance; b) formulating comprehensive policies and measures on physical and mental rehabilitation to ensure the best possible restoration of an affected person; c) setting forth rules and procedures for assisting an affected person, both financially and mentally, including long-term medical rehabilitation with the approval of the Ministry of Finance; d) establishing measures to prevent the recommission of the offence ...click to read more
Keywords: Rehabilitation | Deprivation of liberty