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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National Registry of Disappeared People
The National Registry of Missing People is designed by the Government and coordinated by the National Institute of Legal Medicine. It contains data on: a) the identity of missing persons; b) the place and date of the events; c) the list of corpses or remains of unidentified people, with the indication of the place and date of discovery, conditions, characteristics, evidence, results of analyses and any other data that leads to their identification. In the course of judicial investigations, the Prosecutor or the Attorney General's Office shall send victims' data to the Registry requesting the necessary information to locate them.
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Official Register of All Detained or Confined Persons
The Law provides that all persons detained or confined shall be placed in officially recognised and controlled places of detention or confinement, where an official up- to-date register of such persons is maintained. Relatives, lawyers, judges, official bodies and all persons who have a legitimate interest in the whereabouts and condition of the persons deprived of liberty shall have free access to such register. The register shall contain the following details: a) the identity or name, description and address of the person deprived of liberty; b) the date, time and location where the person was deprived of liberty and the ...click to read more
Keywords: Deprivation of liberty
Central Register on Missing Persons
The Law provides that a Central Register on Missing Persons shall be established by the Governmental Commission on Missing Persons with the purpose of ensuring the implementation of its mandate and clarifying the fate of missing persons. The Commission shall collect in the Register data on missing persons collected from all available sources, useful to reveal their identity and location or the circumstances of their disappearance. Such data shall be exchanged with the relevant State institutions, as appropriate, for the purpose of searching and identifying the missing persons or recovering their mortal remains. Families and legal representatives of missing persons, ...click to read more
Keywords: Access to information | Search
Central Records of Missing and Forcibly Disappeared Persons
The Central Records of missing and forcibly disappeared persons is created by the National Commission for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared, and includes individual records pertaining to forcibly disappeared persons regarding whom a tracing request has been submitted. The information thereby contained are subject to the principle of confidentiality. Associations representing family members, international organisations, natural persons, or any legal entity in possession of a database related to a disappeared person may be requested to provide the National Commission with information in order to complete the Records. All data entered into the Central Records is subject to verification by the ...click to read more
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