The Convention
History and background of the ConventionJURISPRUDENCE
Human Rights Committee
Libya - Case of El Hassy vs Libya 2007
Interamerican court
Guatemala - Case of Blake 1999 (in Spanish)
Guatemala - Case of Bamaca Velasquez v Guatemala 2000 (in Spanish)
Legal brief Amicus Curiae of ICJ on Bamaca case (in Engish)
Guatemala - Case of Bamaca Velasquez v. Guatemala reparations 2002 (in Spanish)
Peru - Case of Durand and Ugarte 2000 (in Spanish)
Peru - Case of Durand and Ugarte reparations 2000 (in Spanish)
RELEVANT LEGAL FRAMEWORK
This page will contain documents that are relevant for the overall legal framework on protection from enforced disappearances but that is not strictly about the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearances.
UNIVERSAL PROTECTION MECHANISMS
UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
The International Convention on Civil and Political Rights
Link to the Human Rights Committee
REGIONAL PROTECTION MECHANISMS
INTERAMERICAN COURT ON HUMAN RIGHTS
The website of the Inter american court on human rights contains the texts and ratification status of the interamerican convention on forced disappearance as well as important jurisprudence and an extensive library.
Link to Interamerican convention on disappearances
EUROPEAN COURT ON HUMAN RIGHTS
The website of the European court on human rights contains case Law information on disappearance cases.
European Convention and its Five Protocols
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
On January 18 the Committee of Ministers (CoM) of the Council of Europe state that the entry into force of the convention would significantly contribute to combating the practice of enforced disappearances. Read article 8 of CoM reply
NATIONAL PROTECTION
Argentina - The existing legal protection mechanisms (in Spanish). Click here
Colombia - The existing legal protection mechanisms (in Spanish). Click here
Ecuador - The existing legal protection mechanisms (in Spanish). Click here
El Salvador - The existing legal protection mechanisms (in Spanish). Click here
Guatemala - The existing legal protection mechanisms (in Spanish). Click here
Guatemala - Draft law on National Commission to search for disappeared. Click here
Nepal - On 25 November 2008, the ICAED member, International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), released a letter welcoming the Government of Nepal's initiative in drafting the Bill on Disappearances (Crime and Punishment) Act, 2065, but also urging it to adopt a series of amendments. The Bill does not comply with the provisions of the Convention. Read the letter
Paraguay - The existing legal protection mechanisms (in Spanish). Click here
Peru - The existing legal protection mechanisms (in Spanish). Click here
Uruguay - The existing legal protection mechanisms (in Spanish). Click here
Venezuela - The existing legal protection mechanisms (in Spanish). Click here