UN working group against forced and involuntary disappearances

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Working against enforced and involuntary disappearances
Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
 
Organization type Working group
Abbreviation WGEID
management Bernard Duhaime
Founded February 29, 1980
Headquarters Geneva
Upper organization UN Human Rights Council
 

The Working Group Against Forced and Involuntary Disappearances was created to investigate cases in which unpopular people are held in secret prisons by states or killed and the bodies disposed of so that nothing can be proven to them.

The UN mandate

The UN Human Rights Commission created this position on February 29, 1980 by means of a resolution in which the mandate was also defined. This UN mandate is limited to three years and is regularly extended. After the UN Human Rights Commission was replaced by the UN Human Rights Council in 2006 , the latter is now responsible and oversees. The last extension of the mandate took place on October 10, 2017.

The members of the working group are not employees of the United Nations, but are given a mandate by the UN, and the UN Human Rights Council has issued a code of conduct for this purpose. The independent status of the elected officials is crucial for the impartial performance of their duties. The term of office of a mandate is limited to a maximum of six years.

The working group prepares thematic studies and develops guidelines for the improvement of human rights. She makes country visits and can make recommendations in an advisory capacity. Its tasks also include checking notifications and making suggestions to the states on how they can remedy any irregularities. It also carries out follow-up procedures in which it checks the implementation of the recommendations. To this end, it prepares annual reports for the attention of the UN Human Rights Council and the UN General Assembly .

Members of the WEIGD

Surname country since
Mr. Bernard Duhaime CanadaCanada Canada 2014
Mr. Tae-Ung ​​Baik Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 2015
Ms Houria Es-Slami MoroccoMorocco Morocco 2014
Mr. Henrikas Mickevičius LithuaniaLithuania Lithuania 2015
Mr. Luciano A. Hazan ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 2017

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Creation and mandate. (PDF) In: E / CN.4 / RES / 1980/20 / (XXXVI). UN Human Rights Commission , February 29, 1980, accessed April 8, 2019 .
  2. ↑ UN Human Rights Council. In: Enforce human rights. Published by: German Society for the United Nations e. V. (DGVN), accessed on March 24, 2019 (The Human Rights Council replaced the Human Rights Commission, which until 2006 had been the United Nations' most important body in the protection of human rights, but was increasingly exposed to criticism of its efficiency.).
  3. ↑ Decision of the UN General Assembly to create the Human Rights Council. (pdf) In: UN Res. 60/251. Published by: UN General Assembly , March 15, 2006, p. 1, item 1 , accessed on March 24, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Extension of mandate. (PDF) In: A / HRC / RES / 36/6. UN Human Rights Council , October 10, 2017, accessed April 8, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Appointment of the special rapporteurs. Published by: UN Human Rights Council , accessed April 5, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Special procedure. In: Human Rights Council. Published by: German Institute for Human Rights , accessed on April 5, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Code of Conduct (Word) In: A / HRC / RES / 5/2 . UN Human Rights Council . June 18, 2007. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  8. ↑ Action manual (PDF) UN Human Rights Council . Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  9. ↑ a b c Special Rapporteur. Published by: UN Human Rights Council , accessed April 5, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Country visits. Published by: UN Human Rights Council , accessed April 5, 2019 .
  11. ↑ a b Recommendations. Published by: UN Human Rights Council , accessed April 5, 2019 .
  12. ↑ General information. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Connection procedure. Published by: UN Human Rights Council , accessed April 5, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Annual reports in general. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .
  15. ↑ members from WGAD. Ed .: WGEID , accessed on April 5, 2019 .
  16. ↑ introduction; Members of the WGEID. Ed: WGAD , accessed April 5, 2019 .