What makes it especially frightening is that despite the government's claims that it 'pursues action against perpetrators who have been involved in
enforced disappearances', the country's current legal framework has proven to be completely ineffective in responding to such cases it has failed to reveal the truth, bring perpetrators of the practice to account and deter similar violations in future.
Amnesty International said that anyone reasonably suspected of criminal responsibility for
enforced disappearances must be held to account through fair trials.
In conjunction with the International Day of the Victims of
Enforced Disappearances, social media users, including families, rights groups, and activists, started an online campaign Monday evening to blog about
enforced disappearance cases.
Tunisia had presented its preliminary report on
enforced disappearances before the UN Committee on
Enforced Disappearances in Geneva last March 7 and 8.
The UN chief was referring to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from
Enforced Disappearance, which affirms unequivocally that the use of
enforced disappearance is illegal under any circumstances, including war, internal political instability or any other public emergency.
In spite of that," stressed Sarkin, "the Working Group has dealt with more than 50,000 cases since it was established in 1980," highlighting the group's concern over the growing number of cases of
enforced disappearances around the world.
Following the adoption of the convention by consensus, the minister of social affairs at Japan's permanent mission to the United Nations, Yasushi Takase, called
enforced disappearance a ''terrible and hideous crime.
But where such damages are reasonable (at least on their face) and are fairly applied, they will be
enforced.
1, 1998, the income or franchise tax of each state was generally
enforced on all taxpayers.
Just prior to the Rome conference for example, the Vatican expressed concern over the use of the
enforced pregnancy language on the international war crimes list.
He used laws that existed in Germany for decades, laws no one bothered to repeal because no one thought they would be
enforced.
administration costs are slashed, service quality is improved, user policies are created and
enforced, security improved and delivery issues resolved.
The Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF) reported more than 204
enforced disappearance cases from December 2015 to March 2016.
GENEVA, Sept 7 (KUNA) -- Iraq on Monday assured the United Nations (UN) Committee on
Enforced Disappearances (CED) on its commitment to protecting human rights through continued cooperation with the UN.
The report will explore whether the city's trespassing and anti-loitering ordinances can be ``more fully''
enforced.