COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES

21^st session : The 21^st session of the Committee is scheduled from 13 - 24 September 2021. The provisional agenda includes the following activities (subject to change depending on the COVID-19 pandemic):

• List of Issues : Costa Rica, Mali and Mauritania.
• Examination of initial reports under article 29(1) of the Convention: to be confirmed
• Examination of additional information under article 29(4) of the Convention: France and Spain

Details on how to contribute to the work of the Committee and deadlines for written contributions are available in the “20th session Information note for Victims, Civil Society Organizations and NHRIs”.

20^th session (online): The 20^th session of the Committee took place from 12 April to 7 May 2021.

During the session, the Committee adopted its Report on requests for urgent action submitted under article 30 of the Convention. It also adopted its Guidance for the submission of a request for urgent action to the Committee

During the session, the Committee held interactive dialogues on the initial report of Switzerland (see videos: part 1, part 2 and part 3) and Mongolia (part 1, part 2 and part 3), and on the additional information submitted by Colombia (part 1 and part 2) and adopted a list of issues in the absence of a report (LOIAR) for Zambia.

Joint Webinar by CED/WGEID/ICAED: ‘Sharing experiences and positive outcomes of actions taken to promote the ratification of the Convention and way forward’
3 March 2021

Time to act (video): ‘No State is immune from the risk and corrosive effects of enforced disappearance.’
24 December 2020

The CED welcomes its new member, Mr. Matar Diop. In compliance with article 26(5) of the Convention, Mr. Diop replaces Mr. Cheikh Ahmed Tidiane Coulibaly who resigned on 16 October 2020.

19th session (online): Watch the summary and the public closing meeting. Featuring the Committee’s first ever online dialogue with a State party on 5 October and 7 October 2020, to examine the additional information submitted by Iraq under article 29(4) of the Convention.

To date, 63 of the 193 UN Member States have ratified the Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance. The most recent accessions or ratifications of the Convention are by Oman (2020), Norway (2019), Fiji (2019) and Dominica (2019).

CED ratification, including all declarations and reservations

Ratification status map