The Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) is the body of independent experts which monitors implementation of the Convention by the States Parties.

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HTMLCountry4 Upcoming Events 19th session (online), 7 to 25 September 2020 URGENT INFORMATION: In line with prevailing circumstances, the 19th session of the Committee is held online. The programme of work of the session has been adapted to take into consideration the present extraordinary circumstances and can be consulted at the following link. NEW DATES OF THE DIALOGUE WITH IRAQ ON ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 5 October from 12:30 to 14:30, and 7 October 2020, 16:00-18:00, Geneva time. This public event will be webcast at http://webtv.un.org/. Joint Webinars by CED and WGEID: The year 2020 marks the 40th anniversary of the UN Working Group on enforced and involuntary disappearances (WGEID) and the 10th anniversary of the entry into force, on 23 December 2010, of the UN International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. In this context, the WGEID and the CED are convening two joint online-events on the search for victims of enforced disappearances, and the investigation of their disappearance.	HTMLCountry5 Recent Events and Developments On 18 September 2020, the Committee on Enforced Disappearances and the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances issued Key Guidelines on Enforced Disappearances in the context of COVID 19 Word \| PDF. 18^th session of the Committee: online opening. The opening address of the CED Chair (Mohammed Ayat) and of the Chief of the Human Rights Treaties Branch (Ibrahim Salama), can be consulted at the following link. Statement of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances on the decision of Mexico to approve the competence of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances to examine individual complaints 5th Meeting of States parties - Elections 2019 Statement of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances on the Draft Convention on Crimes against Humanity, adopted during the 14th session on 1 June 2018 First Conference on States Parties to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance on 19 December 2016
HTMLCountry6 Latest News Committee on enforced disappearances officially closes eighteenth session and opens nineteenth session 7 September 2020 Enforced disappearances: UN Committee welcomes Mexico’s decision on individual complaints 4 September 2020 Enforced disappearances: UN Committee to hold special online dialogue with Iraq 3 September 2020 Despite pandemic, countries must search for people who have been forcibly disappeared, say UN Experts International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, 30 August 2020 27 August 2020 Committee on Enforced Disappearances virtually opens eighteenth session 4 May 2020	HTMLCountry7 Ratifications and Reporting Recent signatures and ratifications Status of ratification and reports due under the convention Status of ratification by treaty and by country Declarations and reservations World maps on ratifications Reporting status by country