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Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances - Country visits

Country visits provide the WGEID with a firsthand account of the situation concerning enforced disappearances, including institutional and legislative factors that contribute to such practices.

Visits are undertaken only at the invitation of a Government. However, the WGEID may solicit an invitation, based on factors such as the number, credibility and gravity of the reports received, and the potential impact that the visit may have on the overall human rights situation.

During the visit, members of the WGEID meet with:

Government authorities,
NGOs,
representatives of the legal profession,
relatives of disappeared persons.

The conclusions and recommendations contained in the WGEID’s visit report are intended to assist Governments in identifying factors which may contribute to enforced disappearances, and provide practical solutions to implement international standards.

Invitations extended to the WGEID

Iraq
Uruguay

Pending visits of the WGEID

Algeria
Burkina Faso POSTPONED
Guatemala POSTPONED
Iran
Libya POSTPONED
Mali POSTPONED
South Sudan POSTPONED
Sudan POSTPONED

Visits requested by the WGEID

Afghanistan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Brazil
Burundi
China
Cyprus
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democractic Republic of the Congo
El Salvador
Ghana
Guatemala
Honduras
Egypt
India
Indonesia
Kenya
Lebanon
Nepal
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Philippines
Russian Federation
Rwanda
South Africa
Syrian Arab Republic
Thailand
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Zimbabwe
Yemen

Completed visits

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Country	Mission Report	Follow-up
Kyrgyzstan	A/HRC/45/13/Add.2 E F S R C A
Tajikistan	A/HRC/45/13/Add.1 E F S R C A
Ukraine	A/HRC/42/40/Add.2 E F S R C A
Gambia	A/HRC/39/46/Add.1 E F S R C A
Albania	A/HRC/36/39/Add.1 E F S R C A
Peru	A/HRC/33/51/Add.3 E F S R C A	A/HRC/42/40/Add.1 S
Sri Lanka	A/HRC/33/51/Add.2 E F S R C A	A/HRC/42/40/Add.1 E
Turkey	A/HRC/33/51/Add.1 E F S R C A	A/HRC/45/13/Add.4 E
Croatia	A/HRC/30/38/Add.3 E	A/HRC/39/46/Add.2 E
Montenegro	A/HRC/30/38/Add.2 E	A/HRC/39/46/Add.2 E
Serbia Kosovo	A/HRC/30/38/Add.1 E	A/HRC/39/46/Add.2 E
Spain	A/HRC/27/49/Add.1 E F S C A A/HRC/27/49/Add.3 S	A/HRC/36/39/Add.3 E F S R C A Comments by the State S
Chile	A/HRC/22/45/Add.1 (August 2012) E F S R C A A/HRC/22/45/Add.4 S only	A/HRC/36/39/Add.3 E F S R C A
Pakistan	A/HRC/22/45/Add.2 E F S R C A	A/HRC/33/51/Add.7 (2016) E
Republic of the Congo	A/HRC/19/58/Add.3 (September/October 2011) E F S R C A	A/HRC/33/51/Add.7 (2016) E
Mexico	A/HRC/19/58/Add.2 (March 2011) E F S R C A E/CN.4/1492/Add.1 (22 February 1982)	A/HRC/30/38/Add.4 (2015) E
Timor-Leste	A/HRC/19/58/Add.1 (February 2011) E F S R C A	A/HRC/30/38/Add.4 (2015) E
Bosnia and Herzegovina	A/HRC/16/48/Add.1 (June 2010) E F S R C A	A/HRC/27/49/Add.2 E F S R C A
Morocco	A/HRC/13/31/Add.1 (June 2009)	A/HRC/22/45/Add.3 EFS only
Argentina	A/HRC/10/9/Add.1 (July 2008)	A/HRC/27/49/Add.2 E F S R C A
Guatemala	A/HRC/4/41/Add.1 (February 2007)	A/HRC/16/48/Add.2 (2010)
Honduras	A/HRC/7/2/Add.1 (26 October 2007)	A/HRC/16/48/Add.2 (2010)
El Salvador	A/HRC/7/2/Add.2 (26 October 2007)	A/HRC/22/45/Add.3 EFS only
Colombia	E/CN.4/2006/56/Add.1 (July 2005) E/CN.4/1989/18/Add.1 (November 1988)	A/HRC/19/58/Add.4 (2011) English/Spanish only
Nepal	E/CN.4/2005/65/Add.1 (December 2004)	A/HRC/19/58/Add.4 (2011) English/Spanish only
Democratic Republic of Congo	A/57/349 A/58/127 E/CN.4/2003/44
Sri Lanka	E/CN.4/2000/64/Add.1 (October 1999)
Turkey	E/CN.4/1999/62/Add.2 (September 1998)
Yemen	E/CN.4/1999/62/Add.1 (August 1998)
Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina	E/CN.4/1997/55
Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina	E/CN.4/1995/37 (July 1994)	E/CN.4/1996/36 (February 1996)
Former Yugoslavia Joint mission with SR on Former Yugoslavia	E/CN.4/1994/26/Add.1 (August 1993)
Sri Lanka	E/CN.4/1993/25/Add.1 (October 1992) E/CN.4/1992/18/Add.1
Philippines	E/CN.4/1991/20/Add.1 (10 January 1991)
Guatemala	E/CN.4/1988/19/Add.1 (21 December 1987)
Peru	E/CN.4/1986/18/Add.1 (June 1985)	E/CN.4/1987/15/Add.1 (October 1986)
Bolivia	E/CN.4/1985/15

Mandate

The Working group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID)

Annual and post-sessional reports

The Working Group and the Committee on Enforced Disappearance

Thematic issues

- Standards and public policies for an effective investigation of enforced disappearances (A/HRC/45/13/Add.3)

- Enforced Disappearances in the context of migration of WGEID study on enforced disappearances in the context of migration
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- Enforced disappearances and economic, social and cultural rights
Unofficial translations of WGEID study on enforced disappearances and economic, social and cultural rights
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- Reparations and enforced disappearances (A/HRC/22/45, paras. 46-68)

How to report a case of disappearance

How to use the WGEID (PDF)

Form to submit a communication on a victim of an enforced disappearance
E | F | S (Word)

Flyer on WGEID’s procedures (PDF)

How to submit cases (video)