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1.1.1. About this database - Content - Objectives
1.1.2. About this database - Content - General Description
1.1.3. About this database - Content - Countries' nomenclature
1.1.4. About this database - Content - Contribution to the feeding of the database
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Hide details for 03. Acronym (& WEB Sites)03. Acronym (& WEB Sites)
1.3.1. AI = Amnesty International
1.3.2. AFHR = Archaeologists for Human Rights
1.3.3. APT = Association for the Prevention of Torture
1.3.4. CHR = United Nations Commission on Human Rights
1.3.5. CSDHA = United Nations Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs
1.3.6. EAAF = Equipo Argentino de Antropologia Forense / Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team
1.3.7. ECOSOC = United Nations Economic and Social Council
1.3.8. HR = Human Rights
1.3.9. HRDC = Human Rights Documentation Centre
1.3.10. HRW = Human Rights Watch
1.3.11. ICRC = International Committee of the Red Cross
1.3.12. IHL = International Humanitarian Law
1.3.13. OAS = Organization of American States
1.3.14. OAU = Organization of African Unity
1.3.15. OECD = Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
1.3.16. OHCHR = Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
1.3.17. SG = United Nations Secretary-General
1.3.18. SAHRDC = South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
1.3.19. UN GA = United Nations General Assembly
1.3.20. UN = United Nations
1.3.21. UNRISD = United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
1.3.22. WHO = World Health Organization
Hide details for 02. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue02. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue
Hide details for 01. Through ICRC reports01. Through ICRC reports
2.1.1. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Through reports - ICRC - Information by Country - Advertisement / Nota Bene
2.1.2. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Through reports - ICRC - Former conflicts, First & Second World War
Hide details for 2.1.3. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Through reports - ICRC - UN General Assembly & Commissi2.1.3. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Through reports - ICRC - UN General Assembly & Commission on Human Rights
2.1.3.1. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Through reports - ICRC - UN General Assembly & Commission on Human Rights
2.1.3.2. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Through reports - ICRC - UN General Assembly & Commission on Human Rights
2.1.3.3. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Through reports - ICRC - UN General Assembly & Commission on Human Rights
2.1.3.4. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Through reports - ICRC - UN General Assembly & Commission on Human Rights
2.1.4. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Through reports - ICRC - The impact of the missing issues on children
2.1.5. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Through reports - ICRC - The impact of missing issues on women
Hide details for 02. Through UN reports02. Through UN reports
2.2.1. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Through UN reports
2.2.2. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Through UN reports - CHR - Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
Hide details for 03. Through other country reports03. Through other country reports
Hide details for 2.3.1. Illustration  & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - On several countries2.3.1. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - On several countries
2.3.1.1. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - On several countries
2.3.2. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Afghanistan
2.3.3. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Algeria
2.3.4. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Argentina
2.3.5. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Bosnia and Herzegovina
2.3.6. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Brazil
2.3.7. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Cambodia
2.3.8. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Chad
2.3.9. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Chile
2.3.10. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Colombia
2.3.11. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Cyprus
2.3.12. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Democratic Republic of the Congo
2.3.13. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Timor-Leste
2.3.14. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - El Salvador
Hide details for 2.3.15. Illustration  & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Guatemala2.3.15. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Guatemala
2.3.15.1. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Guatemala
2.3.16. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Guinea
2.3.17. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Honduras
2.3.18. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - India (& Kashmir)
2.3.19. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Indonesia
Hide details for 2.3.20. Illustration  & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Iraq2.3.20. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Iraq
2.3.20.1. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Iraq
2.3.20.2. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Iraq
2.3.21. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Malaysia
2.3.22. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Mexico
2.3.23. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Morocco
2.3.24. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Namibia
2.3.25. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Nepal
2.3.26. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Paraguay
2.3.27. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Peru
2.3.28. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Philippines (the)
2.3.29. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Russian Federation (the) / Chechnya
2.3.30. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Rwanda
2.3.31. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Serbia and Montenegro / Kosovo
2.3.32. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Sri Lanka
Hide details for 2.3.33. Illustration  & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Sudan (The)2.3.33. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Sudan (The)
2.3.33.1. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Sudan
2.3.34. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Uruguay
2.3.35. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Western Sahara
2.3.36. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Other country reports - Zimbabwe
Hide details for 04. Through global analysis04. Through global analysis
2.4.1. Illustration & dimension of the Missing issue - Through global analysis - Culture & conflits - "Disparitions" - Printemps-Eté 1994
Hide details for 03. General framework03. General framework
Hide details for 01. Internation humanitarian law (IHL)01. Internation humanitarian law (IHL)
3.1.1. General framework - IHL - 1995 - Statutes and Rules of Procedure of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
3.1.2. General framework - IHL - 1998 - Statutes of the International Committee of the Red Cross
3.1.3. General framework - IHL - ICRC - War and familiy links: relevant legal texts
3.1.4. General framework - IHL - Geneva Conventions & Additional Protocols - Members of the Armed Forces' Identification, Killed in action & Graves (Main provisions)
3.1.5. General framework - IHL - Geneva Conventions & Additional Protocols - Civilian and those killed in action or deceased (Main provisions)
3.1.6. General framework - IHL - Geneva Conventions & Additional Protocols - Identification of, Visit to & Death of Prisoners, Internees & Detainees (Main provisions)
3.1.7. General framework - IHL - Geneva Conventions & Additional Protocols - Reunification of Separated Family Members (Main provisions)
3.1.8. General framework - IHL - Geneva Conventions & Additional Protocols - Tracing Missing Persons (Main provisions)
3.1.9. General framework - IHL - Geneva Conventions & Additional Protocols - Forwarding of News and Information (Main Provisions)
3.1.10. General framework - IHL - Geneva Conventions & Additional Protocols - ICRC Central Tracing Agency (Main provisions)
3.1.11. General framework - IHL - Geneva - 1925 - 12th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent : Study on measures to diminish the number of unaccounted for in time of war
3.1.12. General framework - IHL - The Hague - 1928 - 13th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent : Study on measures to diminish the number of unaccounted for in time of war
3.1.13. General framework - IHL - Vienna - 1965 - 20th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent : Resolution XXIII - Tracing of Burial Places
3.1.14. General framework - IHL - Teheran - 1973 - 22th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent : Resolution V - The missing and the dead in armed conflicts
3.1.15. General framework - IHL - Geneva - 1986 - 25th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent : Resolution IX - Protection of children in armed conflicts
3.1.16. General framework - IHL - Geneva - 1986 - 25th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent : Resolution XIII - Obtaining and transmitting personal data as a means of protection and preventing disappearances
3.1.17. General framework - IHL - Geneva - 1986 - 25th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent : Resolution XIV - National Information Bureaux
3.1.18. General framework - IHL - Geneva - 1986 - 25th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent : Resolution XV - Cooperation between National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and governments in the reuniting of dispersed families
3.1.19. General framework - IHL - Geneva - 1986 - 25th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent : Resolution XVI - Role of the Central Tracing Agency and the National Societies in tracing activities and the reuniting of families
3.1.20. General framework - IHL - Geneva - 1986 - 25th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent : Resolution XX - Assistance to children in emergency situations
3.1.21. General framework - IHL - Geneva - 1993 - International Conference for the Protection of War Victims - Final declaration
3.1.22. General framework - IHL - Geneva - 1996 - 26th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent : Resolution 2 - Protection of the civilian population in period of armed conflict
3.1.23. General framework - IHL - Geneva - 1999 - 27th International Conference of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent : Reference Document
3.1.24. General framework - IHL - Geneva - 1999 - 27th International Conference of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent : Report of the Plenary Commission - Theme I of the Plan of Action - Protection of victims of armed conflict through respect for nternational humanitarian law
3.1.25. General framework - IHL - Geneva - 1999 - 27th International Conference of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent : Report of the Plenary Commission - Plan of Action 2000-2003 & Follow up - Theme 1 - Final goal 1.1 - Action 1: About unaccounted for & the dead
3.1.26. General framework - IHL - Geneva - 2003 - 28th International Conference of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent : Agenda for Humanitarian Action - Objective 1: Respect and restore the dignity of persons missing as a result of armed conflicts or other situations of armed violence and of their families
Hide details for 02. Human rights law (HR) - Enforced or involuntary disappearances02. Human rights law (HR) - Enforced or involuntary disappearances
3.2.1. General framework - Enforced or involuntary disappearances - OHCHR - Web ressources
3.2.2. General framework - HR - A/RES/47/133 (1992) - Declaration on the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance (18.12.92)
3.2.3. General framework - HR - A/RES/49/193 (1995) - Resolution - Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances (09.03.95)
3.2.4. General framework - CHR - E/CN.4/RES/1996/30 - Resolution - Question of enforced disappearances (19.04.96)
3.2.5. General framework - CHR - E/CN.4/RES/1997/26 - Resolution - Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances (11.04.97)
Hide details for 3.2.6. General framework - HR - A/RES/51/94 (1997) - Resolution - Question of enforced or involuntary disappea3.2.6. General framework - HR - A/RES/51/94 (1997) - Resolution - Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances (28.02.97)
3.2.6.1. General framework - HR - A/51/561 (1996) - Report of the SG - Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances (25.10.96)
Hide details for 3.2.7. General framework - CHR - E/CN.4/Sub.2/1998/19 - The administration of justice and Human rights3.2.7. General framework - CHR - E/CN.4/Sub.2/1998/19 - The administration of justice and Human rights
3.2.7.1. General framework - CHR - E/CN.4/Sub.2/1998/19 - Annex - Draft international convention on the protection of all persons from enforced disappearance
3.2.8. General framework - CHR - E/CN.4/RES/1998/40 - Resolution - Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances (17.04.98)
3.2.9. General framework - CHR - E/CN.4/SUB.2/RES/1998/25 - Sub-Commission resolution - Draft international convention on the protection of all persons from enforced disappearance (26.08.98)
Hide details for 3.2.10. General framework - HR - A/RES/53/150 (1999) - Resolution - Question of enforced or involuntary disapp3.2.10. General framework - HR - A/RES/53/150 (1999) - Resolution - Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances (10.03.99)
3.2.10.1. General framework - HR - A/53/304 (1998) - Report of the SG - Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances (26.08.98)
3.2.11. General framework - CHR - E/CN.4/RES/1999/38 - Resolution - Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances (26.04.99)
3.2.12. General framework - CHR - E/CN.4/SUB.2/RES/1999/24 - Sub-Commission resolution - Draft international convention on the protection of all persons from enforced disappearance (26.08.99)
3.2.13. General framework - CHR - E/CN.4/RES/2000/37 - Resolution - Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances (20.04.2000)
3.2.14. General framework - CHR - E/CN.4/SUB.2/RES/2000/18 - Sub-Commission resolution - Question of enforced disappearances (17.08.2000)
3.2.15. General framework - CHR - E/CN.4/2001/68 - Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (18.12.2000)
3.2.16. General framework - CHR - E/CN.4/2001/69 - Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances - Note by the secretariat (21.12.2000)
3.2.17. General framework - CHR - E/CN.4/2001/69/Add.1 - Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances - Note by the secretariat (14.03.2001)
3.2.18. General framework - HR - A/RES/55/103 (2001) - Resolution - Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances (02.03.2001)
3.2.19. General framework - CHR - E/CN.4/RES/2001/46 - Resolution - Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances (23.04.2001)
3.2.20. General framework - CHR - E/CN.4/2002/79 - Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (18.01.2002)
3.2.21. General framework - CHR - E/CN.4/2002/71 - Report - The existing international criminal and human rights framework for the protection of persons from enforced or involuntary disappearances, pursuant to paragraph 11 of Commission resolution 2001/46 (08.02.2002)
3.2.22. General framework - CHR - E/CN.4/RES/2002/41 - Resolution - Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances (23.04.2002)
3.2.23. General framework - CHR - E/CN.4/RES/2002/60 - Resolution - Missing Persons (25.04.2002)
3.2.24. General framework - GA - A/RES/57/207 - Resolution - Missing Persons (18.12.2002)
3.2.25. General framework - CHR - E/CN.4/2003/71 - Report of the intersessional open-ended working group to elaborate a draft legally binding normative instrument for the protection of all persons from enforced disappearance (12.02.2003)
Hide details for 03. Human rights law (HR) - Detainees03. Human rights law (HR) - Detainees
3.3.1. General framework - 1975 - UN GA - Resolution 3452 (XXX) - Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (09.12.1975)
3.3.2. General framework - 1977 - ECOSOC - Resolution 663 C (XXIV) & 2076 (LXII) - Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (31.07.1957 & 13.05.1977)
3.3.3. General framework - 1979 - UN GA - Resolution 34/169 - Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials (17.12.1979)
3.3.4. General framework - 1982 - UN GA - Resolution 37/194 - Principles of Medical Ethics relevant to the Role of Health Personnel, particularly Physicians, in the Protection of Prisoners and Detainees against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (18.12.1982)
3.3.5. General framework - 1984 - ECOSOC - Resolution 1984/50 - Safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty (25.05.1984)
3.3.6. General Framework - 1984 - UN GA - Resolution 39/46 - Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (10.12.1984)
3.3.7. General framework - 1985 - UN GA - Resolution 40/32 - Model Agreement on the Transfer of Foreign Prisoners and Recommendations on the Treatment of Foreign Prisoners
3.3.8. General framework - 1985 - UN GA - Resolution 40/34 - Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power (29.11.1985)
3.3.9. General framework - 1985 - UN GA - Resolutions 40/32 & 40/146 - Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary (29.11.1985 & 13.12.1985)
3.3.10. General framework - 1988 - UN GA - Resolution 43/173 - Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment (09.12.1988)
3.3.11. General Framework - 1989 - ECOSOC - Resolution 1989/65 - Principles on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions (24.05.1989)
3.3.12. General framework - 1990 - UN AG - Resolution 45/111 - Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners (14.12.1990)
3.3.13. General framework - 1990 - United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders - Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers (Havana, Cuba, 27.08 - 7.09.1990)
3.3.14. General framework - 1990 - United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders - Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials (Havana, Cuba, 27.08 - 7.09.1990)
3.3.15. General framework - 1990 - United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders - Guidelines on the Role of Prosecutors (Havana, Cuba, 27.08 - 7.09.1990)
Hide details for 04. Other international texts of law04. Other international texts of law
3.4.1. General framework - 1948 - UN GA - Resolution 217 A (III) - Universal Declaration of Human Rights (10.12.1948)
3.4.2. General framework - 1948 - Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (09.12.1948)
3.4.3. General framework - 1950 - Council of Europe - Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms as amended by Protocol No. 11 (04.11.1950)
Attachment Icon3.4.4. General framework - 1950 - UN Conference on Declaration of Death of Missing Persons - Convention on the declaration of death of missing persons (06.04.1950)
3.4.5. General framework - 1951 - UN Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Status of Refugees and Stateless - Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (28.07.1951)
3.4.6. General framework - 1966 - UN GA - Resolution 2200A (XXI) - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (16.12.1966)
3.4.7. General framework - 1969 - OAS - American Convention on Human Rights (22.11.1969)
3.4.8. General framework - 1974 - UN GA - Resolution 3220 - Assistance and cooperation in accounting for persons who are missing or dead in armed conflicts
3.4.9. General framework - 1981 - OAU - African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (27.06.1981)
3.4.10. General framework - 1989 - UN GA - Resolution 44/25 - The Convention on the Rights of the Child (20.11.1989)
3.4.11. General framework - 1990 - OAU - African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
3.4.12. General framework - 1993 - Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action - World Conference on Human Rights - Vienna, 14-25 June 1993 (25.06.93)
Hide details for 3.4.13. General framework - 1994 - UN GA - Resolution A/RES/48/134 - National institutions for the promotion a3.4.13. General framework - 1994 - UN GA - Resolution A/RES/48/134 - National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (& "Paris" Principles relating to the status of national institutions) (04.03.1994)
3.4.13.1. General framework - OHCHR - Fact Sheet No.19, National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
3.4.13.2. General framework - 2002 - E/CN.4/2003/110 - Effective functioning of Human Rights Mechanisms: National Institutions and Regional Arrangements - National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights - Report of the Secretary-General (31.12.2002)
3.4.14. General framework - 1994 - Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons
3.4.15. General framework - 1997 - CHR - E/CN.4/Sub.2/1997/20/Rev1 - Set of Principles for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights Through Action to Combat Impunity (26.06.1997)
3.4.16. General framework - 1998 - CHR - E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2 - Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement (Deng Principles) (11.02.1998)
3.4.17. General framework - 1999 - UN GA - A/54/426 - Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Istanbul Protocol) & Principles for the Effective Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (01.10.1999)
3.4.18. General framework - 1999 - Universal Postal Convention as revised by the 1999 Beijing Congress
3.4.19. General framework - 2000 - CHR - E/CN.4/2000/62 - Draft of Basic principles and guidelines on the right to a remedy and reparation for victims of violations of international human rights and humanitarian law (18.01.2000) and related reports and resolutions
3.4.20. General framework - 2000 - UN GA - Resolution 54/263 - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflicts (25.05.2000)
3.4.21. General framework - 2002 - CHR - E/CN.4/RES/2002/60 - Resolution - Missing Persons (25.04.2002)
3.4.22. General framework - 2003 - World Summit in the Information Society - Declaration of Principles & Plan of Action (12.12.2003)
3.4.23. General framework - 2003 - European Union Guidelines on Children and Armed Conflict (08.12.2003)
Hide details for 05. About International Humanitarian Law (IHL) & Human Rights (HR)05. About International Humanitarian Law (IHL) & Human Rights (HR)
3.5.1. General framework - IHL - ICRC - 1988 - ICRC protection and assistance activities in situation not covered by international humanitarian law* (International Review of the Red Cross - January-February 1988)
3.5.2. General framework - IHL - ICRC - 1987 - The National Information Bureau in Aid of Victims of Armed Conflicts (By Marco Sassoli - International Review of the Red Cross - January-February 1987)*
3.5.3. General framework - IHL - ICRC - 1988 - Draft Model Declaration on Internal Strife (Prof. Theodor Meron* - International Review of the Red Cross - January-February 1988)
3.5.4. General framework - IHL - ICRC - 1993 - Internal violence (by Marion Harroff-Tavel)
3.5.5. General framework - IHL - ICRC - 2001 - Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 for the Protection of War Victims
3.5.6. General framework - IHL - ICRC - 2000 - The ICRC and civil-military cooperation in situations of armed conflict (by Jean-Daniel Tauxe)
3.5.7. General framework - IHL - ICRC - 1999 - Does international humanitarian law still stand a chance ? (by Dietmar Klenner)
3.5.8. General framework - IHL - ICRC - 1995 - The United Nations and International Humanitarian Law: The International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations' involvement in the implementation of international humanitarian law (by Hans-Peter Gasser)
3.5.9. General framework - IHL - ICRC - 1993 - Applicability of international humanitarian law to United Nations peace-keeping forces (by Umesh Palwankar)
3.5.10. General framework - IHL - ICRC - 1995 - The law of war and the armed forces (by F. de Mulinen)
3.5.11. General framework - IHL - ICRC - 2000 - History of the law of war on land (by Howard S. Levie)
3.5.12. General framework - IHL - ICRC - 1997 - The 1977 Protocols: a landmark in the development of international humanitarian law (by René Kosirnik)
3.5.13. General framework - IHL - ICRC - 1999 - The evolution of individual criminal responsibility under international law (by Edoardo Greppi)
3.5.14. General framework - IHL & HR - 2000 - International Law and internal armed conflicts: Clarifying the interplay between Human Rights and humanitarian protections (By Mark Freeman, October 2000)
Attachment Icon3.5.15. General framework - IHL & HR - Is there an obligation under international law to search for, exhume and identify civilians missing as a result of armed conflict and what are the rights of families to be informed of the fate of their relatives? (Valérie Brasey, University of Essex - 2002)
Hide details for 06. Basic information on disappearances06. Basic information on disappearances
3.6.1. General framework - Basic information on disappearances - OHCHR - Fact Sheet No.6 (Rev.2) - Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
3.6.2. General framework - Basic information on disappearances - Linking Solidarity - Manual - Excuses for the truth - Disappearances and their consequences
3.6.3. General framework - Basic information on disappearances - AI - 1992 - 14-Point Program for the Prevention of "Disappearances"
3.6.4. General framework - Basic information on disappearances - AI - 1992 - 14-Point Program for the Prevention of Extrajudicial Executions
Hide details for 07. ICRC 2002-2003 Process: Comprehensive Approach and Results07. ICRC 2002-2003 Process: Comprehensive Approach and Results
Attachment Icon3.7.1. ICRC 2002-2003 Process - Documents of Reference: ICRC Report: Excerpt / International Conference of Governmental and Non-Governmental Experts (02.2003): Outcome / 28th International Red Cross and Red Crescent Conference (12.2003): Outcome (EN-ES-FR)
Attachment Icon3.7.2. ICRC 2002-2003 Process: The Missing and their Families at the 28th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent - Agenda for Humanitarian Action and Pledges (Geneva, 2-6.12.2003)
Attachment Icon3.7.3. ICRC 2002-2003 Process: International Conference of Governmental and Non-Governmental Experts 19-21 February 2003 - Official Outcome : "Report of the Working Group" & "Observations and Recommendations" (EN-ES-FR-RU)
Attachment Icon3.7.4. ICRC 2002-2003 Process: International Conference of Governmental and Non-Governmental Experts 19-21 February 2003 - Acts of the Conference (EN-FR)
Attachment Icon3.7.5. ICRC 2002-2003 Process: ICRC Report: The Missing and their families - Summary of the conclusions arising from events held prior to the International Conference of Governmental and Non-Governmental Experts (19-21 February 2003) (EN-ES-FR)
Attachment Icon3.7.6. ICRC 2002-2003 Process: The legal protection of personal data & human remains, Electronic Workshop, 02.04.2002 - 06.05.2002: Final report and outcome (EN-FR)
Attachment Icon3.7.7. ICRC 2002-2003 Process: Member of armed forces and armed groups: identification, family news, killed in action, prevention, Workshop, 06.05.2002 - 07.05.2002, Ecogia ICRC Training Center - Geneva - Switzerland: Final report and outcome (EN-FR)
Attachment Icon3.7.8. ICRC 2002-2003 Process: Human remains & forensic sciences, Electronic Workshop, 02.2002 - 03.2002; Human remains: Law, politics & ethics, 23.05.2002 - 24.05.2002 and Human remains: management of remains and of information on the dead, 10.07.2002 - 12.07.2002, Workshops, Ecogia ICRC Training Center - Geneva - Switzerland: Final report and outcome (EN-FR)
Attachment Icon3.7.9. ICRC 2002-2003 Process: Support to families of people unaccounted for, Workshop, 10.06.2002 - 11.06.2002, Ecogia ICRC Training Center - Geneva - Switzerland: Final report and outcome (EN-FR)
Attachment Icon3.7.10. ICRC 2002-2003 Process: Means to prevent disappearances & to process missing cases, Workshop, 24.07.2002 - 26.07.2002, Ecogia ICRC Training Center - Geneva - Switzerland: Final report and outcome (EN-FR)
Attachment Icon3.7.11. ICRC 2002-2003 Process: Mechanisms to solve issues on people unaccounted for, Workshop, 19.09.2002 - 20.09.2002, Ecogia ICRC Training Center - Geneva - Switzerland: Final report and outcome (EN-FR)
Attachment Icon3.7.12. ICRC 2002-2003 Process: Mourning process & commemorations, Study - Report and recommendations, Drawn up under the direction of Yvan Droz, Doctor of Ethnology, associate professor at the Geneva Graduate Institute of Development Studies (IUED), In cooperation with Sylvain Froidevaux, Doctor in Social Sciences, commissioned by the IUED (EN-FR)
Attachment Icon3.7.13. ICRC 2002-2003 Process: Overcoming the tensions between family needs and judicial procedures - Study - Report and recommendations, by Ms Vasuki Nesiah, Senior Associate, International Center for Transitional Justice (EN-FR)
Attachment Icon3.7.14. ICRC 2002-2003 Process: Study on existing mechanisms to clarify the fate of people unaccounted for - Report and recommendations, by Jean-François Rioux, Professor of conflict studies at Saint-Paul University, Ottawa, Canada and Marco Sassòli, Professor of public international law at the Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada; with the assistance of Mr. Mountaga Diagne and Ms. Marianne Reux, research assistants at the Université du Québec à Montréal (EN-FR)
Hide details for 08. National texts of law08. National texts of law
3.8.1. General framework - 2000 - Colombia - Law 589 on Forced disappearance
Hide details for 04. Restoring family links & ascertain fate of unaccounted for04. Restoring family links & ascertain fate of unaccounted for
Hide details for 01. Family news network01. Family news network
4.1.1. Restoring family links & ascertain fate of unaccounted for - Family news network - ICRC Central Tracing Agency (CTA)
4.1.2. Restoring family links & ascertain fate of unaccounted for - Family news network - Restoring contact between families separated by war
4.1.3. Restoring family links & ascertain fate of unaccounted for - Family news network - ICRC - Waiting for news (Publication)
4.1.4. Restoring family links & ascertain fate of unaccounted for - Family news network - ICRC - War and family links: general overview
4.1.5. Restoring family links & ascertain fate of unaccounted for - Family news network - ICRC - War and family links: Steps towards reunification
4.1.6. Restoring family links & ascertain fate of unaccounted for - Family news network - ICRC - 1998 - Cooperation between National Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross: an essential and demanding partnership (by Jean-Luc Blondel)
Hide details for 02. Family news network - Net services02. Family news network - Net services
4.2.1. Restoring family links & ascertain fate of unaccounted for - Family news network - Net services - Bosnia and Herzegovina
4.2.2. Restoring family links & ascertain fate of unaccounted for - Family news network - Net services - Iraq
4.2.3. Restoring family links & ascertain fate of unaccounted for - Family news network - Net services - Kosovo
4.2.4. Restoring family links & ascertain fate of unaccounted for - Family news network - Net services - Liberia-Sierra Leone
Hide details for 03. Ascertain fate of detainees03. Ascertain fate of detainees
4.3.1. Restoring family links & ascertain fate of unaccounted for - Ascertain fate of detainees - ICRC - 2001 - Visiting people deprived of their freedom: Preventing forced disappearances
4.3.2. Restoring family links & ascertain fate of unaccounted for - Ascertain fate of detainees - ICRC - 1996 - How visits by the ICRC can help prisoners cope with the effects of traumatic stress (by Pascal Daudin and Hernán Reyes)
4.3.3. Restoring family links & ascertain fate of unaccounted for - Ascertain fate of detainees - ICRC - 2000 - Visits to detained torture victims by the ICRC (I): Management, documentation, and follow-up (by Marina Staiff )
4.3.4. Restoring family links & ascertain fate of unaccounted for - Ascertain fate of detainees - ICRC - 1997 - ICRC action on behalf of prisoners
4.3.5. Restoring family links & ascertain fate of unaccounted for - Ascertain fate of detainees - ICRC - 1983 - Chapter III: Rules relating to the conduct of combatants and the protection of prisoners of war
Hide details for 04. Protection of the civilan population04. Protection of the civilan population
4.4.1. Restoring family links & ascertain fate of unaccounted for - Protection of the civilian population - ICRC - 1995 - Reunification of families dispersed by war
4.4.2. Restoring family links & ascertain fate of unaccounted for - Protection of the civilian population - ICRC - 1995 - Protection of children in armed conflicts
4.4.3. Restoring family links & ascertain fate of unaccounted for - Protection of the civilian population - ICRC - 1995 - Refugees and internally displaced persons: International humanitarian law and the role of the ICRC (by Jean-Philippe Lavoyer)
4.4.4. Restoring family links & ascertain fate of unaccounted for - Protection of the civilian population - ICRC - 1998 - Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement
4.4.5. Restoring family links & ascertain fate of unaccounted for - Protection of the civilian population - ICRC - 2000 - Internally displaced persons: The mandate and role of the International Committee of the Red Cross
4.4.6. Restoring family links & ascertain fate of unaccounted for - Protection of the civilian population - ICRC - Children in war
Hide details for 05. Identification of the dead in the battlefield05. Identification of the dead in the battlefield
4.5.1. Restoring family links & ascertain fate of unaccounted for - Identification of the dead in the battlefield - United States of America (the) - Marines Magazine - We're Talkin' DOG TAGS
4.5.2. Restoring family links & ascertain fate of unaccounted for - Identification of the dead in the battlefield - Crimes of War Project - Identification (By H. Wayne Elliott)
Hide details for 05. Human Remains05. Human Remains
Hide details for 01. Legal references - UN01. Legal references - UN
5.1.1. Human remains - Legal references - See also Chapter 7 "Data collection - management & protection" and in particular 7.1
5.1.2. Human remains - Legal references - OHCHR - Web ressources
Hide details for 5.1.3. Human remains - Legal references - ECOSOC - E/RES/1989/65 - Resolution Human rights and forensic scienc5.1.3. Human remains - Legal references - ECOSOC - E/RES/1989/65 - Resolution Human rights and forensic science (24.05.89)
5.1.3.1. Human remains - Legal references - ECOSOC - E/RES/1989/65 - Resolution Human rights and forensic science - Annex: Principles on the effective prevention and investigation of extralegal, arbitrary and summary execution (24.05.89)
5.1.4. Human remains - Legal references - HR - A/RES/44/162 (1989) - Human rights in the administration of justice (15.12.89)
5.1.5. Human remains - Legal references - CHR - E/CN.4/RES/1992/24 - Resolution Human rights and forensic science (28.02.92)
5.1.6. Human remains - Legal references - CHR - E/CN.4/1993/20 - Report of the SG on Human rights and forensic science submitted pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolution 1992/24 (05.02.93)
5.1.7. Human remains - Legal references - CHR - E/CN.4/RES/1993/33 - Resolution Human rights and forensic science (05.03.93)
5.1.8. Human remains - Legal references - CHR - E/CN.4/1994/24 - Report of the SG on Human rights and forensic science (07.02.94)
5.1.9. Human remains - Legal references - CHR - E/CN.4/RES/1994/31 - Resolution Human rights and forensic science (04.03.94)
5.1.10. Human remains - Legal references - ECOSOC - E/DEC/1994/249 - Decision Human rights and forensic science (22.07.94)
5.1.11. Human remains - Legal references - CHR - E/CN.4/1996/41 - Report of the SG on Human rights and forensic science (07.03.96)
5.1.12. Human remains - Legal references - CHR - E/CN.4/RES/1996/31 - Resolution Human rights and forensic science (19.04.96)
5.1.13. Human remains - Legal references - ECOSOC - E/DEC/1996/262 - Decision Human rights and forensic science (26.07.96)
5.1.14. Human remains - Legal references - CHR - E/CN.4/1998/32 - Report of the SG on Human rights and forensic science (05.01.98)
5.1.15. Human remains - Legal references - CHR - E/CN.4/RES/1998/36 - Resolution Human rights and forensic science (17.04.98)
5.1.16. Human remains - Legal references - CHR - E/CN.4/2000/57 - Report of the OHCHR on Human rights and forensic science (15.12.99)
5.1.17. Human remains - Legal references - CHR - E/CN.4/RES/2000/32 - Resolution Human rights and forensic science (20.04.2000)
5.1.18. Human remains - Legal references - CHR - E/CN.4/RES/2003/33 - Resolution Human rights and forensic science (25.04.2003)
Hide details for 02. UN Manual on the effective prevention & investigation ..... - 199102. UN Manual on the effective prevention & investigation ..... - 1991
5.2.1. UN Manual on the effective prevention and investigation of extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions - ST/CSDHA/12 - 1991 - Table of content
5.2.2. UN Manual on the effective prevention and investigation of extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions - ST/CSDHA/12 - 1991 - 0. Introduction
5.2.3. UN Manual on the effective prevention and investigation of extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions - ST/CSDHA/12 - 1991 - I. International Human Rights Standards
5.2.4. UN Manual on the effective prevention and investigation of extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions - ST/CSDHA/12 - 1991 - II. The Elaboration of international standards for effective prevention of extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions
5.2.5. UN Manual on the effective prevention and investigation of extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions - ST/CSDHA/12 - 1991 - III. Model Protocol for a legal investigation of extra-legal arbitrary and summary executions ("Minnesota Protocol")
5.2.6. UN Manual on the effective prevention and investigation of extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions - ST/CSDHA/12 - 1991 - IV. Model autopsy protocol
5.2.7. UN Manual on the effective prevention and investigation of extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions - ST/CSDHA/12 - 1991 - V. Model protocol for disinterment and analysis of skeletal remains
5.2.8. UN Manual on the effective prevention and investigation of extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions - ST/CSDHA/12 - 1991 - Annex I. Principle on the effective presention and investigation of extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions
5.2.9. UN Manual on the effective prevention and investigation of extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions - ST/CSDHA/12 - 1991 - Annex II. Postmortem detection of torture
5.2.10. UN Manual on the effective prevention and investigation of extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions - ST/CSDHA/12 - 1991 - Annex III. Drawings of parts of human body for identification of torture - Teeth
5.2.11. UN Manual on the effective prevention and investigation of extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions - ST/CSDHA/12 - 1991 - Annex III. Drawings of parts of human body for identification of torture - Comparison of body with possible decedents
5.2.12. UN Manual on the effective prevention and investigation of extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions - ST/CSDHA/12 - 1991 - Annex III. Drawings of parts of human body for identification of torture - Full body, female - lateral view
5.2.13. UN Manual on the effective prevention and investigation of extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions - ST/CSDHA/12 - 1991 - Annex III. Drawings of parts of human body for identification of torture - Full body, female - anterior and posterior views
5.2.14. UN Manual on the effective prevention and investigation of extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions - ST/CSDHA/12 - 1991 - Annex III. Drawings of parts of human body for identification of torture - Thoracic abdominal, female - anterior and posterior views
5.2.15. UN Manual on the effective prevention and investigation of extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions - ST/CSDHA/12 - 1991 - Annex III. Drawings of parts of human body for identification of torture - Perineum female
5.2.16. UN Manual on the effective prevention and investigation of extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions - ST/CSDHA/12 - 1991 - Annex III. Drawings of parts of human body for identification of torture - Full body, male - lateral view
5.2.17. UN Manual on the effective prevention and investigation of extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions - ST/CSDHA/12 - 1991 - Annex III. Drawings of parts of human body for identification of torture - Full body, male - anterior and posterior views (ventral and dorsal)
5.2.18. UN Manual on the effective prevention and investigation of extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions - ST/CSDHA/12 - 1991 - Annex III. Drawings of parts of human body for identification of torture - Thoracic abdominal, male - anterior and posterior views
5.2.19. UN Manual on the effective prevention and investigation of extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions - ST/CSDHA/12 - 1991 - Annex III. Drawings of parts of human body for identification of torture - Right hand - palmar and dorsal