Comments on the Guiding Principles for the Search for Disappeared Persons of the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances

The search for missing persons is an ethical and legal problem that has captured the attention of important international bodies. In this context, the United Nations Committee against Enforced Disappearances approved in 2019 the Guiding Principles for the Search for Missing Persons. Although this is...

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Autor: Sferrazza Taibi, Pietro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Anuario Mexicano de Derecho Internacional
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/15609
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.juridicas.unam.mx/index.php/derecho-internacional/article/view/15609
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:enforced disappearance
search for disappeared persons
Committee on Enforced Disappearances
esaparición forzada
búsqueda de personas desaparecidas
Comité contra las Desapariciones Forzadas
disparition forcée
recherche de personnes disparues
Comité contre les Disparitions Forcées
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Sumario:The search for missing persons is an ethical and legal problem that has captured the attention of important international bodies. In this context, the United Nations Committee against Enforced Disappearances approved in 2019 the Guiding Principles for the Search for Missing Persons. Although this is a set of good practices systematized in a soft law instrument, they represent a road map for every State that implements a public search policy for missing persons. Therefore, this paper will critically analyze the main contributions of this Principles.