2006 International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

2006 ICPPED

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United Nations Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR)

“Article 42

1. Any dispute between two or more States Parties concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention which cannot be settled through negotiation or by the procedures expressly provided for in this Convention shall, at the request of one of them, be submitted to arbitration. If within six months from the date of the request for arbitration the Parties are unable to agree on the organization of the arbitration, any one of those Parties may refer the dispute to the International Court of Justice by request in conformity with the Statute of the Court.

2. A State may, at the time of signature or ratification of this Convention or accession thereto, declare that it does not consider itself bound by paragraph 1 of this article. The other States Parties shall not be bound by paragraph 1of this article with respect to any State Party having made such a declaration.

3. Any State Party having made a declaration in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2 of this article may at any time withdraw this declaration by notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.”

Secretary-General of the United Nations

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23/12/2010

“Article 39

1. This Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date of deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession.

2. For each State ratifying or acceding to this Convention after the deposit of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession, this Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date of the deposit of that State’s instrument of ratification or accession.”

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1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

1984 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

1992 United Nations General Assembly Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights accessed on 23/07/2021

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