Essays about: "International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance"
Found 2 essays containing the words International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
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1. Competing Standards on the Definition of Enforced Disappearance - A victims-oriented perspective for national implementation
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : There are competing standards regarding the definition of the crime of “enforced disappearance” under international law. When criminalizing enforced disappearance at the national level as part of their obligations under international law, States which adopt a more narrow definition of enforced disappearance provided in the Rome Statute require victims of enforced disappearance to prove the existence of an additional “special intention” of perpetrators. READ MORE
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2. Time for Enforced Disappearance to Disappear. A Study of the International Legal Instruments Addressing Enforced Disappearance
University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheterAbstract : The purpose of this study is to examine the international legal instruments specifically addressing the practice of enforced disappearance and analyse if they are sufficient in relation to the gravity and seriousness of the crime. The instruments examined are: the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, the Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons and the Statute of the International Criminal Court. READ MORE