International Law Review

International Law Review

Convention for the Protection from Enforced Disappearance and the Necessity of Accession of Iran to It

Document Type : academic

Author
Abdollah Abedini
Assistant Professor of Faculty of Law, Pardis Farabi Branch of Tehran University
10.22066/cilamag.2017.27968
Abstract
"International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance" entered into force on 21 December 2010 while it had already been adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 20 December 2006. The provisions which have been embodied under the auspices of the United Nations in the Convention manifest the approach of increasing development of human rights in international and domestic levels. The provisions laid down in the Convention, indeed, shed light on different aspects of an existing, serious violation of human rights in international and domestic levels and in this regard, filled the gap and completed the previous process. In some circumstances, the commission of enforced disappearance results in crime against humanity. In this paper, first of all, the background of the literature will be reviewed briefly and then, the achievements of the Convention will be compared with other regional and international human rights instruments. 
Keywords
International Law
United Nations General Assembly
International Human Rights Law
Enforced Disappearance
Crimes against Humanity

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International Law Review
Volume 34, Issue 57
Autumn 2018
Pages 167-197

  • Receive Date 23 May 2016
  • Revise Date 28 July 2016
  • Accept Date 03 September 2016