Background

This phase of the procedure is entirely written. Its purpose is for the Committee to analyse the measures taken by the State party to implement three of the recommendations contained in the Concluding Observations, one year after their adoption.
At the 25th session, the Committee will examine the follow-up report of the following State party: Panama (TBC upon receipt of State party’s report)

Written inputs should focus on the issues that were prioritized in the adopted concluding observations by the Committee, and that are hereby copied for ease of reference:

• paragraph 11 (compilation of the centralized register of missing and disappeared persons),
• paragraph 27 (communication by persons deprived of liberty) and
• paragraph 37 (search for disappeared persons and return of their remains)

Key documents

Panama: Previous report and reference documents (initial report Switzerland – CED list of issues – Replies to List of issue – adopted concluding observations)

How inputs will be used

All submissions will be shared with Committee members. When submitting a contribution, please specify if you wish it to be made public or not. Public submissions will be uploaded on the Committee’s webpage in their original language only. The others will remain confidential.