UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances to review Albania, Austria, and Honduras

GENEVA (17 May 2018) – The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) is meeting in Geneva from May 22 – June 1, 2018, to review Albania, Austria, and Honduras. 

The Committee, which is composed of 10 international independent human rights experts, monitors implementation of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. The states above are among the 58 States that have to date ratified the Convention and so are required to submit a report for review to the Committee.

The sessions will be held at the following times:

Tuesday, 22 May - 15:00-18:00
Honduras

Wednesday, 23 May - 10:00-13:00 - 15:00-18:00
Honduras
Austria

Thursday, 24 May - 10:00-13:00 - 15:00-18:00
Austria
Albania

Friday, 25 May - 10:00-13:00
Albania

The meetings will take place in the first floor conference room at Palais Wilson, Geneva, and will be webcast here.

Committee members will discuss a range of issues relating to implementation of the Convention with the respective State delegations, and also hear from NGOs and national human rights institutions. More information can be found here.

The Committee will publish its findings on Monday, June 4, 2018.

ENDS

For more information and media requests please contact Julia Gronnevet +41(0) 22 917 9310 jgronnevet@ohchr.org

For media accreditation, please see here.

Background:

Members of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances are independent human rights experts who serve in their personal capacity and not as representatives of States parties. The Committee’s concluding observations are an independent assessment of States’ compliance with their human rights obligations under the treaty. To find out more about the Committee on Enforced Disappearances, please visit: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CED/Pages/CEDIndex.aspx

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