Sessions of the Working Group
Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
Sessions
The Working Group holds three sessions during the year. The Group's meetings are held in private. During the sessions, the Working Group reviews newly-submitted cases of enforced disappearances and information on previously accepted cases. In addition, the Working Group reviews general allegations, based on information from non-governmental organizations concerning reported obstacles encountered in the implementation of the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
The Working Group meets, during the first three days of each session, with NGOs and family members of the disappeared, as well as with representatives of governments to exchange views and information on the phenomenon of enforced disappearances. Following each session, the Working Group informs Governments, in writing, of decisions taken with regard to disappearances in their country.
Annual reports
The WGEID reports annually to the Human Rights Council on its activities, where it lists its communications with governments and NGOs, its missions, all cases of disappearance received during the year, and examines the implementation of the 1992 Declaration. View all annual reports.
General allegations
The Working Group regularly transmits to States a summary of allegations received or gathered from States, reliable sources, such as relatives of disappeared persons, or credible non-governmental organizations with regard to obstacles encountered in the implementation of the Declaration in any State, and requests the State to comment thereon if it so wishes.
As well as being available directly below, general allegations are also reflected in the post-sessional documents of the Working Group.
Session | Dates | Location | Post-sessional report | General allegations | Comments from States |
134th | 16-25 September 2024 | Geneva | |||
133rd | 6-10 May 2024 | Lisbon | |||
132nd | 29 January - 2 February 2024 | Geneva | |||
131st |
18-27 September 2023 |
Geneva |
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130th |
8-12 May 2023 |
Geneva |
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129th |
6-10 February 2023 |
Santiago |
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128th |
19-28 September 2022 |
Geneva |
Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua |
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127th |
9-13 May 2022 |
Geneva |
A/HRC/WGEID/127/1 |
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126th |
7-11 February 2022 |
Geneva |
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125th |
20-29 September 2021 |
Geneva |
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124th |
17-21 May 2021 |
Geneva |
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123rd |
15-19 February 2021 |
Geneva |
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122nd |
21-30 September 2020 |
Geneva |
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121st |
11-15 May 2020 |
San Jose, Costa Rica |
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120th |
10-14 February 2020 |
Geneva |
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119th |
16-20 September 2019 |
Geneva |
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118th |
13-22 May 2019 |
Geneva |
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117th |
11-15 February 2019 |
Sarajevo, BiH |
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116th |
10-14 September 2018 |
Geneva |
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115th |
23 April-2 May 2018 |
Geneva |
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114th |
5-9 February 2018 |
Brussels. Belgium |
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113th |
11-15 September 2017 |
Geneva |
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112th |
8-17 May 2017 |
Geneva |
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111th |
6-10 February 2017 |
Seoul, Republic of Korea |
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110th |
19-23 September 2016 |
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109th |
9-18 May 2016 |
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108th |
8-12 February 2016 |
Rabat |
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107th |
14-18 September 2015 |
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106th |
6-15 May 2015 |
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105th |
2-6 March 2015 |
Buenos Aires |
Colombia |
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104th |
15-19 September 2014 |
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A/HRC/WGEID/104/1 |
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103rd |
7-16 May 2014 |
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102nd |
3-7 February 2014 |
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101st |
4-13 November 2013 |
Geneva |
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100th |
15-19 July 2013 |
New York |
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99th |
11-15 March 2013 |
Geneva |
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98th |
31 October - 9 November 2012 |
Geneva |
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97th |
9-13 July 2012 |
Geneva |
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96th |
12-16 March 2012 |
Geneva |
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95th |
1-11 November 2011 |
Geneva |
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94th |
4-8 July 2011 |
Geneva |
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93rd |
14-18 March 2011 |
Geneva |
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92nd |
3-12 November 2010 |
Geneva |
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91st |
22-25 June 2010 |
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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90th |
15-19 March 2010 |
Geneva |
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89th |
4-13 November |
Geneva |
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88th |
26-28 June 200 |
Rabat, Morocco |
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87th |
9-13 March 2009 |
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86th |
26 November - 4 December 2008 |
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85th |
24-26 July 200 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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84th |
10-14 March 2008 |
Geneva |
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