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CED

Committee on Enforced Disappearances 

President: Daniela Alexa Alcántara Sosa

Chair: Daniela García Arana, Angela Echeverría Velarde, Arantxa Leticia Rodríguez Carrasco, María Montserrat De la Cruz Villasana, Arantza Estrada Ríos.

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Topic A) Actions to prevent enforced disappearances of migrants crossing the border between the United States of America and the United Mexican States in the presence of the Mexican Cartel, with emphasis on smuggling of migrants in the border state of Tamaulipas


Topic B) Measures to lower enforced disappearances due to human trafficking of women and children with emphasis on the People’s Republic of China and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland by the criminal Chinese groups known as the Chinese Triads

Background and faculties

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) is an organism within the United Nations Human Rights Office on the High Commissioner (OHCHR). In December of 2010 the CED was founded following the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; and later in 2011 the Committee started its activities. The CED is constituted by 10 different independent experts selected by the States that have joined the Convention. Members meet twice a year in Geneva to examine, discuss and address State parties' reports. The CED focuses on addressing cases of enforced disappearances in its member states and non-member states with international cooperation and assessment, while ensuring that cases in the matter are solved.

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances aims to provide solutions for enforced disappearances cases, assessment and peace among member and non-member states of the Committee, therefore it authorizes to:

  • Send urgent action plans to States under the supervision of the Committee, requesting to take all the necessary and interim measures to locate and protect missing individuals;

  • Provide legal assistance among member states to adjust its judicial system to make the offence of enforced disappearance punishable by appropriate penalties which take into account its extreme seriousness;

  • Collaborate between nations to investigate documents regarding cases of enforced disappearances contemplating the violation of the agreement between members of the committee in which a State party claims that another State party is not fulfilling its obligations;

  • Obligate member states to adopt, transmit and implement recommendations presented by other Member States and the Committee through statements and treaties regarding enforced disappearances of civilians in their territory;

  • Implement programs to provide the necessary legal and communication tools for legal disputes addressing international humanitarian rights.

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