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Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances - Annual reports

Reports to the Human Rights Council

The Working Group reports annually to the Human Rights Council on the activities it has carried out since the Council's previous session, up until the last day of the Working Group's third annual session

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Year	Title	Symbol number
2020	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	A/HRC/45/13
2020	120th session of the WGEID (10 – 14 February 2020): post-sessional document	A/HRC/WGEID/120/1
2019	119th session of the WGEID (16 – 20 September 2019): post-sessional document	A/HRC/WGEID/119/1
2019	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	A/HRC/42/40
2019	118th session of the WGEID (13 - 22 May 2019): post-sessional document	A/HRC/WGEID/118/1
2019	117th session of the WGEID (11-15 February): post-sessional document	A/HRC/WGEID/117/1
2018	116th session of the WGEID (10-14 September): post-sessional document	A/HRC/WGEID/116/1
2018	115th session of the WGEID (23 April-2 May): post-sessional document	A/HRC/WGEID/115/1 E F S A C R
2018	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	A/HRC/39/46 EFSACR
2018	114th session of the WGEID (5-9 February 2018): post-sessional document	A/HRC/WGEID/114/1 EFSACR
2017	113th session of the WGEID (11-15 September 2017): post-sessional document	A/HRC/WGEID/113/1 EFSACR
2017	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	A/HRC/36/39 EFSACR
	112th session of the WGEID ( 8-17 May 2017): post-sessional document	A/HRC/WGEID/112/1 EFSACR
	111th session of the WGEID ( 5-9 February 2017): post-sessional document	A/HRC/WGEID/111/1 E F S AC R
2016	110th session of the WGEID ( 19-23 September 2016): post-sessional document	A/HRC/WGEID/110/1 EFSACR
	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	A/HRC/33/51 EFSACR
	109th session of the WGEID (9 -18 May 2016): post-sessional document	A/HRC/WGEID/109/1 E F S A C R
	108th session of the Working Group (8-12 February 2016): post-sessional document	A/HRC/WGEID/108/1 E F S A C R
2015	107th session (14 – 18 September 2015): Post-sessional document	A/HRC/WGEID/107/1 E S C R
	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	A/HRC/30/38 E F S A C R
	106th session (6 – 15 May 2015): Post-sessional document	A/HRC/WGEID/106/1 E F S C R
	105th session (2-6 March 2015): Post-sessional document	A/HRC/WGEID/105/1 E S A C
2014	104th session (15–19 September 2014) - Post sessional document	A/HRC/WGEID/104/1 E F S A C
	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	A/HRC/27/49 E F S A C R
	103rd session (7–16 May 2014) - Post sessional documents and Corrigendum	A/HRC/WGEID/103/1 E S C R A/HRC/WGEID/103/1/Corr.1 E
	102nd session (3 - 7 February 2014) - Post sessional documents	Methods of Work A/HRC/WGEID/102/2 E F S A C R A/HRC/WGEID/102/1 E F S A C R
2013	101st session (4 - 13 November 2013) - Post sessional document	A/HRC/WGEID/101/1 E F C S A R
	100th session (15-19 July 2013) - Post-sessional document	A/HRC/WGEID/100/1 E F S C A R
	Ninety-ninth session (11-15 March 2013) - Post-sessional document	A/HRC/WGEID/99/1 E F S A C R
2012	Annual report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	A/HRC/22/45 E F S A C R
2012	Corrigendum	A/HRC/22/45/Corr.1 E R only
2011	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	A/HRC/19/58/Rev.1 E F S A C R
2010	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	A/HRC/16/48 E F S A C R
	Addendum - Best practices on enforced disappearances in domestic criminal legislation	A/HRC/16/48/Add.3 E F S A C R
	Corrigendum	A/HRC/16/48/Add.3/Corr.1 E
2009	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	A/HRC/13/31 E F S A C R A/HRC/13/31/Corr.1 E
2008	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	A/HRC/10/9 E F R S C A
2007	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	A/HRC/7/2 E F R S C A
2006	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	A/HRC/4/41 E F R S C A
2005	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	E/CN.4/2006/56 E F R S C A E/CN.4/2006/56/Corr.1 E
2004	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	E/CN.4/2005/65 E F R S C A
2003	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	E/CN.4/2004/58 E F S A C R
2002	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or InvoluntaryDisappearances	E/CN.4/2003/70 E F S A C R E/CN.4/2003/70/Corr.1 E F S A C R
2001	Report of the Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances	E/CN.4/2002/79 E F S A C R
2000	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	E/CN.4/2001/68 E F S A C R
1999	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	E/CN.4/2000/64 E F S A C R E/CN.4/2000/64/Corr.1 E F S A C R E/CN.4/2000/64/Corr.2 E F S A C R
1998	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	E/CN.4/1999/62 E F S A C R
1997	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	E/CN.4/1998/43 E F S A C R
1996	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	E/CN.4/1997/34 E F S A C R
1995	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	E/CN.4/1996/38 E F S A C R
1994	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	E/CN.4/1995/36 E F S A C R
1993	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	E/CN.4/1994/26 E F S A C R E/CN.4/1994/26/Corr.1 E E/CN.4/1994/26/Corr.2 E F S A C R
1992	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	E/CN.4/1993/25 E F S A C R
1991	Report on the visit to Sri Lanka by the Working Goup on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (7-18 October 1991)	E/CN.4/1992/18 E F S A C R E/CN.4/1992/18/Add.1 E F S A C R
1990	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	E/CW.4/1991/20 E F S A C R E/CW.4/1991/20/Add.1 E F S A C R
1989	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	E/CN.A/1990/13 E F S A C R
1988	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	E/CN.4/1989/18 E F S A C R E/CN.4/1989/18/Add.1 E F S A C R
1987	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	E/CN.4/1988/19 E F S A C R E/CN.4/1988/19/Add.1 E F S A C R
1986	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	E/CN.4/1987/15 E F S A C R
1985	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	B/CN.4/1986/18 E F S A C R B/CN.4/1986/18/Add.1 E F S A C R
1984	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	E/CN.4/1985/15 E F S A C R E/CN.4/1985/15/Add.1 E F S A C R
1983	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	E/CN.4/1984/21 E F S A C R
1982	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	E/CN.4/1983/14 E F S A C R
1981	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	E/CN.4/1492 E F S C R
1980	Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances	E/CN.4/1435 E F S R

Reports to the General Assembly

Year	Title	Symbol number
2004	Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances	A/59/341 E F S A C R
2000	Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances	A/55/289 E F S A C R
1998	Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances	A/53/304 E F S A C R

Mandate

The Working group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID)

Annual and post-sessional reports

The Working Group and the Committee on Enforced Disappearance

Thematic issues

- Standards and public policies for an effective investigation of enforced disappearances (A/HRC/45/13/Add.3)

- Enforced Disappearances in the context of migration of WGEID study on enforced disappearances in the context of migration
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- Enforced disappearances and economic, social and cultural rights
Unofficial translations of WGEID study on enforced disappearances and economic, social and cultural rights
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- Reparations and enforced disappearances (A/HRC/22/45, paras. 46-68)

How to report a case of disappearance

How to use the WGEID (PDF)

Form to submit a communication on a victim of an enforced disappearance
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Flyer on WGEID’s procedures (PDF)

How to submit cases (video)