UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances to review Morocco, Norway and Ukraine

GENEVA - The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) will hold its upcoming session from 23 September to 4 October, during which it will review Morocco, Norway and Ukraine.

The session will begin with a public meeting, including a space of tribute to victims of enforced disappearance, featuring a testimony from the wife of disappeared Laotian activist Sombath Somphone.

Morocco, Norway and Ukraine are among the 76 States parties to the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance. They are required to undergo a review of their initial report by the Committee of 10 independent international experts on how they are implementing the Convention and thereafter as needed.

The Committee, which has received respective country reports and other submissions from non-governmental organisations, will discuss a range of issues with the three State delegations through public dialogues on the following dates at Geneva time:

Ukraine
23 September 15:00 – 18:00
24 September 10:00 – 13:00

Morocco 
24 September 15:00 – 18:00
25 September 10:00 – 13:00

Norway
25 September 15:00 – 18:00
26 September 10:00 – 13:00

The Committee will also analyse 1,043 cases from 30 countries that have been registered under the urgent action procedure and examine one individual complaint.

The experts will hold meetings with relatives of forcibly disappeared people, State representatives, civil society groups and other stakeholders to exchange information on individual cases, structural issues and challenges related to enforced disappearances.

The above public dialogues and events will be held in the First Floor Conference Room, Palais Wilson, Geneva. All public meetings are open to accredited press and livecast on UN Web TV. More information about the session, including reports submitted by the States and the full schedule of meetings, is available on the session page