International recommendation

Criminal responsibility

Issue date:
Human rights body:
Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED)
Theme:
Enforced disappearance
Relevant CED article:
Art. 6 – Criminal Responsibility
Source:
CED/C/NOR/CO/1, para. 24

Recommended measures (2)

24. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that criminal legislation:

Measure
Measure type:
Laws and regulations

(a) Provides for responsibility for any superior who “exercised effective responsibility for and control over activities which were concerned with the crime of enforced disappearance”.

Measure
Measure type:
Laws and regulations

(b) Explicitly prohibits the invocation of the orders or instructions of a superior to justify an offence of enforced disappearance.