International recommendation

Training on the Convention

Issue date:
Human rights body:
Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED)
Theme:
Enforced disappearance
Populations of concern:
Children
Relevant CED article:
Art. 23 – Training and Information on the Convention
Source:
CED/C/NOR/CO/1, para. 42

Recommended measures (2)

42. The Committee recommends that the State party:

Measure
Measure type:
Training and capacity building

(a) Ensure that all law enforcement personnel, whether civilian or military, medical personnel, immigration officers, childcare staff, public officials and other persons who may be involved in the custody or treatment of any person deprived of liberty, including judges, prosecutors and other officers responsible for the administration of justice, receive specific and regular training on enforced disappearance and the Convention, in accordance with article 23 thereof.

Measure
Measure type:
Teaching and curriculum

(b) Incorporate into the training curricula on enforced disappearances other relevant documents, such as the Guiding Principles for the Search for Disappeared Persons, the Committee’s general comment No. 1 (2023) on enforced disappearance in the context of migration and the joint statement on illegal intercountry adoption.