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U.N. COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES
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WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT UNITED NATIONS TREATY BEING VIOLATED ACROSS THE WORLD?
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International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. (ICPPED) is an international human rights instrument of the United Nations and intended to prevent forced disappearance defined in international law, crimes against humanity. The text was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 20 December 2006 and opened for signature on 6 February 2007. It entered into force on 23 December 2010. As of December 2016, 96 states have signed the convention and 54 have ratified it.
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