ORAL STATEMENT on Enforced Disappearances By: Gary Anandasangaree
18th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
Date: September 15, 2011
Item 3 - General Debate
Topic: Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances Report / Accountability
Item 3 - General Debate
Topic: Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances Report / Accountability
NGOs: Lawyers Rights Watch CanadaSpeaker: Gary Anandasangaree
Madam President.
Lawyers Rights Watch Canada join with the Working Group on Enforced Disappearances in calling for increased resources to deal with the 43,000 cases reported to the working group that remain unresolved. We join the working group in deploring the fact that states around the world continue to use enforced disappearances, to prevent remedies for victims and to ensure impunity for perpetrators.