Report / submitted by Manfred Nowak, Independent Expert Charged with Examining the Existing International Criminal and Human Rights Framework for the Protection of Persons from Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, pursuant to paragraph 11 of Commission resolution 2001/46

Civil and political rights, including questions of disappearances and summary executions : report

Executive summary -- 1. Mandate and methods of work -- 2. The phenomenon of enforced disappearance -- 3. The response of the international community to enforced disappearance -- 4. International and regional human rights law -- 5. International humanitarian law -- 6. International criminal law -- 7. Definition of enforced disappearance -- 8. Identification of gaps in the present legal framework -- 9. Conclusions and recommendations.

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Bibliography: p. 55-56.