The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances will hold its 133rd session in Warsaw, Poland, from 6 to 10 May 2024. A total of 586 cases from 30 countries will be examined, as well as the review of 64 cases tantamount to enforced disappearances perpetrated by three non-state actors.
This session is being held in Warsaw at the invitation of the Polish Government. The Working Group welcomes the cooperation as it allows for engagement with regional stakeholders.
The Working Group’s five members will hold meetings with relatives of forcibly disappeared people, State representatives, civil society groups and other stakeholders to exchange information on individual cases and on structural issues and challenges related to enforced disappearances.
The experts will also examine allegations regarding obstacles encountered in the implementation of the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance in the context of armed conflicts, state of emergencies and patterns of so called “short-term” enforced disappearances.
Moreover, the Working Group will adopt reports to be presented to the Human Rights Council in September 2024, including a study on elections and enforced disappearance, a report on its visit to the African Union human rights and judicial organs and other regional bodies, and follow-up reports on previous country visits to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
The decisions made by the Working Group during the 133rd session will be reflected in its next post-sessional report.
The sessions of the Working Group are held in private.
