The Declaration on the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance was adopted by General Assembly resolution 47/133 of December18, 1992. The Declaration urges that all efforts be made so that the Declaration becomes generally known and respected. Further, any act of enforced disappearance is considered as an offense to human dignity. It is condemned as a denial of the purposes of the Charter of the United Nations and as a grave and flagrant violation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Full Text of Declaration on the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance