{"id":9428,"date":"2024-08-30T08:18:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T08:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/?p=9428"},"modified":"2024-08-30T08:18:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T08:18:17","slug":"charter-of-demands-international-day-of-the-victims-of-enforced-disappearances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/charter-of-demands-international-day-of-the-victims-of-enforced-disappearances\/","title":{"rendered":"Charter of demands: International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-left:180px;--awb-margin-top:40px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_4_5 4_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:80%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.4%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.4%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><strong>Charter of demands: International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>30 August 2024<\/p>\n<p>The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) calls on the state to eliminate the heinous practice of enforced disappearances, acknowledging that it constitutes <u>a crime against humanity<\/u> under international law.<\/p>\n<p>We demand the following of the federal government:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Recover all victims of enforced disappearance promptly and safely and present them before courts of law. Those who stand accused of any crimes must be dealt with in accordance with the law and their right to due process and fair trial upheld.<\/li>\n<li>Legislate against enforced disappearances as a matter of priority, making the practice a criminal offence.<\/li>\n<li>Ratify and implement the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.<\/li>\n<li>Hold accountable all individuals and institutions involved in perpetrating or facilitating enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings and the custodial torture of forcibly disappeared persons.<\/li>\n<li>Appoint a new chairperson to the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances and restructure the commission such that it responds to the needs of victims\u2019 families more effectively.<\/li>\n<li>Institute and enforce a transparent mechanism for victims and their families to claim and receive reparations for violations of their right to liberty and due process, including women who have lost their household\u2019s primary earners to enforced disappearance.<\/li>\n<li>Extend an invitation to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances to conduct an official visit to Pakistan and report its findings.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that victims\u2019 families are allowed to safely exercise their right to freedom of expression and assembly unhindered.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-widget-area awb-widget-area-element fusion-widget-area-1 fusion-content-widget-area\" style=\"--awb-title-size:18px;--awb-title-color:#333333;--awb-padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\" data-id=\"tweets-widget-2\">#tweets-widget-2 li { border-color:#ebeaea;}<\/style><div id=\"tweets-widget-2\" class=\"widget tweets\" style=\"border-style: solid;border-color: #ebeaea;border-color:transparent;border-width:0px;\">\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"overflow:hidden\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRCP87\" data-tweet-limit=\"5\" data-width=\"\" data-height=\"900\" width=\"\" height=\"900\" data-theme=\"light\" data-link-color=\"#ff9800\" data-border-color=\"#ebeaea\" data-chrome=\"\">Tweets by HRCP87<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fusion-additional-widget-content\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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