International Review of the Red Cross
Volume 99, Issue 905, 2017, Pages 569-587

Protection of migrants from enforced disappearance: A human rights perspective (Article)

Duhaime B. , Thibault A.
  • a Law Department, Faculty of Political Science and Law, University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM), Canada
  • b Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Canada

Abstract

This article looks at the issue of enforced disappearances of migrants during their migratory journey or once they have reached their destination, a subject yet to be addressed in the literature. It examines how the legal and analytical framework provided by international human rights law and migration law applies to enforced disappearances of migrants. It then reviews the factors that contribute to this phenomenon in different contexts, including the disappearance of migrants for political reasons, those that take place in detention and deportation processes and those that take place within the context of migrant smuggling and trafficking. © 2018 icrc.

Author Keywords

United Nations Migration human rights enforced or involuntary disappearances International law

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85049401574&doi=10.1017%2fS1816383118000097&partnerID=40&md5=ae7a62d53baccb764beb0dc5a5bda9ae
DOI: 10.1017/S1816383118000097
ISSN: 18163831
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English