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United Nations Security Council Resolution 2474

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2020

Claire Clement
Claire Clement*
Affiliation:
Claire Clement is Humanitarian Adviser at the Permanent Mission of Australia, Geneva. She is writing here in her personal capacity. The views contained herein do not necessarily reflect those of the Australian Government.
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Extract

On June 11, 2019, the United Nations (UN) Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2474 on missing persons in armed conflict. The resolution marks the first time the Security Council has agreed on a thematic text dedicated to this issue, lending its collective voice to call for more effective implementation of existing obligations towards missing persons—both civilian and military—and their families under international law.

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International Legal Documents
Information
International Legal Materials , Volume 59 , Issue 1 , February 2020 , pp. 11 - 16
Copyright
Copyright © 2020 by The American Society of International Law

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References

ENDNOTES

1 Report of the UN Secretary-General on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, May 7, 2019, A/73/385 p. 11.

2 Peter Maurer, Security Council Briefing on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict: Missing Persons in Armed Conflict, at https://www.icrc.org/en/document/issue-missing-must-be-first-and-foremost-humanitarian.

3 Ximena Londono and Alexandra Ortiz, Implementing International Law: An Avenue for Preventing Disappearances, Resolving Cases of Missing Persons and Addressing the Needs of Their Families Int'l Rev. Red Cross 547, 549 (2017).

4 Id.

5 S/RES/2474 (2019), preambular ¶ 18.

6 Id. operative ¶ 4.

7 Id. operative ¶ 13.

8 Id. operative ¶ 10.

9 Id. operative ¶ 12.

10 Id. operative ¶ 15.

11 Rosemary Dicarlo, Security Council Briefing on Detainees and Missing Persons in Syria, at https://www.unog.ch/80256EDD006B9C2E/(httpNewsByYear_en)/1CB95FEA8ABDEF9FC12584500043FDA5?OpenDocument.