A/HRC/RES/16/16 Deeply concerned in particular by the increase in enforced or involuntary disappearances in various regions of the world, including arrest, detention and abduction, when these are part of or amount to enforced disappearances, and by the growing number of reports concerning harassment, ill-treatment and intimidation of witnesses of disappearances or relatives of persons who have disappeared, Recalling that the Convention sets out the right of victims to know the truth regarding the circumstances of the enforced disappearance, the progress and the result of the investigation and the fate of the disappeared person, and sets forth State party obligations to take appropriate measures in this regard, Taking note with interest of the general comment of the Working Group on the right to the truth in relation to enforced disappearances, Acknowledging the fact that acts of enforced disappearance may amount to crimes against humanity, as defined by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Taking note with interest of the general comment of the Working Group on enforced disappearances as a crime of a continuous nature and, in this regard, recalling the relevant provisions of the Convention and the Declaration, Welcoming the decision of the General Assembly to declare 30 August International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances and its call upon Member States, the United Nations system and other international and regional organizations, as well as civil society, to observe this day, Acknowledging that many Governments have cooperated with the Working Group, Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1, on institution-building of the Council, and 5/2, on the code of conduct for special procedures mandate holders of the Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder shall discharge his/her duties in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto, 1. Calls upon all States that have not yet signed, ratified or acceded to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance to consider doing so as a matter of priority, and to consider as well the option provided for in articles 31 and 32 of the Convention regarding the Committee on Enforced Disappearances; 2. Notes that 2012 will mark the twentieth anniversary of the adoption by the General Assembly of the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, and encourages all States to translate the Declaration into their languages in order to assist its global dissemination and the ultimate goal of prevention of enforced disappearances; 3. Takes note of the report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances on best practices on enforced disappearances in domestic criminal legislation,1 and encourages States to give due consideration to the good practices identified in the report; 4. Decides to extend the mandate of the Working Group for a further period of three years, in conformity with the terms set forth in the Human Rights Council resolution 7/12; 1 2 A/HRC/16/48/Add.3 and Corr.1.