Human Rights Council Resolution 1/1. International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance The Human Rights Council, Recalling General Assembly resolution 47/133 of 18 December 1992, by which the Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance as a body of principles for all States, Also recalling Commission on Human Rights resolution 2001/46 of 23 April 2001 establishing the Inter-sessional open-ended working group to elaborate a draft legally binding normative instrument for the protection of all persons from enforced disappearance, and Commission resolution 2005/27 of 19 April 2005, Taking note of the report of the Working Group (E/CN.4/2006/57) and the Group’s decision to conclude its work and transmit the draft international convention for the protection of all persons from enforced disappearance to the Commission on Human Rights for adoption, Welcoming the offer by France to host the signing ceremony for the Convention in Paris, 1. Adopts the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance as annexed to this resolution; 2. Recommends to the General Assembly adoption of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; 3. Recommends that, once adopted by the General Assembly, the Convention be opened for signature at a signing ceremony in Paris; 4. Recommends to the General Assembly adoption of the following draft resolution: The General Assembly,

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