A/HRC/45/13/Add.3 scope of those measures will, inevitably, depend on the circumstances of the particular case and it is not appropriate for the Court to attempt to be more specific in this decision.” 107. A positive example of international cooperation in investigative processes, is the agreement signed on 1 July 2011 between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Argentina and Italy, pursuant to which all documents related to the enforced disappearance of Italian nationals that were kept in diplomatic and consular headquarters in Argentina must be disclosed and delivered to the National Memory Archive. 108. In France, the Central Office for Combating Crimes against Humanity, Genocide and War Crimes is also the central point of contact for the cooperation with international police and works closely with foreign police services and judicial authorities, with the United Nations (UN) and its agencies, including the High Commissioner for Refugees and High Commissioner for Human Rights, with the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), the European network “Genocide” of Eurojust and the war crime focal point of the European law enforcement agency (Europol).232 109. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia ratified the “Protocol on Co-operation in Search for the Missing Persons between the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Government of Republic of Serbia” of 24 March 2016 that provides for more robust exchange of information on missing persons’ files, identification of grave sites and exhumation and identification of human remains.233 110. Several good practices can be mentioned in terms of the establishment of entities and mechanisms of cooperation to investigate enforced disappearances on a national level. According to the Council of Europe, national commissions on missing persons have been established in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia, as well as in Kosovo.234,Good practices can also be identified in the practice of Argentina via the establishment of the National Commission concerning Missing Persons and in Croatia via the Commission for Tracing Persons Missing in War Activities in the Republic of Croatia. In Sri Lanka, the recently established Office of the Missing Persons (OMP) holds a range of powers in order to obtain information and evidence relevant to its investigations, including access to the records of past commissions of inquiry.235 In Switzerland, when a person is reported missing, relatives can initiate a search request via a newly established network between the Confederation and the Cantons, in order to ensure that information flows efficiently and reliably between relevant entities.236 In Mexico, the “General Law on Enforced Disappearance of Persons, Disappearance Perpetrated by Individuals and the National Search System,” entered into force on 16 January 2018, creates a National Search System, a National Search Commission, a National Register of Disappeared and Missing Persons, and a National Citizens Council, made up of human rights defenders, experts and relatives of victims, who advise and issue opinions provided to the National Search System.237 C. Production of evidence, access of victims to investigation and protection from reprisals 111. The obligation to undertake an effective investigation of enforced disappearance is closely related to the rights of the victims, including their families, and other stakeholders to access and take part in the investigations.238 The Inter-American Court stated that victim participation is an important element of effective investigations and in the production of 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 40 See the contribution for this report by France, p. 5. Available at www.ohchr.org. Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Protocol on Co-operation in Search for the Missing Persons between the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Government of Republic of Serbia” Official Gazette of BiH” No. 2/16 of 24 March 2016. Council of Europe (see footnote 232) 43; All references to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of Security Council resolution 1244 (1999). A/HRC/42/40/Add.1 para. 6. Switzerland, Submission to WGEID, March 2019, p. 4 para. 7. CED/C/MEX/CO/1/Add.2. See Section III, D, E and F of the Thematic Report.