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and, in addition, where appropriate, to consider symbolic measures recognizing the
suffering of victims and restoring their dignity and reputation;
(i)
To adopt an archival policy that ensures that all archives pertaining to human
rights violations related to enforced disappearances held by all types of institutions are
preserved, protected and accessible in accordance with applicable law, in order to habilitate
victims to realize their right to the truth to judicial accountability and non-judicial truth
seeking process and for reparations;
(j)
To address the specific needs of the families of disappeared persons;
(k)
To take appropriate steps to address the legal uncertainty under domestic law
of the absence of the disappeared person and faced by their family members, the next-ofkin and others connected to him or her, including by considering the possibility to put in
place a system of declaration of absence as a result of enforced disappearance;
(l)
To intensify their cooperation with civil society organizations that deal with
the issue of enforced disappearances;
19.
Decides to continue consideration of the question of enforced or involuntary
disappearances in accordance with its programme of work.
36th meeting
27 September 2012
[Adopted without a vote.]
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