A/HRC/RES/21/4 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.] 5

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