A/HRC/10/9 page 91 459. The Working Group also remains committed to assisting States in ensuring that their legislation and other measures are in conformity with the Declaration, by providing their expertise in this regard. 460. The Working Group notes with satisfaction that 79 countries have signed and five have ratified the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. The Working Group is committed to cooperating with the committee under the Convention when it enters into force, and believes that the committee will complement its work in preventing enforced disappearances. It calls on countries that have not signed and/or ratified the Convention to do so and to accept the competence of the committee under article 31 and the inter-State complaint mechanism under article 32 of the Convention.

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