Disappearance - sustany/dvg GitHub Wiki

"Enforced disappearance of persons" is a�crime against humanity�punishable under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The ICC�Elements of Crimes�defines the crime as follows:

• The perpetrator arrested, detained, or abducted one or more persons;
• The perpetrator later refused to acknowledge the arrest, detention, or abduction and to give information as to the whereabouts of the victim(s);
• The perpetrator knew that the arrest would be followed by such refusal;
• The arrest and subsequent refusal were carried out or authorized by a government or political organization;
• The conduct was committed in part of a widespread or systematic attack against a civilian population, and the perpetrator knew as much.