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international humanitarian law leading to or intending to cause the victim’s death., corresponding to ICCS
codes 0101, 0102 and 110139 and coded herein as A [0101, 0102
and 110139].
• `Enforced disappearance’ refers to the arrest, detention, abduction or any other form of deprivation of
liberty of a victim by agents of the State or by persons or groups of persons acting with the
authorization, support or acquiescence of the State, motivated by the victim, or someone associated
with the victim, engaging in activities as a journalist, trade unionist or human rights defender,
followed by a refusal to acknowledge the deprivation
2 A/HRC/20/17, para 4
3 Human Rights Committee, General Comment 34, para 44
4UDHR, Art. 23, 4, supplemented by ICESCR, Article 8
5 ILO, Glossary on Labour Law and Industrial Relations (with special reference to the European Union)(Geneva,
2005) p 250
6 Article 1, Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote
and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, UNGA Res 53/144, A/RES/53/1