Article 19
1. Personal information, including medical and genetic data, which is
collected and/or transmitted within the framework of the search for a
disappeared person shall not be used or made available for purposes other
than the search for the disappeared person. This is without prejudice to the use
of such information in criminal proceedings relating to an offence of enforced
disappearance or the exercise of the right to obtain reparation.
2. The collection, processing, use and storage of personal information,
including medical and genetic data, shall not infringe or have the effect of
infringing the human rights, fundamental freedoms or human dignity of an
individual.
Article 20
1. Only where a person is under the protection of the law and the
deprivation of liberty is subject to judicial control may the right to information
referred to in article 18 be restricted, on an exceptional basis, where strictly
necessary and where provided for by law, and if the transmission of the
information would adversely affect the privacy or safety of the person, hinder a
criminal investigation, or for other equivalent reasons in accordance with the
law, and in conformity with applicable international law and with the objectives
of this Convention. In no case shall there be restrictions on the right to
information referred to in article 18 that could constitute conduct defined in
article 2 or be in violation of article 17, paragraph 1.
2. Without prejudice to consideration of the lawfulness of the
deprivation of a person’s liberty, States Parties shall guarantee to the persons
referred to in article 18, paragraph 1, the right to a prompt and effective judicial
remedy as a means of obtaining without delay the information referred to in
article 18, paragraph 1. This right to a remedy may not be suspended or
restricted in any circumstances.
Article 21
Each State Party shall take the necessary measures to ensure that
persons deprived of liberty are released in a manner permitting reliable
verification that they have actually been released. Each State Party shall also
take the necessary measures to assure the physical integrity of such persons
and their ability to exercise fully their rights at the time of release, without
prejudice to any obligations to which such persons may be subject under
national law.
Article 22
Without prejudice to article 6, each State Party shall take the necessary
measures to prevent and impose sanctions for the following conduct:
(a) Delaying or obstructing the remedies referred to in article 17,
paragraph 2 (f), and article 20, paragraph 2;
(b) Failure to record the deprivation of liberty of any person, or the
recording of any information which the official responsible for the official
register knew or should have known to be inaccurate;
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