This article looks at the issue of enforced disappearances of migrants during their migratory journey or once they have reached their destination, a subject yet to be addressed in the literature. It examines how the legal and analytical framework provided by international human rights law and migration law applies to enforced disappearances of migrants. It then reviews the factors that contribute to this phenomenon in different contexts, including the disappearance of migrants for political reasons, those that take place in detention and deportation processes and those that take place within the context of migrant smuggling and trafficking.

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SommaireLe Système interaméricain dispose de toute une série de normes, d’institutions et de mécanismes visant un meilleur respect des droits de la personne dans les Amériques, entre autres en matière de droits économiques, sociaux et culturels. Cet article propose d’analyser les diverses approches employées par les instances interaméricaines pour évaluer le respect de ces droits par les États, notamment quant aux personnes et aux groupes vivant dans des conditions particulières de vulnérabilité.

The present contribution seeks to present comprehensively ten reasons why Canada should join the American Convention on Human Rights and recognize the compulsory jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.