Sobesedilo: "Enforced disappearance of persons" means the arrest, detention or abduction of persons by, or with the authorization, support or acquiescence of, a State or a political organization, followed by a refusal to acknowledge that deprivation of freedom or to give information on the fate or whereabouts of those persons, with the intention of removing them from the protection of the law for a prolonged period of time.

Sobesedilo: "prisilno izginotje oseb" pomeni prijetje, pridržanje ali ugrabitev oseb po nalogu države ali politične organizacije ali z njenim pooblastilom, podporo ali privolitvijo, ki potem takega odvzema prostosti ne prizna ali noče dati podatkov o usodi teh oseb ali o tem, kje so z namenom odvzeti tem osebam pravno varstvo za daljši čas.