For the purposes of this Convention, "enforced disappearance" is considered to be the arrest, detention, abduction or any other form of deprivation of liberty by agents of the State or by persons or groups of persons acting with the authorization, support or acquiescence of the State, followed by a refusal to acknowledge the deprivation of liberty or by concealment of the fate or whereabouts of the disappeared person, which place such a person outside the protection of the law.
在本公约中，"强迫失踪"系指由国家代理人，或得到国家授权、支持或默许的个人或组织，实施逮捕、羁押、绑架，或以任何其他形式剥夺自由的行为，并拒绝承认剥夺自由之实情，隐瞒失踪者的命运或下落，致使失踪者不能得到法律的保护。