Article 404. Enforced disappearance
Enforced disappearance, that is to say, 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 such deprivation of liberty or to provide information on the fate or whereabouts of those persons, with the intent to remove them from the protection of the law for a prolonged period of time,
shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of twelve to fifteen years.
1. For the purpose of this Statute, ‘crime against humanity’ means any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack:
(i) Enforced disappearance of persons;
2. For the purpose of paragraph 1:
(i) ‘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.