A/HRC/22/45 persistent manner, enforced disappearances occur”. The Working Group regrets the fact that, 20 years later, the practice of enforced disappearance persists in many countries, notably in situations of conflict or internal unrest or as a tool to fight terrorism or organized crime. The Working Group recalls in this respect article 7 of the Declaration, which provides that no circumstances whatsoever, whether a threat of war, a state of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency, may be invoked to justify enforced disappearances. 81. The Working Group recommends that States focus more on measures preventing enforced disappearances, including by keeping accessible and updated registries of detainees at all places of deprivation of liberty; guaranteeing access to appropriate information and to all such places for relatives, as well as lawyers; and bringing arrested persons promptly before a judicial authority. 82. On its twentieth anniversary, the Working Group calls on all States to renew their commitment to the principles of the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and, in particular to reaffirm strongly that “any act of enforced disappearance is an offence to human dignity. It is condemned as a denial of the purposes of the Charter of the United Nations and as a grave and flagrant violation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights”. The Working Group encourages all States and civil society to translate the Declaration into all languages and dialects, with no distinction, since all serve the purpose to assist in its global dissemination and the ultimate goal of preventing enforced disappearances. 83. Over the years, the families of disappeared persons have brought to the attention of the international community the extent of this odious crime. It was largely thanks to their efforts that the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance entered into force on 23 December 2010. Following the entry into force of the Convention, the Committee on Enforced Disappearances was established. Like for many other thematic human rights issues such as torture, racial discrimination, discrimination against women, the rights of the child and a series of civil, cultural, economic, political, social rights, the Committee and the Working Group coexist side by side, cooperating in the fight to prevent and eradicate enforced disappearances wherever they occur around the world. In the same vein, the Declaration and the Convention reinforce each other to create a more effective legal framework to confront the practice of enforced disappearance. 84. The Working Group thanks those States that regularly cooperate with it and recalls that it stands ready to provide appropriate assistance to all States in the implementation of the Declaration. D. Women affected by enforced disappearances 85. At its ninety-eight session, the Working Group adopted a general comment on women affected by enforced disappearances. 86. The Working Group emphasizes that, when dealing with cases of enforced disappearance, States should ensure a gender perspective in all measures taken, whether they be legislative, administrative, judicial or otherwise. Gender equality in the area of enforced disappearances requires primarily that all individuals, regardless of their sex or gender, enjoy without discrimination the rights enshrined in the Declaration. 87. The Working Group recognizes that women play a fundamental role in securing and advancing the rights of disappeared persons. In particular, from its 21