31 that regard, in order to create uncertainty as to his whereabouts, life or death and cause intimidation (supra para. 60 and 80). 92. Several international treaties recognize the possible violation of this right in this type of cases, by relating it to the consequent lack of protection before the law of the individual, as a result of his or her abduction or deprivation of liberty and subsequent denial or lack of information on the part of the state authorities. In fact, this relationship arises from the evolution of the specific, international corpus iuris related to the prohibition of forced disappearance. 93. Hence, the 1992 Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance112 provides in its Article 1, that 2. Any act of enforced disappearance places the persons subjected thereto outside the protection of the law and inflicts severe suffering on them and their families. It constitutes a violation of the rules of international law guaranteeing, inter alia, the right to recognition as a person before the law, the right to liberty and security of the person and the right not to be subjected to torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. It also violates or constitutes a grave threat to the right to life. (Emphasis added) 94. Moreover, the definition of forced disappearance contained in Article II of the 1994 Inter-American Convention on this field, recognizes that one of its elements is the consequence of “impeding his or her recourse to the applicable legal remedies and procedural guarantees.” 95. Likewise, Article 7(2)(i) of the 1998 Rome Statute113 provides that “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.” 96. In a similar sense, the definition contained in Article 2 of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance114 of 2006, establishes that the result of the refusal to acknowledge the deprivation of liberty or concealment of the fate or whereabouts of the disappeared person is, together with the other elements of the disappearance, what places the person “outside the protection of the law.” 97. The Human Rights Committee has recognized, in turn, that the forced disappearance may amount to a violation of the right to juridical personality in light of the following aspects: a) the forced disappearance deprived the individuals of their capacity to exercise entitlements under law, including all their other rights under the Covenant, and of access to any possible remedy as a direct consequence of the actions of the State, ; b) if the State failed to conduct a thorough investigation into the fate of disappeared person or provided the author with any effective remedy and 112 Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in resolution 47/133 of December 18, 1992. 113 Document A/CONF.183/9 of July 17, 1998, amended by procès-verbaux of November 10, 1998; July 12, 1999; November 30, 1999; May 8, 2000; January 17, 2001 and January 16, 2003. It entered into forced on July 1, 2002. 114 2006. Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution A/RES/61/177 of December 20,