The Agreement was signed in Moscow on December 10, 2010.
It was prepared with the aim of creating a legal foundation for cooperation between CIS member states in international searches for people hiding from the sides’ relevant authorities and evading criminal sanctions or execution of court decisions, people who are missing or not in contact with their families, for cooperation on matters of establishing the identities of persons who are unable to provide background information, as well as in cases of discovering unidentified bodies.