A/HRC/7/2 page 43 Information received from the source 166. No information was received from sources regarding outstanding cases. General allegation 167. Information was submitted by NGOs to the Working Group concerning obstacles reportedly encountered in the implementation of the Declaration by the Government of Indonesia. This information was transmitted to the Government. 168. According to the reports, in early 2005, the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas Ham) conducted an investigation into the disappearance in 1998 of 8 activist students and 14 democracy activists. However, the Commission’s efforts to investigate certain members of the military and special forces, as well as places where it was believed that the disappeared were reportedly detained, were allegedly obstructed at every stage. 169. On 8 November 2006, Komnas Ham presented an official report of its findings to the Attorney General, the Supreme Court and the Indonesian Parliament. In the report, 27 officers of the State Army, the National Police and State Intelligence were implicated in the above-mentioned disappearances. However, the Attorney General has reportedly taken no action to pursue the matter further by filing formal charges against the alleged perpetrators or pressing for prosecution. No response was received from the Government regarding this general allegation. Request for a visit 170. On 12 December 2006, the Working Group requested to undertake a mission to Indonesia either in late 2007 or early 2008, in order to facilitate the clarification of outstanding cases. A communication from the Government acknowledging receipt of the request was received on 24 January 2007. In March 2007, at the request of the Permanent Mission of Indonesia, the Secretary of the Working Group met with representatives of the Permanent Mission to discuss outstanding cases and the mission request. On 8 March 2007, the Secretariat received a note from the Permanent Mission, explaining that Indonesia had recently received a visit from a Special Rapporteur and that two further visits were scheduled for 2007. For this reason, the Government considered that its agenda for 2007 was already full and that greater benefit would be derived if the Working Group visited at a later date. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 171. In previous years and during the year under review, the Working Group transmitted 162 cases to the Government; of those, 3 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the source and 159 cases remain outstanding. Observations 172. The Working Group reiterates the observations made in the 2006 annual report, since it received no information from the Government thereon.

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