A/HRC/7/2 page 59 253. The Working Group reminds the Government of Nepal of its obligations under article 14 of the Declaration “to bring to justice all persons presumed responsible for an act of enforced disappearance”. 254. The Working Group also reminds the Government of its obligations under article 16, paragraph 1, of the Declaration stating that “persons alleged to have committed any acts referred to in article 4, paragraph 1, shall be suspended from any official duties during the investigation”. 255. The Working Group would like to remind the Government of its obligations under article 16 of the Declaration that persons “shall be tried only by the competent ordinary courts in each State, and not by any other special tribunal, in particular military courts”. 256. The Working Group reaffirms its request to the Government of Nepal for a country visit aimed at clarifying the 320 outstanding cases. Nicaragua Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 103 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent under the urgent action the standard procedure procedure 0 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 0 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 0 Multiple replies on some cases 0 General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit N/A N/A N/A Yes Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 103 Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) N/A Government response Government response Government response N/A N/A N/A Information from the Government 257. No information was received from the Government regarding outstanding cases. Information from sources 258. No information was received from sources regarding outstanding cases. Request for a visit 259. Following a decision of the Working Group at the seventy-eighth session, a request for a visit as part of a four-country initiative in Central America was sent to the Government of Nicaragua on 23 May 2006. The Government has not yet replied.

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