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Meetings
31. The Working Group meets three times a year to consider the information brought to its
attention since its previous session. Its meetings are held in private. However, the Working
Group regularly meets with representatives of Governments, non-governmental organizations,
family members and witnesses.
Reports
32. The Working Group reports annually to the Human Rights Council on the activities which
it has carried out from the end of Council’s previous session up until the last day of the Working
Group’s third annual session. It informs the Council of its communications with Governments
and non-governmental organizations, its meetings and missions. Reports on missions are
contained as addenda to the main report. The Working Group reports on all cases of
disappearance received by the Working Group during the year, on a country by country basis,
and on the decision it has taken thereon. It provides the Council with a statistical summary for
each country of cases transmitted to the Government, clarifications, and the status of the person
concerned on the date of clarification. It includes graphs showing the development of
disappearances in countries with more than 100 transmitted cases as of the date of the adoption
by the Working Group of its annual report. The Working Group includes conclusions and
recommendations in its report and makes observations on the situation of disappearances in
individual countries. The Working Group further reports on the implementation of the
Declaration and the obstacles encountered therein, and periodically reports on broader issues
surrounding the phenomenon of enforced disappearance.
Titles
33.
Titles are for reference only and should not be considered as part of the methods of work.
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