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provided in article 7 of the Declaration, no circumstances whatsoever may be invoked to
justify enforced disappearances.
94.
On 19 February 2013, the Working Group requested an invitation to undertake a
visit to the country. No response yet has been received from the Government in spite of a
reminders sent. The Working Group hopes that a positive reply will be received soon.
Mexico
95.
The Working Group recommends that the Government of Mexico duly implement
the recommendations contained in the follow-up report to the recommendations made by
the Working Group after the visit to Mexico in 2011 (see A/HRC/30/38/Add.4).
96.
With respect to the case of the 43 disappeared student teachers of Ayotzinapa, the
Working Group notes with concern and agrees with the final report by the Interdisciplinary
Group of Independent Experts of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which
identifies serious gaps in the investigations carried out so far by the authorities and
highlights serious deficiencies in the justice system and a worrying weakness of the State to
investigate with due diligence gross human rights violations. The Working Group also
regrets the campaigns to discredit the legitimate and highly valuable work of various civil
society organizations and human rights defenders who have supported the families of
students and other victims.51 Finally, the Working Group fully supports the decision made
by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to establish a special follow-up
mechanism to the work of the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts and urges the
State to participate and actively collaborate in such mechanism in order to make it effective.
Pakistan
97.
The Working Group is concerned that, during the reporting period, it transmitted to
the Government 321 new cases under its urgent action procedure, a large number of which
concern individuals abducted in the Sindh Province, who are reportedly affiliated with the
Muttahida
Quami
Movement
(see
A/HRC/WGEID/107/1,
paras.
77-80;
A/HRC/WGEID/108/1, para. 74; A/HRC/WGEID/109/1, paras. 60-65). The Working
Group thanks the Government for the replies dated 2 and 4 February 2016 providing
information on a high number of cases, which demonstrate the Government’s commitment
to engage with the Working Group. It is also grateful for the constructive meeting held
during the 109th session of the Working Group. However, it reiterates that, as provided in
article 7 of the Declaration, no circumstances whatsoever may be invoked to justify
enforced disappearances, and that accurate information on the detention of such persons
and their place or places of detention, including transfers, shall be made promptly available
to their family members, their counsel or to any other persons having a legitimate interest in
the information (art. 10 (2) of the Declaration).
98.
The Working Group reiterates its regrets that the Government did not reply to the
concerns mentioned in the general allegation concerning the Protection of Pakistan Act,
transmitted by the Working Group on 20 November 2015, jointly with other mandates.
99.
The follow-up report on the implementation of the recommendations made by the
Working Group after its visit to Pakistan in 2012 (see A/HRC/22/45/Add.2) can be found in
document A/HRC/33/51/Add.4. The Working Group thanks the Government of Pakistan
for its cooperation throughout the process, but regrets that most of the recommendations
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