A/HRC/33/51 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 51 See also on this para. 35 above. 21

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