A/HRC/19/58 Number of cases on which the Government has replied Multiple replies on some cases Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) N/A 0 0 Urgent appeal Yes Government response No General allegation N/A Government response N/A Prompt intervention letter N/A Government response N/A Working Group request for a visit N/A Invitation extended N/A 259. All outstanding cases were retransmitted and, regrettably, no response was received from the Government. A summary of the situation in the country appears in E/CN.4/2006/56 and Corr. 1 and A/HRC/4/41. Urgent actions 260. The Working Group transmitted two cases under its urgent action procedure to the Government. The first case concerned Mr. Oscar Elías López Mu��oz, who was allegedly arrested by agents of the National Directorate of Criminal Investigation in San Pedro Sula, Department of Cortés, on 21 August 2011. Mr. López Muñoz was the subject of an urgent appeal previously transmitted to the Government. The second case concerned Mr. José Reinaldo Cruz Palma, who was allegedly arrested by individuals believed to be agents of the National Directorate of Criminal Investigation and of the National Preventative Police when travelling from La Lima to San Pedro Sula, on 30 August 2011. Allegedly, a police patrol witnessed the arrest and, after the events, it left in a different direction. Urgent appeals 261. On 27 September 2011, the Working Group, jointly with another special procedures mechanism, transmitted an urgent appeal concerning Mr. Oscar Elías López Muñoz. He was allegedly arrested by agents of the National Directorate of Criminal Investigation in San Pedro Sula, Department of Cortés, on 21 August 2011. The Working Group later transmitted the allegations concerning Mr. Oscar Elías López Muñoz as an urgent action. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 262. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 209 cases to the Government; of those, 37 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, 43 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the source, and 129 remain outstanding. Observations 263. The Working Group notes with concern that, during the reporting period, it transmitted two cases under its urgent action procedure, one of them also as an urgent appeal. The Working Group recalls article 2.1 of the Declaration which states that ―No State shall practise, permit or tolerate enforced disappearances‖, as well as article 3, which provides that ―Each State shall take effective legislative, administrative, judicial or other measures to prevent and terminate acts of enforced disappearance in any territory under its jurisdiction.‖ 63

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