A/HRC/19/58 by the source, 14 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, and 517 remain outstanding. Observations 312. The Working Group notes with concerned that it sent four urgent actions and three urgent appeals during the reporting period. 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.‖ 313. The Working Group hopes that a final date will be agreed in the near future for the visit which was agreed to in 2004. Iraq Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 3 Cases clarified during the period under review: 1 Cases sent under the urgent action procedure Cases sent under the standard procedure Government Non-governmental sources Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 1 2 1 0 16,410 16,408 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) Yes 9 17 Urgent appeal Yes (2) Government response No General allegation Yes Government response Yes Prompt intervention letter N/A Government response N/A Working Group request for a visit N/A Invitation extended N/A Urgent actions 314. The Working Group transmitted one case under its urgent action procedure to the Government concerning Mr. Qussai Abdelraouf Nasser, who was allegedly abducted by three armed men wearing the black uniforms of the Iraqi Ministry of Interior forces on the edge of Al Baladyat, on 21 September 2011. Mr. Qussai Abdelraouf Nasser was the subject of an urgent appeal previously transmitted to the Government. Standard procedure 315. The Working Group transmitted two newly-reported cases to the Government. The first case concerned Mr. Taher Eslambolipoor, an Iranian citizen, who was allegedly abducted on 14 November 2006. The sources alleged that Mr. Eslambolipoor fell from the boat he was travelling on between the Port of Mahshahr and Bandar-Abbas in Iran, and that he was allegedly rescued by a United States’ ship and taken to Buka Prison in Iraq. He was allegedly last seen between April and May 2009 in a prison known as ―Motar Prison‖, in 71

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