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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
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