A/HRC/30/38
B.
Meetings
20.
During the period under review, representatives of the Governments of: Angola,
Algeria, Japan, Morocco, Qatar, Sri Lanka, and Tajikistan (104th); Argentina and Japan
(105th); Bhutan, Gabon, Japan and the Republic of Korea (106th) attended the sessions of
the Working Group. A number of informal meetings were also held with representatives
from various States. The Working Group expresses its appreciation to those Governments
for the meetings and emphasizes the importance of cooperation and dialogue.
21.
The Working Group also met with the Committee on Enforced Disappearances
during its 104th session, and held two meetings with the President of the Human Rights
Council during the reporting period. It also met with State representatives from the African
and Asian regional groups during the 104th and 106th sessions, as well as representatives of
international governmental organizations, relatives and associations of relatives of
disappeared persons, and non-governmental organizations.
C.
Communications
22.
During the reporting period, the Working Group transmitted 384 new cases of
enforced disappearance to 33 States.
23.
The Working Group transmitted 151 of the above-mentioned cases under the urgent
action procedure to Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cuba, the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Egypt, Gambia, Honduras, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Oman,
Pakistan, the Syrian Arab Republic, the United Arab Emirates and Zimbabwe.
24.
The Working Group clarified 65 cases, in Algeria (1), Bahrain (1), Chile (10), China
(1), Cuba (1), Egypt (6), the Gambia (3), Georgia (1), Guatemala (1), Oman (1), Pakistan
(12), Peru (3), Saudi Arabia (3), Sri Lanka (10), the Syrian Arab Republic (5), Tajikistan
(1), Turkey (1), the United Arab Emirates (2) and Uruguay (2). Of the 65 cases, 32 were
clarified on the basis of information provided by Governments, and 33 on the basis of
information provided by sources.
25.
The Working Group transmitted 13 prompt intervention communications addressing
allegations of harassment of and/or threats to human rights defenders and relatives of
disappeared persons in Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, India, Mexico, the Russian
Federation and Sri Lanka.
26.
It transmitted 21 urgent appeals concerning persons who had been arrested, detained,
abducted or otherwise deprived of their liberty or who had been forcibly disappeared or
were at risk of disappearance in Burundi, China, Congo, Eritrea and the Islamic Republic of
Iran.
27.
The Working Group transmitted seven general allegations, to the Governments of
Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, Kenya, Pakistan
and Paraguay.
28.
It also transmitted six other letters to the Governments of Guatemala, India,
Morocco, Nepal and Spain.
D.
Country visits
29.
The Working Group, represented by Mr. Dulitzky, Ms. Dzumhur and Mr. El-Hajjé
visited Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia including Kosovo from 15 to 30 June 2014. The
reports on the visit are contained in addenda to the present report (A/HRC/30/38/Add.1,
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