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106th session, from 6 to 15 May 2015. The 105th session was held in Buenos Aires and the
other sessions were held in Geneva.
10.
Further to its comments in 2012 annual report (A/HRC/22/45 and Corr.1, para. 5)
the Working Group has continued to produce post-sessional documents to allow the
translation of information and timely reporting on its activities.
11.
Post-sessional documents were adopted and published after the 104th
(A/HRC/WGEID/104/1);
105th
(A/HRC/WGEID/105/1);
and
106th
(A/HRC/WGEID/106/1) sessions. Those post-sessional documents should be considered
complements to the present annual report.1
12.
As from 1 October 2013, the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group has been Ariel
Dulitzky. Jasminka Dzumhur was elected Vice-Chair during the 104th session of the
Working Group. Olivier de Frouville completed his appointment as a member of the
Working Group on 31 October 2014 and was replaced by Bernard Duhaime, appointed in
October 2014. The other members of the Working Group are Houria Es Slami and Osman
El-Hajjé.
13.
On 12 September 2014, the Chair-Rapporteur presented the annual report for the
period 10 November 2012 to 16 May 2014 to the Human Rights Council at its twentyseventh session, and participated in the interactive dialogue with Member States.
14.
Between 29 September and 3 October 2014, the Vice-Chair represented the Working
Group during the twenty-first annual meeting of special rapporteurs/representatives,
independent experts and working groups of the special procedures of the Council.
15.
On 22 October 2014, the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group addressed the
General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session and participated in the interactive dialogue with
Member States. That was the third consecutive time that the Chair-Rapporteur addressed
the General Assembly, which was highly valued and appreciated.
16.
On 24 November 2014, the Vice-Chair took part in an expert consultation entitled
“Human rights considerations relating to the administration of justice through military
tribunals and role of the integral judicial system in combating human rights violations”,
organized by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,
pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 25/4.
17.
The Working Group held its 105th session in Argentina from 2 to 6 March 2015, to
mark the 35th anniversary of its creation. The Working Group is grateful to the
Government of Argentina for this opportunity. The Working Group continues its practice to
have one of its sessions per year outside Geneva.
18.
On 23 March 2015, Mr. Duhaime participated in a “Meeting of victims and human
rights defenders” on the occasion of the International Day for the Right to Truth concerning
Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims in San Salvador.
19.
During the reporting period, all the members of the Working Group carried out a
number of activities connected to enforced disappearance, which included their
participation in conferences, consultations, seminars, training events, workshops and
lectures, organized by Governments and/or civil society organizations.
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4
See http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Disappearances/Pages/Annual.aspx.
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