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Add.2 and Add.3). The Working Group thanks the Governments of Croatia, Montenegro
and Serbia for the invitation as well as for the cooperation extended to it, before and during
its visit to the country. It also thanks United Nations Interim Administration Mission in
Kosovo and the Kosovo authorities for the assistance in the context of the visit to Kosovo.
30.
At the invitation of the Government of Peru, the Working Group visited the country
from 1 to 10 June 2015. The Working Group thanks the Government of Peru for the
invitation and the cooperation extended to it. It also thanks the other States that have
extended invitations to the Working Group to visit their countries: the Governments of Sri
Lanka and Turkey, which invited the Working Group to undertake a visit in 2015; as well
as the Governments of Albania, which extended an invitation to the Working Group for
2016, and the Sudan, which extended an invitation in principle.
31.
During the reporting period, the Working Group requested visits to Albania,
Bahrain, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Rwanda and South Africa.
32.
In addition to these new requests, the Working Group has requested in the past a
visit to the following countries, without having yet received a positive response:
Bangladesh, Belarus, Burundi, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Nepal, Nicaragua,
the Philippines, the Russian Federation, South Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand,
the United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Zimbabwe. The Working Group invites all
States that have received a request for a visit by the Working Group to respond favourably
to it, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 21/4.2
33.
The Working Group recalls the fact that the Islamic Republic of Iran agreed to a
visit by the Working Group in 2004, which was delayed at the request of the Government.
The Working Group calls upon the Government to set the dates for the visit. Similarly, the
Working Group regrets that the visit to Algeria did not materialize, in spite of an invitation
extended to visit the country in the second half of 2014.
E.
Follow-up reports and other procedures
34.
The Working Group prepared follow-up reports on the implementation of
recommendations made following its visits to Mexico and Timor-Leste. The follow-up
reports are contained in an addendum to the present report (A/HRC/30/38/Add.4).
F.
Press releases and statements
35.
On 30 May 2014, the Working Group, jointly with other special procedures, issued a
press statement emphasizing that the decision of the Security Council not to refer the
situation in the Syrian Arab Republic to the International Criminal Court leaves the door
wide open for new atrocities in the ongoing conflict.3
36.
On 13 June 2014, the Working Group, jointly with other special procedures, issued a
press release in which it urged Thailand authorities to reverse all measures affecting basic
rights and to restore democratic rule in the country, and stressed that stability and
reconciliation could hardly be achieved in Thailand if human rights guarantees were
neglected.4
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Please see annex I for country visit requests and invitations extended.
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