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Argentina
Number of
outstanding
cases at the
beginning of
the period
under review
3 303
Cases transmitted to the Government
during the period under review
Cases sent under
Cases sent under
the standard
the urgent action
procedure
procedure
0
Number of cases on which the
Government has replied
4
1
Cases clarified during the period
under review by:
Government Non-governmental
sources
8
Multiple replies on some cases
General allegation
Prompt intervention letter
Working Group request for a visit
No
N/A
Yes
Yes
9
Number of
outstanding
cases at the end
of the year
under review
3
3 286
Number of cases of possible clarification
by Government (6-month rule)
0
Government response
Government response
Government response
N/A
Yes
Yes
Standard cases
47. The Working Group transmitted one newly-reported case of disappearance to the
Government concerning Iván Eladio Torres, disappeared in the Province of Chubut on
2 October 2003, after being arrested by police officers.
Information from the Government
48. The Working Group received two communications from the Government on 6 June
and 27 June 2008, regarding the disappearance of a witness in trials against perpetrators of
enforced disappearances. A third was received on 3 October 2008, regarding four outstanding
cases. However, the information reviewed was considered insufficient to constitute a
clarification. On 28 December 2006 the Government provided information on 8 cases to which
the Working Group applied the six-month rule at its eighty-fourth session.
Information from sources
49. The Working Group received new information from sources on 13 cases regarding children
born in captivity. The sources informed that nine of these children have been found and
identified. Additional four children, who were filed under their parents’ names, have also been
found and identified.
Clarifications
50. The Working Group clarified eight cases on the basis of information received from the
Government and nine on the basis of information received from the sources.
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One case was erroneously recorded and has now been deleted.
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