A/HRC/10/9 page 14 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. 3 One case was erroneously recorded and has now been deleted.

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