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Meetings
51. Representatives of the Government of Argentina met with the Working Group at its
eighty-fourth session to discuss efforts to clarify outstanding cases and the visit to the country.
Prompt intervention letters
52. On 16 May 2008, the Working Group sent a prompt intervention letter to the Government
of Argentina regarding the short-term disappearance of a witness on various trials against
perpetrators of enforced disappearances which occurred during the military dictatorship. The
witness disappeared on 29 April 2008 and he was released the following day. The prompt
intervention letter was jointly sent with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on
the situation of human rights defenders.
53. The Working Group received two communications from the Government on 6 June
and 27 June 2008 providing information on the actions taken by the Government regarding the
above-mentioned disappearance as well as actions taken to protect him and his family after his
release.
Deleted case
54. The Working Group decided that one case was erroneously reported. Although this case
was originally submitted to the Working Group as a disappearance, the source recently informed
that the person left voluntarily. Therefore, the case has been deleted from the Working Group’s
records.
Visit
55. The Working Group undertook a mission to Argentina from 21 to 24 July 2008 (see
A/HRC/10/9/Add.1), followed by its eighty-fifth session held in Buenos Aires from 24 to
26 July 2008.
Press releases
56. Press releases were issued prior to and following the mission to Argentina in
July 2008. On the last day of the mission, the Working Group held a press conference in
Buenos Aires.
Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding
57. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 3,446 cases to the
Government. It clarified 159 cases: 107 cases have been clarified on the basis of information
provided by the Government and 52 on the basis of information provided by the source; 1 case
was erroneously reported and subsequently deleted; 3,286 remain outstanding.
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