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in 2005. The other five concerned Andre Durant, Carl Angus Scheepers, Johannes
Stephanus Enslin, Gerhadus Greeff and Yaakob Niaim Mushi Shehribani, stopped by the
police at a checkpoint and taken by a militia to an unknown location in 2006.
Information from the Government
204. The Government of Iraq transmitted three communications to the Working Group,
dated 9 September 2007, 21 April 2008 and 10 July 2008. The first two communications
contained general information. The latter could not be translated by the Secretariat on time for
consideration by the Working Group for inclusion in the present report.
Meetings
205. Representatives of the Government met with the Working Group at its eighty-sixth session
to discuss their efforts to clarify outstanding cases.
Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding
206. Since its establishment, the Working Group transmitted 16,526 cases to the Government. It
clarified 130 cases, 23 cases on the basis of information provided by the Government and 107
have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the source; 16,396 remain
outstanding.
Observations
207. The Working Group appreciates the meeting held with representatives of the Government
of Iraq and looks forward to continued cooperation.
Israel
Number of
outstanding
cases at the
beginning of
the period
under review
2
Cases transmitted to the Government
during the period under review
Cases sent under
Cases sent under
the urgent action
the standard
procedure
procedure
0
Number of cases on which the
Government has replied
0
General allegation
Prompt intervention letter
Working Group request for a visit
0
Cases clarified during the period
under review by:
Government Non-governmental
sources
0
Multiple replies on some cases
No
N/A
N/A
N/A
Number of
outstanding
cases at the end
of the year
under review
0
2
Number of cases of possible clarification
by Government (6-month rule)
0
Government response
Government response
Government response
N/A
N/A
N/A
208. All outstanding cases were retransmitted and no response was received from the
Government. A summary of the situation in the country appears in E/CN.4/2006/56 and Corr.1.
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