A/HRC/10/9 page 84 General allegation 423. The Working Group received information from credible sources concerning obstacles encountered in the implementation of the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance in the United States of America. This information was transmitted to the Government after its eighty-third session through the following general allegation. 424. It was reported that one case of extraordinary rendition, which occurred in Italy on 17 February 2003, involved an enforced disappearance for a certain period of time. The Working Group was informed that this case took place in the context of extraordinary rendition programmes that were allegedly carried out by the United States of America together with Egypt, where the person was secretly imprisoned and reportedly tortured. 425. In a communication dated 4 August 2008, the Government of the United States of America stated that: “While the Government of the United States is not in a position to comment on specific alleged intelligence activities, the Government would like to emphasize that the United States does not transport individuals from one country to another for the purpose of interrogation using torture. Furthermore, the United States has not transported individuals, and will no transport individuals to a country where the Government believes they will be tortured.” Observations 426. The Working Group reminds the Government of its general comment on the definition of enforced disappearance, especially that intentionality is irrelevant in the sense that any act of enforced disappearance has the consequence of placing the persons subjected thereto outside the protection of the law, regardless of the pursued purpose. Uruguay Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 22 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 22 Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 0 Government response Government response Government response N/A N/A N/A 427. All outstanding cases were retransmitted and no response was received from the Government. A summary of the situation in the country appears in A/HRC/4/41.