A/HRC/10/9 page 30 131. 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. Ecuador Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 11 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 11 0 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 7 Multiple replies on some cases General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit No N/A N/A Yes Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 4 Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 0 Government response Government response Government response N/A N/A Yes Information from the Government 132. The Working Group received one communication on 11 June 2008 from the Government of Ecuador on the four outstanding cases. However, the response was considered insufficient to clarify them. On 2 September 2008, another communication was received from the Government rectifying the name of one of the victims of the outstanding cases. Information from sources 133. Additional information was received from sources regarding one case. Clarifications 134. Based on information received from the Government, the Working Group clarified seven cases for which the six-month rule had been applied and no observations were received from the source. Truth and Justice Commission 135. In a communication received on 11 June 2008, the Government informed the Working Group that a Truth and Justice Commission had been established in Ecuador on 3 May 2007. Visit 136. In a communication dated 17 September 2008, the Government invited the Working Group to undertake an official visit in 2009.

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