A/HRC/10/9 page 53 248. The Working Group expresses concern on the increasing number of cases of intimidation and reprisals and reminds the Government of its obligations to protect against ill-treatment, intimidation or reprisal according to articles 13.3 and 13.5 (obligation to punish ill-treatment, intimidation or reprisals) of the Declaration. 249. The Working Group reminds the Government of its obligation to prevent enforced disappearances according to articles 2 (obligation to prevent and eradicate enforced disappearance) and 3 (obligation to take effective legislative, administrative, judicial or other measures to prevent and terminate acts of disappearance) of the Declaration. 250. The Working Group congratulates the Government for ratifying the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Montenegro Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 15 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 15 0 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 0 Multiple replies on some cases General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit No Yes N/A N/A Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 15 Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 0 Government response Government response Government response Yes N/A N/A Information from the Government 251. One communication dated 14 August 2008 was received from the Government of Montenegro regarding the 15 outstanding cases. The reply was insufficient to clarify them. Meetings 252. Representatives of the Government of Montenegro met with the Working Group at its eighty-sixth session to discuss the 15 outstanding cases and the general allegation. General allegation 253. In a communication dated 14 August 2008, the Government of Montenegro responded to the Working Group’s general allegation from 2007. 254. It stated that, regarding the event from May 1992, known as “Deportation of 83 Muslims”, the investigative judge of the Higher State Prosecutor in Podgorica conducted an investigation which was completed on 25 June 2008. The investigative judge submitted the related documentation to the Higher State Prosecutor.