3 3 Albania 1 1 Algeria 3 253 3 253 Angola 1 1 1 0 0 3 065 1 Azerbaijan 0 0 1 Bahrain 2 2 Bangladesh 61 3 8 2 70 3 Bhutan 1 1 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 28 28 Brazil 13 13 6 1 2 Belarus 4 Response to other letter 1 3 065 Argentina Response to general allegation Response to allegation letter Response to urgent appeal Response to prompt intervention letter Number of communications received during the reporting period Other letter General allegation Allegation letter Urgent appeal Prompt intervention letter Number of outstanding cases at the end of the reporting period Number of cases of possible clarification by the Government (six-month rule) Sources Number of cases clarified during the reporting period by: Government Standard cases Number of cases transmitted to the Government during the reporting period Urgent actions Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the reporting period Afghanistan Number of communications sent during the reporting period 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Urgent actions relate to cases of enforced disappearance that have occurred within three months prior to the receipt of a report by the Working Group; or cases of enforced disappearance that have occurred prior to the three-month limit, but within one year prior to the receipt of a report by the Working Group, provided that there is a link with a case that occurred within the three-month period. Standard cases are cases of enforced disappearance that have occurred prior to the three-month limit. Prompt intervention letters concern cases of intimidation, persecution or reprisal against families of disappeared persons, witnesses, lawyers, human rights defenders or other individuals concerned with disappearances. Urgent appeals concern allegations of enforced disappearance, or allegations regarding persons deprived of liberty who are at risk of being disappeared. Allegation letters and general allegations concern alleged obstacles encountered in the implementation of the Declaration. A/HRC/45/13 8 III. Decisions on individual cases taken by the Working Group and communications transmitted to the States concerned during the reporting period6