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and their families are two specific aims of the transitional justice system. A further aim is to
use the administration of justice to punish those responsible for the disappearances. The
State has launched numerous initiatives to this end, some of them supported by civil society
human rights organizations. Investigating all the human rights violations that occurred
during the internal armed conflict is a complex task that requires time, perseverance and
unflagging political will. It should not be forgotten that a large number — hundreds if not
thousands — of Government officials agents who initiated, supported or tolerated those
human rights violations continue to work in the State’s administrative bodies, including the
security forces. It further informed the Working Group on the activities of the Guatemalan
Forensic Anthropology Foundation and of the Guatemalan Commission for the Promotion
of International Humanitarian Law. It also noted the progress in the declassification of the
Military Archive.
Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding
204. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 3,155 cases to the
Government; of those, 177 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided
by the Government, 79 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by
the source and 2,899 remain outstanding.
Observations
205. The Working Group thanks the Government for the additional information on the
implementation of the recommendations made after its visit to the country in 2006.
206. The follow-up report on the implementation of the recommendations made by the
Working Group following its visit to Guatemala in 2006 (A/HRC/4/41/Add.1, paras. 99112), can be found in addendum 2 (A/HRC/16/48/Add.2).
207. The Working Group notes that the Government has signed the International
Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and calls upon
the Government to ratify it and accept the competence of the Committee under articles 31
and 32.
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Cases transmitted to the
Government during the period
under review 0
Cases clarified during the period
under review: 0
Number of
outstanding
cases at the
beginning of
the period
under review
Cases sent under Cases sent
the urgent action under the
standard
procedure
procedure
Government
Non-governmental
sources
Number of
outstanding cases
at the end of the
year under review
21
0
0
0
21
0
Number of cases on which the
Government has replied
Multiple replies on some cases
Number of cases of possible clarification
by Government (6-month rule)
0
0
N/A
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