A/HRC/16/48
113. The Working Group congratulates the Government for ratifying the International
Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and accepting
the competence of the Committee under articles 31 and 32.
China
Cases transmitted to the
Government during the period
under review: 1
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
procedure
standard
procedure
Government
Non-governmental
sources
28
1
0
0
0
Number of
outstanding cases
at the end of the
year under review
29
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)
N/A
N/A
N/A
Urgent appeals
Yes
Government response
No
General allegation
Yes
Government response
No
Prompt intervention letter
N/A
Government response
N/A
Working Group request for a visit N/A
Government response
N/A
Urgent actions
114. One case was sent to the Government under its urgent action procedure. It concerned
Mr. Feng Jiang, a Falun Gong practitioner who was allegedly arrested by Chinese
authorities at Shanghai Pudong Airport on 18 February 2010.
Urgent Appeals
115. The Working Group transmitted two urgent appeals to the Government. The first
communication was sent on 23 April 2010, jointly with two other special procedures
mechanisms, and concerned Ms. Mao Hengfeng, who was being held at Yangpu Detention
Center and then reportedly transferred to an unknown location. The second communication
was sent on 30 April 2010, jointly with four other special procedures mechanisms, and
concerned Mr. Cao Du, a grantee of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous
Populations, who was reportedly abducted by the police at Beijing Capital International
Airport before boarding his flight to New York City to attend the ninth session of the
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and later taken to an unknown
location.
Information from the Government
116. The Government transmitted a communication on 4 September 2009, which could
not be translated in time for inclusion in report A/HRC/13/31 and in this report. During the
reporting period, the Government transmitted four communications dated 12 and 25
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