A/HRC/13/31 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 11 Multiple replies on some cases Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6month rule) Yes 0 General allegation N/A Government response N/A Prompt intervention letter Yes Government response No Working Group request for a visit N/A Government response N/A Information from the Government 575. The Government transmitted three communications dated 16 February, 6 April and 25 September 2009. In the first communication, the Government provided information on nine cases which did not lead to clarification. In the second, the Government provided information on seven cases; for two cases, the information did not lead to clarification; for five cases, the Working Group sent the information to sources for possible closure. In the last communication, Government provided information on 12 cases, which could not be translated in time for inclusion in this report. Prompt intervention 576. On 27 August 2009, the Working Group sent a prompt intervention letter jointly with other two special procedures mechanisms, regarding the sentence of one year of imprisonment imposed on Camal Bektas, brother of a disappeared person and president of Yakay-der – association that works in assisting relatives of disappeared people. According to the information, he was sentenced for defaming the army’s reputation after denouncing the existence of mass graves in Turkey and accusing the army of blocking access to such graves during a conference in July 2008. No information was received from the Government. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 577. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 182 cases to the Government; of those, 49 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by sources, 69 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, one has been discontinued and 63 remain outstanding. Observations 578. The Working Group calls upon the Government to sign and ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and accept the competence of the Committee under articles 31 and 32. GE.09-17704 119