A/HRC/13/31 Uruguay Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 0 Cases clarified during the period under review: 0 Cases sent under the urgent action procedure Cases sent under the standard procedure 0 0 22 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 2 Government Nongovernmental sources Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 0 22 Multiple replies on some cases Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6month rule) No 2 General allegation N/A Government response N/A Prompt intervention letter N/A Government response N/A Working Group request for a visit N/A Government response N/A Standard procedures 607. According to the Working Group’s methods of work, the Government of Uruguay received a copy of the case concerning Jorge Hugo Martínez Horminoguez, who disappeared in Pozo de Quilmes in Argentina in 1978, after being arrested by Argentinean and Uruguayan army officers. This case is recorded under the Government of Argentina. Information from the Government 608. Two communications were received from the Government dated 19 June and 1 July 2009. On both communications, the Government provided information on two cases, following which the Working Group decided to apply the six-month rule at its eighty-ninth session. 609. In the same communications, the Government provided information on the case of Jorge Hugo Martínez Horminoguez, which was transmitted to the Government of Argentina. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 610. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 31 cases to the Government; of those, 1 case has been clarified on the basis of information provided by sources, 8 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, and 22 remain outstanding. 126 GE.09-17704

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