A/HRC/13/31 104. It was reported that between 2002 and 2003 the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina was involved in a practice of renditions and secret detention. The victims of rendition were held in prolonged detention in secret facilities, with no access to the ICRC, no notification to their families and no notification of their legal status and rights. There was no oversight of the conditions of detention and the treatment of the detainees. There was also no information about the procedures in place to decide about their detention and its duration. The role of the Government in this practice allegedly included the detention of persons inside its territory and their extrajudicial transfer overseas. This practice is believed to amount to enforced disappearance. 105. It was further reported that the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina was allegedly informed of the secret detention of a number of their nationals or residents and provided no information of their fate or whereabouts to their respective families. The Government did not ensure consular access for the victims of rendition, they did not make diplomatic representation on behalf of them to protect their rights and only years later they asked for victims’ return. 106. The Working Group regrets that no response was received from the Government. Observations 107. 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. Brazil Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 0 Cases sent under the urgent action procedure Cases sent under the standard procedure 0 0 13 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 0 26 Cases clarified during the period under review: 0 Government Nongovernmental sources Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 0 13 Multiple replies on some cases Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6month rule) N/A 0 General allegations 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 GE.09-17704