A/HRC/13/31 Ecuador 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 4 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 4 Government Nongovernmental sources Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 0 4 Multiple replies on some cases Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6month rule) Yes 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 Information from the Government 185. The Government transmitted one communication dated 1 December 2008, in which information was provided on one outstanding case. The information did not lead to a clarification. Another communication was transmitted on 9 January 2009, concerning the way the information is received by the Working Group. On 15 May 2009, the Government sent a new communication regarding all outstanding cases which did not lead to a clarification. Moreover, a communication dated 29 July 2009 was sent informing the Working Group that the Constitutional Court of Ecuador issued a decision declaring that the text of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons against Enforced Disappearance fully complies with the Constitution of the country. Finally, a communication was sent on 12 October 2009 in which the Government informed the Working Group that the President of the Republic, by Executive Decree, had ratified the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons against Enforced Disappearance in full and that the Convention would be part of the Ecuadorian legal system once the decree is published in the Official Registry. Information from sources 186. Additional information was received from sources regarding one case, including the confirmation of the correct spelling of the name of the victim as provided by the Government in September 2008. Meetings 187. The Government of Ecuador met with the Working Group at its eighty-seventh session to discuss developments connected to its outstanding cases. GE.09-17704 43