A/HRC/13/31 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 43. The Working Group transmitted one newly-reported case to the Government concerning Remzi Hoxha, an ethnic Albanian from Macedonia, who disappeared in 1995 in Tirana. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 44. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted one case to the Government, which remains outstanding. Observations 45. The Working Group congratulates the Government for ratifying the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and for recognizing the competence of the Committee under articles 31 and 32. Algeria Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 212 Cases sent under the urgent action procedure Cases sent under the standard procedure 1 211 2 704 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 0 Cases clarified during the period under review: 3 Government Nongovernmental sources Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 3 2 912 Multiple replies on some cases Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6month rule) N/A 0 General allegation N/A Government response N/A Prompt intervention letter N/A Government response N/A Working Group request for a visit Yes Government response None Urgent actions 46. The Working Group sent one case to the Government under its urgent action procedure on 9 April 2009. The case concerned Moussa Rahli, who was arrested on 17 March 2009, by the Department of Investigation and Security Services at his home in Boumerdes Province. The case was subsequently clarified by information from the source. 14 GE.09-17704