A/HRC/13/31
Argentina
Number of
outstanding
cases at the
beginning of
the period
under review
Cases transmitted to the
Government during the period
under review: 4
Cases clarified during the period
under review 0
Cases sent
under the
urgent action
procedure
Cases sent
under the
standard
procedure
1
3
3 286
Number of cases on which the
Government has replied
9
Government
Nongovernmental
sources
Number of
outstanding
cases at the end
of the year
under review
0
0
3 290
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
Yes
Government response
No
Working Group request for a visit
N/A
Government response
N/A
Urgent actions
62.
The Working Group sent one case under the urgent action procedure to the
Government. The case concerned the minor Luciano Nahuel Arruga, 16 years old, who
was arrested on 31 January 2009, by police officers and taken to the Police Department in
Lomas del Mirador in La Matanza, Piedras, Province of Buenos Aires.
Standard procedures
63.
The Working Group transmitted three newly-reported cases to the Government. The
first two cases regarded Jorge Hugo Martínez Horminoguez and Marta Beatriz Severo
Barreto who were arrested by Argentinean and Uruguayan army officers at their home and
last seen in Pozo de Quilmes, Argentina, in 1978. In accordance with its methods of work,
the Working Group sent a copy of these cases to the Government of Uruguay. The third
case concerned Hector Hipolito Quijano, who was allegedly abducted by police officers in
May 2006.
Information from the Government
64.
The Government transmitted five communications on 11 and 25 March, 8 May, and
two on 12 August 2009 concerning outstanding cases. The information transmitted was
insufficient to clarify the cases. However, the Government reported that one child born in
captivity and whose case was filed under her parents’ names, had been found and
identified.
GE.09-17704
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