A/HRC/13/31 Chad Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 2 Cases clarified during the period under review: 1 Cases sent under the urgent action procedure Cases sent under the standard procedure 1 1 29 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 0 Government Nongovernmental sources Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 1 30 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 Urgent actions 116. One case was sent to the Government of Chad under the urgent action procedure. It concerned Issa Palkoubou, arrested by National Security Officers at the American Languages Centre in N’Djamena in December 2008. Standard procedures 117. The Working Group transmitted one newly-reported case to the Government concerning Ibni Oumar Saleh, arrested by military officers in February 2008. Information from sources 118. Information was received from sources concerning two cases. Clarification 119. Following information received by sources, the Working Group decided to clarify one case. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 120. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 34 cases to the Government; of those, 1 case has been clarified on the basis of information provided by sources, 3 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, and 30 remain outstanding. GE.09-17704 29