A/HRC/13/31 179. The Working Group is concerned about the involvement of the Government, including the police, military and others, in the practice of rendition and secret detention. 180. The Working Group regrets that no response was received from the Government. Observations 181. The Working Group notes that the Government has signed the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and calls upon the Government to ratify it and accept the competence of the Committee under articles 31 and 32. Dominican Republic 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 2 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 0 2 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 182. All outstanding cases were retransmitted and regrettably no response was received from the Government. A summary of the situation in the country appears in documents E/CN.4/2006/56 and Corr.1 and A/HRC/7/2. Communications from the Working Group 183. On 14 October 2009, the Working Group, jointly with another special procedures mechanism, sent an urgent communication to the Government concerning the abduction by police officers of Juan Almonte Herrera on 28 September 2009. No response was received from the Government. Observations 184. 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. 42 GE.09-17704