A/HRC/13/31 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 1 Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6month rule) Multiple replies on some cases No 0 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 571. The Working Group transmitted one newly-reported case to the Government. It concerned Alsharef Al Hemmally, abducted by a combined operation of Tunisian and Libyan security forces at Tunis airport in March 2003. According to the Working Group’s methods of work, the Government of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya received a copy of the case. Information from the Government 572. Information was received on 22 June 2009, from the Government concerning the case, informing the Working Group that following the communication from the Working Group, a judicial inquiry had been opened. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 573. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 18 cases to the Government; of those, 5 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by sources, 12 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, and 1 remains outstanding. Observations 574. 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. Turkey Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 63 118 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 Government Nongovernmental sources Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 0 63 GE.09-17704