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 17

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