A/HRC/27/49 can be found in document A/HRC/27/49/Add.3. The Working Group thanks the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina for its cooperation throughout the process. Central African Republic 68. The Working Group is deeply concerned at the situation in the Central African Republic, as reflected by a general allegation transmitted and a press release issued, respectively, on 16 July and 5 August 2013 (A/HRC/WGEID/100/1, para. 21, and A/HRC/WGEID/101/1, para. 23), highlighting the numerous human rights violations occurring in the country, including enforced disappearances. Although the Working Group has not received many allegations of enforced disappearance under its different procedures, it is concerned that the situation has continued to deteriorate towards a total breakdown of law and order, which may facilitate the occurrence of multiple human rights violations, including enforced disappearances. China 69. The Working Group thanks the Government for the high number of replies transmitted to the Working Group. Nonetheless, the Working Group is concerned that during the reporting period it has transmitted seven cases under its urgent action procedure (A/HRC/WGEID/99/1, paras. 29–30, and A/HRC/WGEID/103/1, para. 46), eight urgent appeals (A/HRC/WGEID/99/1, para. 31; A/HRC/WGEID/100/1, paras. 23–24; A/HRC/WGEID/101/1, paras. 26–28; and A/HRC/WGEID/102/1, para. 43) and has issued two press releases in relation to the crackdown against human rights defenders prior to the presentation to the Human Rights Council made during its universal periodic review and the death of Shunli Cao (see paras. 49 and 53 above). The Working Group is also concerned about the case of human rights lawyer Zhisheng Gao who has been repeatedly disappeared since 2006, and is now reportedly being held incommunicado since 12 January 2013. The Working Group recalls articles 2 (“no State shall practise, permit or tolerate enforced disappearances”), 7 (“No circumstances whatsoever … may be invoked to justify enforced disappearances”) and 10 (“accurate information on the detention of such persons and their place or places of detention, including transfers, shall be made promptly available to their family members, their counsel or to any other persons having a legitimate interest in the information”) of the Declaration. 70. On 19 February 2013, the Working Group requested an invitation to undertake a visit to the country. The Working Group hopes that a positive reply can be received soon. Colombia 71. The Working Group thanks the Government for the substantive replies dated 4 April and 9 April 2014 to the general allegation transmitted by the Working Group after its 101st session concerning, inter alia, the alarming figures of enforced disappearances, the worrying number of human rights defenders victim to that practice in recent years and shortcomings regarding the search of the disappeared, the protection of the relatives and accountability for that crime (A/HRC/WGEID/101/1, paras. 33–41). In that respect, the Working Group, while recognizing the measures adopted to address those issues, encourages the Government to strengthen the measures adopted, intensify the dialogue with the families, speed up the process for the identification of remains and strengthen its efforts to combat impunity. 17

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