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.
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