A/HRC/4/41 page 58 268. Following its seventy-ninth session, in accordance with its methods of work, the Working Group decided to address to the newly formed Government of Montenegro 15 of the 16 outstanding cases of disappearances that had reportedly occurred in the past on the territory of Montenegro, but had previously been listed under Serbia and Montenegro. 269. Most of the outstanding cases occurred in 1999 and 2000 and include the disappearance of a group of men who were allegedly detained in 1999 while travelling by bus from the Province of Kosovo to Albania through Montenegro and the disappearance of the Chairperson of the Kosovo-Albanian Women’s League. One outstanding case which occurred in 1992 concerns a man who was allegedly arrested by officers from the police headquarters of Bar, and was last seen entering a police car and being driven away to an unknown location. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 270. In the past and during the year under review, the Working Group transmitted 15 cases to the Government of Montenegro, all of which remain outstanding. Morocco Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 100 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent under the standard the urgent action procedure procedure 0 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 45 0 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 3 Multiple replies on some cases General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 97 Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 32 Government response Government response Government response N/A N/A N/A Information from the Government 271. The Working Group reviewed replies from the Government that referred to 45 cases. It decided that in 32 cases, the replies could constitute clarifications, provided the source did not raise an objection within six months (see paragraph 12). In 13 others the government responses were not considered sufficient to constitute a clarification. Information from sources 272. No information was received from sources regarding outstanding cases. Clarifications 273. Based on information received from the Government, the Working Group decided to clarify three cases following the expiration of the six-month rule (see paragraph 11).

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