A/HRC/4/41 page 94 − Materials associated with the United States meeting with the Committee against Torture in May 2006 (www.usmission.ch); and − Remarks of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice dated 5 December 2005 (www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2005/57602.htm).” Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 457. In the past and during the period under review, the Working Group transmitted one case to the Government and that case was clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government. No cases remain outstanding. Observations 458. The Working Group would like to thank the United States Government for its reply to its general allegation letter. Regarding the Government’s reference to common article 3 of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, the Working Group would like to recall that this article is in reference to “armed conflict not of an international character”. The Working Group respectfully draws the Government’s attention to the fact that as defined in the Working Group’s methods of work, while the Working Group does not work on cases arising from international armed conflicts, cases from armed conflict not of an international character do fall within the mandate of the Working Group, contrary to the Government’s reply. The Working Group remains concerned about the policy and practice of rendition by the United States, particular in respect of articles 1.2 (right to life, liberty, recognition before the law and the right not to be subject to torture), 2 (right not to be disappeared), 7 (no circumstances, whether a threat of war, a state of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency, may be invoked to justify enforced disappearances), 8 (right to non-refoulement), 9 (right to a prompt and effective judicial remedy) and 10 (right to be held in an officially recognized place of detention and to be brought before a judicial authority promptly after detention) of the Declaration. Uruguay Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 23 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 0 General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit 0 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 1 Multiple replies on some cases N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 22 Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) N/A Government response Government response Government response N/A N/A N/A