A/HRC/4/41 page 28 Chile Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 840 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent under the urgent action the standard procedure procedure 0 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 0 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 0 24 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 816 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 Information from the Government 120. No information was received from the Government regarding outstanding cases. Information from sources 121. No information was received from sources regarding outstanding cases. Clarifications 122. Based on information previously received from the Government, the Working Group decided to clarify 24 cases following the expiration of the six-month rule (see paragraph 11). For 20 cases the Government provided the death certificates and in the 4 other cases, the subjects’ remains were handed over to the families. Summary of the situation prior to the period under review 123. The vast majority of the 908 reported cases of disappearance occurred between 1973 and 1976 under the military Government and concerned political opponents of the military dictatorship, most of whom belonged to Chilean left wing parties. The disappearances were attributed to members of the army, the air force, the carabineros, and persons acting with the acquiescence of the authorities. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 124. In the past and during the period under review, the Working Group has transmitted 908 cases to the Government; of the 92 cases clarified by the Working Group, 69 were clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government and 23 on the basis of information provided by the source, 816 cases remain outstanding.