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General allegation
Prompt intervention letter
Working Group request for a visit
Yes
N/A
N/A
Government response
Government response
Government response
No
N/A
N/A
Urgent actions
135. The Working Group transmitted 15 cases to the Government under the urgent action
procedure. These urgent action cases include the cases of seven farmers reportedly detained by
army troops.
136. Three other urgent action cases concerned two brothers and their friend, two of them
under 18, who were apprehended, reportedly by paramilitaries. These cases were also reported
to the National Prosecutor’s Office.
137. The five remaining cases referred to four men and one woman who allegedly disappeared
after having been taken by paramilitary members.
Standard cases
138. Forty-four new cases of disappearances were transmitted under the standard procedure to
the Government. The disappearances took place from 2000 to 2004 and included seven women
and three persons under 18 years of age. Most of these cases were reportedly committed by
paramilitary groups acting with the complicity of the State.
Information from the Government
139. Three communications were received from the Government, dated 3 April, 16 May
and 6 November 2006. The information reviewed was considered insufficient to constitute a
clarification. The last communication could not be translated by the United Nations translation
services in time for consideration by the Working Group for inclusion in the present report.
Information from sources
140. Additional information was received from a source on 23 October 2006, which was
received too late for review by the Working Group and will be examined at the eighty-first
session in early 2007.
Meetings
141. During the eightieth session, the Working Group met with NGO representatives to
discuss the situation of disappearances in Colombia.
General allegation
142. Information was submitted by NGOs to the Working Group concerning alleged obstacles
encountered in the implementation of the Declaration by the Government of Colombia (see
paragraph 14). This information was transmitted to the Government.
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