A/HRC/42/40 paramilitary groups and to investigate the extrajudicial executions, killings and reports of enforced disappearances with due diligence, without delay and through the use of effective, impartial and independent procedures8. 43. On 28 August 2018, on the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Working Group issued a joint press release with the Committee on Enforced Disappearances on the importance of international law obligations to search for people who have been subject to enforced disappearance and investigate that crime.9 44. On 9 October 2018, the Working Group issued a press release, together with other special procedure mandate holders, welcoming the decision by a tribunal of the Supreme Court in Peru to overturn the pardon of former president Alberto Fujimori.10 45. On 9 October 2018, the Working Group issued a press release, together with other special procedure mandate holders, calling for a prompt independent and international investigation into the case of Saudi journalist and government critic, Jamal Khashoggi.11 46. On 18 October 2018, in the context of its report to the General Assembly, the Working Group issued a press release expressing great concern about the new and extremely worrying practice of extraterritorial abductions by States.12 47. On 22 October 2018, the Working Group issued a press release, together with other special procedure mandate holders, welcoming a court ruling in Guatemala concerning violations against Ixil Mayans.13 48. On 31 October 2018, in the run-up to the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, the Working Group issued a press release together with other special procedure mandate holders, urging States to take firm steps to ensure accountability for violence and attacks against journalists, reversing and resisting the appalling trend of impunity.14 49. On 26 November 2018, the Working Group issued a press release welcoming a new law against enforced disappearances in Lebanon.15 50. On 28 November 2018, the Working Group issued a press release, together with other special procedure mandate holders, welcoming a ruling by the Supreme Court of Mexico regrading a problematic internal security law.16 51. On 25 February 2019, the Working Group issued a press release, together with other special procedure mandate holders, deploring the execution in Egypt of nine men convicted on the basis of evidence allegedly obtained under torture.17 52. On 11 March 2019, the Working Group issued a press release, together with other special procedure mandate holders, urging the Congress of Guatemala not to pass a new bill that would establish a general amnesty for serious human rights violations committed during the armed internal conflict.18 53. On 14 March 2019, the Working Group issued a press release, together with other special procedure mandate holders, renewing their call to the Chinese authorities for a 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 See www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23434&LangID=E. See www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23483&LangID=E. See www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23700&LangID=E. See www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23701&LangID=E. See www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23736&LangID=E. See www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23746&LangID=E. See www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23803&LangID=E. See www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23931&LangID=E. See www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23942&LangID=E. See www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=24204&LangID=E. See www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=24300&LangID=E. 7