A/HRC/19/58
Number of cases on which the
Government has replied
Multiple replies on some cases
Number of cases of possible clarification
by Government (6-month rule)
N/A
0
0
Urgent appeal
Yes
Government response
No
General allegation
N/A
Government response
N/A
Prompt intervention letter
N/A
Government response
N/A
Working Group request for a visit
N/A
Invitation extended
N/A
259. All outstanding cases were retransmitted and, regrettably, no response was received
from the Government. A summary of the situation in the country appears in
E/CN.4/2006/56 and Corr. 1 and A/HRC/4/41.
Urgent actions
260. The Working Group transmitted two cases under its urgent action procedure to the
Government. The first case concerned Mr. Oscar Elías López Mu��oz, who was allegedly
arrested by agents of the National Directorate of Criminal Investigation in San Pedro Sula,
Department of Cortés, on 21 August 2011. Mr. López Muñoz was the subject of an urgent
appeal previously transmitted to the Government. The second case concerned Mr. José
Reinaldo Cruz Palma, who was allegedly arrested by individuals believed to be agents of
the National Directorate of Criminal Investigation and of the National Preventative Police
when travelling from La Lima to San Pedro Sula, on 30 August 2011. Allegedly, a police
patrol witnessed the arrest and, after the events, it left in a different direction.
Urgent appeals
261. On 27 September 2011, the Working Group, jointly with another special procedures
mechanism, transmitted an urgent appeal concerning Mr. Oscar Elías López Muñoz. He
was allegedly arrested by agents of the National Directorate of Criminal Investigation in
San Pedro Sula, Department of Cortés, on 21 August 2011. The Working Group later
transmitted the allegations concerning Mr. Oscar Elías López Muñoz as an urgent action.
Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding
262. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 209 cases to the
Government; of those, 37 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by
the Government, 43 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the
source, and 129 remain outstanding.
Observations
263. The Working Group notes with concern that, during the reporting period, it transmitted
two cases under its urgent action procedure, one of them also as an urgent appeal. The
Working Group recalls article 2.1 of the Declaration which states that ―No State shall
practise, permit or tolerate enforced disappearances‖, as well as article 3, which provides
that ―Each State shall take effective legislative, administrative, judicial or other measures to
prevent and terminate acts of enforced disappearance in any territory under its jurisdiction.‖
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