A/HRC/19/57 are taken into account by national judges to qualify the deprivation of liberty as arbitrary? If possible, please provide concrete examples of the judgments”. A. 1. Handling of communications addressed to the Working Group during 2011 Communications transmitted to Governments 7. A description of the cases transmitted and the contents of the replies of Governments can be found in the respective Opinions adopted by the Working Group (A/HRC/19/57/Add.1). 8. During its sixtieth, sixty-first and sixty-second sessions, the Working Group adopted 68 Opinions concerning 105 persons in 31 countries. Some details of the Opinions adopted during these sessions appear in the table below and the complete texts of Opinions Nos. 1/2011 to 68/2011 are reproduced in addendum 1 to the present report. 2. Opinions of the Working Group 9. Pursuant to its revised methods of work (A/HRC/16/47, annex), the Working Group, in addressing its Opinions to Governments, drew their attention to resolutions 1997/50 and 2003/31 of the former Commission on Human Rights and resolutions 6/4 and 15/18 of the Human Rights Council, requesting them to take account of the Working Group’s Opinions and, where necessary, to take appropriate steps to remedy the situation of persons arbitrarily deprived of their liberty and to inform the Working Group of the steps they had taken. On the expiry of the two-week deadline, the Opinions were transmitted to the source. Table 1 Opinions adopted during the sixtieth, sixty-first and sixty-second sessions of the Working Group Opinion No. Country Government’s reply No Person(s) concerned Opinion 1/2011 Syrian Arab Republic Messrs. Mohamed Ahmed Detention arbitrary, Mustafa; Hassan Ibrahim categories II and III. Saleh and Maarouf Ahmad Malla Ahmad. 2/2011 Saudi Arabia No Mr. Abdul Hakim Gellani Detention arbitrary, categories I, II and III. 3/2011 Egypt Yes Mr. Tarek Abdelmoujoud al Zumer Detention arbitrary, category I. Case filed (para. 17 (a) of the Working Group’s methods of work – persons released). 4/2011 Switzerland Yes Mr. Zaza Yambala Detention arbitrary, category III. 5/2011 Yemen No Messrs. Osama Mohsen Hussein al Saadi and Mohamed Mohsen Hussein al Saadi Detention arbitrary, categories I and III. 5

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