A/HRC/16/48 and their families are two specific aims of the transitional justice system. A further aim is to use the administration of justice to punish those responsible for the disappearances. The State has launched numerous initiatives to this end, some of them supported by civil society human rights organizations. Investigating all the human rights violations that occurred during the internal armed conflict is a complex task that requires time, perseverance and unflagging political will. It should not be forgotten that a large number — hundreds if not thousands — of Government officials agents who initiated, supported or tolerated those human rights violations continue to work in the State’s administrative bodies, including the security forces. It further informed the Working Group on the activities of the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation and of the Guatemalan Commission for the Promotion of International Humanitarian Law. It also noted the progress in the declassification of the Military Archive. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 204. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 3,155 cases to the Government; of those, 177 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, 79 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the source and 2,899 remain outstanding. Observations 205. The Working Group thanks the Government for the additional information on the implementation of the recommendations made after its visit to the country in 2006. 206. The follow-up report on the implementation of the recommendations made by the Working Group following its visit to Guatemala in 2006 (A/HRC/4/41/Add.1, paras. 99112), can be found in addendum 2 (A/HRC/16/48/Add.2). 207. The Working Group notes that the Government has signed the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and calls upon the Government to ratify it and accept the competence of the Committee under articles 31 and 32. Guinea 54 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review 0 Cases clarified during the period under review: 0 Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent the urgent action under the standard procedure procedure Government Non-governmental sources Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 21 0 0 0 21 0 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) 0 0 N/A

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