A/HRC/13/31 Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 532. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 383 cases to the Government; of those, four cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by sources, 205 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, and 174 remain outstanding. Observations 533. The Working Group also reiterates its request for an invitation from the Government of the Sudan to conduct a country visit to assist the Government in preventing disappearances and in clarifying the 174 outstanding cases. 534. The Working Group calls upon the Government to sign and ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and accept the competence of the Committee under articles 31 and 32. Sweden Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 0 Cases clarified during the period under review: 0 Cases sent under the urgent action procedure Cases sent under the standard procedure 0 0 0 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 0 Government Nongovernmental sources Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 0 0 Multiple replies on some cases Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6month rule) N/A 0 General allegation Yes Government response Yes Prompt intervention letter N/A Government response N/A Working Group request for a visit N/A Government response N/A General allegations Summary of the allegation 535. Information was submitted by sources concerning obstacles reportedly encountered in the implementation of the Declaration. This information was transmitted to the Government after its eighty-seventh session. 536. It was reported that in 2001 the Government of Sweden was involved in a practice of renditions and secret detention. The victims of rendition were held in prolonged detention in secret facility, with no access to the ICRC, no notification to their families and no notification of their legal status and rights. There was no oversight of the conditions of GE.09-17704 109