A/HRC/13/31 147. The sources also alleged that paramilitaries that took over the farm in 1997, despite some of them being in jail, are intimidating the families who are searching for their relatives thus demonstrating the level of impunity and disregard for justice in Colombia. It was further reported that the site is not protected and therefore the bodies or other evidence may be destroyed. Replies from the Government 148. On 13 July and 24 September 2009, the Government replied to both general allegations. The replies could not be translated in time for inclusion in this report. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 149. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 1,235 cases to the Government; of those, 67 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 963 remain outstanding. Observations 150. The Working Group thanks the Government for its report on the implementation of the recommendations made after its visit to the country in 2005 and hopes that this is the beginning of a mutual cooperation to deal with all the recommendations. The Working Group looks forward to start working on a follow-up report. 151. The Working Group expresses concern about the number of cases of intimidation and reprisals. In this connection, it reminds the Government of its obligation to protect against ill-treatment, intimidation or reprisal according to articles 13, paragraph 3 (protection against ill-treatment, intimidation or reprisal) and 13, paragraph 5 (ill-treatment, intimidation or reprisal should be punished) of the Declaration. 152. 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. Congo Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 114 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 0 Cases sent under the urgent action procedure Cases sent under the standard procedure 0 0 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 0 GE.09-17704 Cases clarified during the period under review: 0 Government Nongovernmental sources Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 0 114 Multiple replies on some cases N/A Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6month rule) 0 35