Report of the UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances 2009
Dear friends,
On January 6, 2009, the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances released its report to the 10th Sessions of the UN Human Rights Council.
The report is submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 7/12,
covers the period 1 December 2007 to 30 November 2008 and reflects communications and cases examined by the Working Group during its sessions in 2008, and general allegations considered at its eighty-third session in 2007. The total number of cases transmitted by the Working Group to Governments since its inception is 52,952. The number of cases under active consideration that have not yet been clarified or discontinued stands at 42,393 and concerns 79 States. The Working Group has been able to clarify 1,763 cases over the past five years.
During the period under review, the Working Group transmitted 1,203 new cases of
enforced disappearances to the Governments of Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Chad, Colombia, India, Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Japan, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, the Russian Federation, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Viet Nam, Yemen and Zimbabwe. Of the newly reported cases, 83 allegedly occurred during the same period.
A summary of activities during the last year is presented in a table for each country, with a detailed text description of the areas of activity.
The full reports can be downloaded here:
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/disappear/docs/A.HRC.10.9.pdf
IKOHI
On January 6, 2009, the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances released its report to the 10th Sessions of the UN Human Rights Council.
The report is submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 7/12,
covers the period 1 December 2007 to 30 November 2008 and reflects communications and cases examined by the Working Group during its sessions in 2008, and general allegations considered at its eighty-third session in 2007. The total number of cases transmitted by the Working Group to Governments since its inception is 52,952. The number of cases under active consideration that have not yet been clarified or discontinued stands at 42,393 and concerns 79 States. The Working Group has been able to clarify 1,763 cases over the past five years.
During the period under review, the Working Group transmitted 1,203 new cases of
enforced disappearances to the Governments of Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Chad, Colombia, India, Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Japan, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, the Russian Federation, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Viet Nam, Yemen and Zimbabwe. Of the newly reported cases, 83 allegedly occurred during the same period.
A summary of activities during the last year is presented in a table for each country, with a detailed text description of the areas of activity.
The full reports can be downloaded here:
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/disappear/docs/A.HRC.10.9.pdf
IKOHI
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