Report of Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances 2008. Advanced Edition
UNWGEID
2009, UNWGEID:
During 2008, 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.
Table of contents:
I. INTRODUCTION
II. ACTIVITIES OF THE WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES: 1 DECEMBER 2007 TO 30 NOVEMBER 2008
A. Meetings
B. Communications
C. Country visits
D. Statements
III. INFORMATION CONCERNING ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES REVIEWED BY THE WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES
Afghanistan
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Bangladesh
Belarus
Bhutan
Bolivia
Brazil
Burundi
Cameroon
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Congo
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Democratic Republic of Congo
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
France
Gambia
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea
Haiti
Honduras
India
Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iraq
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Mauritania
Mexico
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Nicaragua
Pakistan
Peru
Philippines
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United States of America
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Viet Nam
Yemen
Zimbabwe
Palestinian Authority
IV. AREAS OF CONCERN, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Annexes
1. Revised methods of work of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
2. Decisions on individual cases taken by the Working Group during the reporting period
3. Statistical summary: cases of enforced or involuntary disappearance reported to the Working Group between 1980 and 2008
4. Graphs showing the development of disappearances in countries with more than 100 transmitted cases during the period 1980-2008
5. Lists of names of newly reported cases, from countries where there were more than 10 newly transmitted cases during the reporting
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