United Nations
General Assembly
A/HRC/WGEID/105/1
Distr.: General
15 May 2015
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
Communications, cases examined, observations, and other
activities conducted by the Working Group on Enforced or
Involuntary Disappearances*
105th session (2 – 6 March 2015)
I. Introduction
1.
The present document reflects the communications and cases examined and other
activities carried out by the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances at
its 105th session, held at the invitation of the Government in Buenos Aires, from 2 to 6
March 2015, on the occasion of its thirty-fifth anniversary.
II. Communications
2.
Between its 104th and 105th sessions, the Working Group transmitted 92 cases
under its urgent action procedure to Bangladesh (1), the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(1), Egypt (41), the Gambia (7), Mexico (1), Oman (1), Pakistan (35) and the United Arab
Emirates (5).
3.
At its 105th session, the Working Group decided to transmit 95 newly reported cases
of enforced disappearance to 15 States. The Working Group also clarified 19 cases in
Algeria (1), Bahrain (1), Egypt (2), the Gambia (3), Oman (1), Pakistan (5), Saudi Arabia
(1), Sri Lanka (1), the Syrian Arab Republic (1), Turkey (1), the United Arab Emirates (1)
and Uruguay (1). Four cases were clarified on the basis of information provided by the
Governments and 15 on the basis of information provided by sources.
4.
Between its 104th and 105th sessions, the Working Group, following its prompt
intervention procedure, transmitted, jointly with other special procedure mechanisms, six
communications, to Colombia (1), Mexico (2), the Russian Federation (1) and Sri Lanka
(2). The Working Group also transmitted, jointly with other special procedure mechanisms,
14 urgent appeals and 3 other letters concerning persons who had been arrested, detained,
*
The annexes to the present document are reproduced as received, in the language of submission only.
GE.15-09828 (E)