A/HRC/WGEID/108/1
III. Other activities
7.
On the margins of its 108th session, the Working Group held an expert consultation
co-organized with the Moroccan National Council for Human Rights, on enforced
disappearances and non-State actors. The event brought together experts on enforced
disappearances and on the issue of non-State actors and human rights, from different
regions. The consultation provided a valuable opportunity to discuss the different legal
regimes applicable and the increasing instances of abductions carried out by non-State
actors, which may be tantamount to enforced disappearances, and to reflect on ways and
means in which the Working Group can address the issue. The Working Group will
continue its discussion on this issue, and calls upon all stakeholders to provide information
and views thereon.
8.
During the session, the Working Group met with non-governmental organizations
working on the issue of enforced disappearances in Morocco, and in other States. The
Working Group also held formal meetings with representatives of the Governments of
Burundi, Japan, Morocco and Ukraine.
9.
The Working Group also discussed the reports following its visits to Peru and Sri
Lanka, and the preparation of its visit to Turkey from 14 to 18 March 2016 and future
visits. It also reviewed the progress report on the study on migration and enforced
disappearances.
10.
On the last day of the session, the Working Group held a press conference and
concluded its session with a visit to the former detention centre and memorial site of Derb
Moulay Cherif, and to the cemetery of the enforced disappeared of the events of 1981, in
Casablanca.
IV. Information concerning enforced or involuntary
disappearances in States reviewed by the Working Group
Albania
Information from the Government
11.
On 18 January 2016, the Government of Albania provided information on one
outstanding case. The information provided was considered insufficient to lead to a
clarification.
Algeria
Standard procedure
12.
The Working Group transmitted 10 cases to the Government of Algeria, concerning:
(a)
Algiers;
Ameur Bouzid, allegedly last seen in January 1997 at Châteauneuf barracks,
(b)
Safia Bouzid (born Ould Azouz), allegedly last seen in January 1997 at
Châteauneuf barracks, Algiers;
(c)
Hamid Bouzid, allegedly arrested in February 1997 at the Great Post Office
of Algiers by military security officers;
(d)
Smail Bouzid, allegedly arrested in February 1997 at the Bab Azzoun
pension fund in Algiers by military security officers;
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