A/HRC/WGEID/102/1 Information from the Government 57. On 18 December 2013, the Government transmitted information in relation to 13 outstanding cases. The information provided was considered not sufficient to lead to clarification of the cases. 9. Ecuador Standard procedure 58. The Working Group transmitted one case to the Government of Ecuador concerning Mr. José del Carmen Molano Ríos, a national of Colombia, who was allegedly abducted on 4 May 2013 by members of the Jungle Battalion No 55 “Putumayo”, Operating Element 1.1.3.4 “COBRA”, of the Ecuadorian Army Intelligence, at Puerto del Carmen, Cantón Putumayo. In accordance with the methods of work of the Working Group, the Government of Colombia was provided with a copy of this case. 10. Egypt Urgent appeals 59. The Working Group transmitted, jointly with three other special procedures mechanisms, one urgent appeal on 27 December 2013 to the Government of Egypt. The urgent appeal concerned the alleged enforced disappearances of Messrs. Khaled al-Qazzaz, Ayman al-Serafy and Abdelmeguid Mashali, and the alleged incommunicado detention of Messrs. Essam al-Haddad and Ayman Ali. 11. El Salvador Prompt intervention letter 60. On 25 November 2013, the Working Group transmitted, jointly with two other special procedures mechanisms, a prompt intervention letter concerning the closure of the Legal Protection Office of the Archbishop of San Salvador (Oficina de Tutela Legal del Arzobispado de San Salvador). 61. On 28 November 2013, the Working Group transmitted, jointly with two other special procedures mechanisms, another prompt intervention letter concerning the violent attack on the Association for the Search of Disappeared Children (Asociación ProBúsqueda de Niñas y Niños Desaparecidos) and the destruction of information essential to the process of truth, justice and reparation in the country. Observations 62. With regard to the issues addressed in the prompt intervention letters, the Working Group recalls article 13 of the Declaration, which states that “steps shall be taken to ensure that all involved in the investigation, including the complainant, counsel, witnesses and those conducting the investigation, are protected against ill-treatment, intimidation or reprisal”, and that “steps shall be taken to ensure that any ill-treatment, intimidation or reprisal or any other form of interference on the occasion of the lodging of a complaint or during the investigation procedure is appropriately punished”. The Working Group also recalls Human Rights Council resolution 21/4, in which the Council urged States to take steps to provide adequate protection to, among others, human rights defenders acting against enforced disappearances and families of disappeared persons against any 8