A/HRC/WGEID/109/1
(h)
Cheol Soo Kim, allegedly arrested by Chinese police officers in March 2011,
and repatriated to the North Pyongan Provincial Security Agency, in the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea;
(i)
Pong-pin Chon, allegedly abducted on 7 August 1950 from his home in Seoul
by agents of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea;
(j)
Gyeok-hong Ha, allegedly abducted on 2 August 1950 from his home in
Seoul by agents of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea;
(k)
Se Ryul Jeong, allegedly abducted on 6 January 1971 on the Yellow Sea,
near the Northern Limit Line, by agents of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea;
(l)
Dong Soon Park, allegedly abducted on 6 January 1971 on the Yellow Sea,
near the Northern Limit Line, by agents of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea;
(m) Hae Young Park, allegedly abducted on 16 August 1975, on the East Sea, by
agents of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Information from sources
24.
A source provided information on one outstanding case. The information provided
was considered insufficient to lead to a clarification.
Observation
25.
During the session, the Working Group reviewed the reply from the Government of
the Democratic Republic of the Congo dated 29 January and 2 March 2016 concerning the
joint communication from the special procedures (A/HRC/32/53, AL COD 5/2015)
transmitted on 10 December 2015 on alleged human rights violations committed in the
context of the Likofi operation conducted in January 2015. The Working Group thanks the
Government for its replies, which however did not specifically address the general
allegation transmitted by the Working Group on 26 March 2015 (A/HRC/WGEID/105/1,
paras. 38-43). While the Working acknowledges the various steps taken by the Government
to investigate the allegations, it remains concerned that the identity of the 421 bodies buried
in Maluku has not been determined yet.
El Salvador
Standard procedure
26.
The Working Group transmitted two cases to the Government of El Salvador,
concerning:
(a)
Bryan Alexander Juarez, allegedly last seen on 30 July 2014, in Santa María
neighbourhood, Municipality of San Martín, in the custody of the armed forces;
(b)
William Ernesto Hernández, allegedly last seen on 30 July 2014, in Santa
María neighbourhood, Municipality of San Martín, in the custody of the armed forces.
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