A/HRC/WGEID/126/1
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Distr.: General
22 April 2022
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
Communications transmitted, cases examined, observations
made and other activities conducted by the Working Group
on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances*
126th session** (7–11 February 2022)
I. Communications
1.
Between 30 September 2021 and 11 February 2022, the Working Group transmitted
15 cases under its urgent procedure, to Azerbaijan (1), Bangladesh (1), Egypt (1), Kenya (2),
Lebanon (1), Libya (1), Pakistan (6), the Russian Federation (1) and Saudi Arabia (1).
2.
The Working Group also decided to transmit two cases tantamount to enforced
disappearance under its urgent humanitarian procedure to the de facto authorities in Sana’a.1
3.
At its 126th session, held in Geneva from 7 to 11 February 2022, the Working Group
decided to transmit 132 newly reported cases of enforced disappearance, to Algeria (23),
Armenia (6), Azerbaijan (15), Bangladesh (1), China (4), the Democratic People’s Republic
of Korea (14), Egypt (2), Indonesia (8), Iran (Islamic Republic of) (5), Latvia (2), Pakistan
(24), Sri Lanka (4) and the Syrian Arab Republic (24). One case tantamount to enforced
disappearance was also transmitted to the de facto authorities in Sana’a, and another case was
transmitted to the de facto authorities in Afghanistan.2
4.
The Working Group clarified 24 cases, in Azerbaijan (1), Egypt (1), Lebanon (1),
Nicaragua (5), Pakistan (13), Saudi Arabia (2) and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (1).
A total of eight cases were clarified on the basis of information provided by Governments
and 16 cases on the basis of information provided by other sources.
5.
Between 30 September 2021 and 11 February 2022, the Working Group transmitted
34 communications, most of them jointly with other special procedure mechanisms. The
communications consisted of five prompt intervention letters, to El Salvador (1), Guatemala
(1), Mexico (2) and Sri Lanka (1); five joint urgent appeals, to India (1), the Russian
Federation (1), Rwanda (1) and the Sudan (2); one allegation letter to Pakistan; 18 joint
allegation letters, to Argentina (1), Bangladesh (1), China (1), Cuba (1), Egypt (2), Iran
* The annexes to the present document are reproduced as received, in the languages of submission only.
** Despite the travel restrictions imposed in connection to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
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pandemic, the Working Group met in person.
The Working Group stresses that the cases addressed to the de facto authorities in Sana’a do not in
any way imply the expression of any opinion concerning the legal status of any territory, city or area,
or of its authorities.
The Working Group stresses that the cases addressed to the de facto authorities in Sana’a and to the
de facto authorities in Afghanistan, respectively, do not in any way imply the expression of any
opinion concerning the legal status of any territory, city or area, or of its authorities.