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Asamblea General Distr Naciones Unidas A/HRC/19/58/Rev.1 Asamblea General Distr. general 2 de marzo de 2012 Español Original: inglés Consejo de Derechos Humanos 19º período de sesiones Tema 3 de la agenda Promoción y protección de todos los derechos humanos, civiles, políticos, económicos, sociales y culturales, incluido el derecho al desarrollo Informe del Grupo de Trabajo sobre las Desapariciones Forzadas o Involuntarias* ** Resumen El Grupo de Trabajo sobre las Desapariciones Forzadas o Involuntarias fue el primer mecanismo temático de derechos humanos de las Naciones Unidas que recibió un mandato universal. El mandato original se deriva de la resolución 20 (XXXVI) de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos, de 29 de febrero de 1980. Esta resolución es posterior a la resolución 33/173 de la Asamblea General, de 20 de diciembre de 1978, en la que la Asamblea expresó su preocupación por los informes procedentes de diversas partes del mundo en relación con la desaparición forzada de personas y pidió a la Comisión de Derechos Humanos que examinara la cuestión de las personas desaparecidas. El mandato fue prorrogado más recientemente por el Consejo de Derechos Humanos en su resolución 16/16 de 24 de marzo de 2011. El número total de casos transmitido a los gobiernos por el Grupo de Trabajo desde su creación asciende a 53.778. Los casos cuyo examen está en curso y que aún no se han resuelto, cerrado o discontinuado suman 42.759 en un total de 82 Estados. El Grupo de Trabajo ha podido resolver 448 casos en los cinco últimos años. El presente informe refleja las comunicaciones y los casos examinados por el Grupo de Trabajo durante sus tres períodos de sesiones celebrados en 2011, que abarcan el período comprendido entre el 13 de noviembre de 2010 y el 11 de noviembre de 2011. Incluye, en el anexo I, secciones sobre 95 Estados y territorios; el comentario general más reciente del Grupo de Trabajo, sobre el derecho al reconocimiento de la personalidad jurídica en el contexto de las desapariciones forzadas; y los métodos de trabajo revisados del Grupo de Trabajo. * Los anexos del presente informe se distribuyen tal como se recibieron, en el idioma en que se presentaron únicamente. ** Documento presentado con retraso. GE.12-11217 (EXT) A/HRC/19/58/Rev.1 Índice Párrafos Página I. Introducción ............................................................................................................ 1–10 3 II. Actividades del Grupo de Trabajo sobre las Desapariciones Forzadas o Involuntarias: 13 de noviembre de 2010 a 11 de noviembre de 2011 .................. 11–42 4 A. Actividades ..................................................................................................... 11–15 4 B. Reuniones ....................................................................................................... 16 5 C. Comunicaciones.............................................................................................. 17–22 6 D. Visitas a los países.......................................................................................... 23–31 6 E. Informes.......................................................................................................... 32 7 F. Declaraciones y comunicados de prensa......................................................... 33–38 7 G. Ratificación de la Convención Internacional para la protección de todas las personas contra las desapariciones forzadas.............................................. 39–41 8 H. Comentarios generales.................................................................................... 42 9 III. Información relativa a desapariciones forzadas o involuntarias en diversos Estados y territorios examinados por el Grupo de Trabajo sobre las Desapariciones Forzadas o Involuntarias........................................................... 43–44 12 IV. Conclusiones y recomendaciones............................................................................ 45–67 13 Anexos I. Information concerning enforced or involuntary disappearances in various States and territories reviewed by the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances .................................................................................... 1–643 17 II. Revised methods of work of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances................................................................................................................................. 140 III. Decisions on individual cases taken by the Working Group during the reporting period................ 147 IV. Statistical summary: cases of enforced or involuntary disappearances reported to the Working Group between 1980 and 2011 ......................................................................................... 149 V. Graphs showing the development of enforced disappearances in countries with more than 100 transmitted cases during the period 1980-2011......................................................................... 154 2 GE.12-11217 (EXT) A/HRC/19/58/Rev.1 I. Introducción 1. El Grupo de Trabajo sobre las Desapariciones Forzadas o Involuntarias fue el primer mecanismo temático de derechos humanos de las Naciones Unidas que recibió un mandato universal. El mandato original se deriva de la resolución 20 (XXXVI) de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos, de 29 de febrero de 1980. Esta resolución es posterior a la resolución 33/173 de la Asamblea General, de 20 de diciembre de 1978, en la que la Asamblea expresó su preocupación por los informes procedentes de diversas partes del mundo en relación con la desaparición forzada de personas y pidió a la Comisión de Derechos Humanos que examinara la cuestión de las personas desaparecidas. El mandato fue prorrogado más recientemente por el Consejo de Derechos Humanos en su resolución 16/16 de 24 de marzo de 2011. 2. La labor primordial del Grupo de Trabajo consiste en ayudar a las familias a determinar la suerte o el paradero de los familiares cuya desaparición ha sido denunciada. En esa misión humanitaria, el Grupo de Trabajo representa una vía de comunicación entre los familiares de las víctimas de desapariciones forzadas y otras personas relacionadas con la persona desaparecida, y los gobiernos. 3. Tras la aprobación de la resolución 47/133 de la Asamblea General, de 18 de diciembre de 1992, y de la Declaración sobre la protección de todas las personas contra las desapariciones forzadas, se encomendó al Grupo de Trabajo la tarea de seguir de cerca los progresos alcanzados por los Estados en el cumplimiento de sus obligaciones dimanantes de la Declaración. El Consejo de Derechos Humanos, en su resolución 7/12, alentó al Grupo de Trabajo a que prestase asistencia a los Estados para la aplicación de la Declaración y de las normas internacionales vigentes. 4. Sobre la base de su experiencia de más de 30 años, el Grupo de Trabajo ha decidido modificar la forma de cuantificar sus estadísticas a fin de que, en circunstancias excepcionales y por razones humanitarias, ciertos casos de desapariciones forzadas se puedan incluir en las estadísticas de un Estado distinto del Estado en que ocurrieron esas desapariciones. Además, el Grupo de Trabajo ha decidido ocuparse de todas las desapariciones forzadas, independientemente del tipo de conflicto armado en que hayan ocurrido. Los métodos de trabajo revisados, aprobados el 11 de noviembre de 2011, figuran en el anexo II del presente informe y entrarán en vigor el 1 de enero de 2012. 5. El presente informe refleja las comunicaciones y los casos examinados por el Grupo de Trabajo durante sus tres períodos de sesiones celebrados en 2011, que abarcan el período comprendido entre el 13 de noviembre de 2010 y el 11 de noviembre de 2011. 6. En un cuadro relativo a cada país se presenta un resumen de las actividades realizadas durante el período del que se informa, junto con una descripción detallada de las esferas de actividad. Cuando no se haya recibido información del Gobierno o de otras fuentes pese al recordatorio anual enviado por el Grupo de Trabajo sobre casos pendientes, se incluye solo el cuadro y se hace referencia al informe anterior en que se trataron esos casos. (Debido a que este año no se aprobó la suspensión del límite de 10.700 palabras para el presente informe, el Grupo de Trabajo ha decidido trasladar el conjunto de secciones relativas a los Estados al anexo I.) Sin embargo, ello significa que esas secciones, que contienen información pertinente sobre las desapariciones forzadas en todo el mundo, no se traducirán. El Grupo de Trabajo, a la vez que insta a las Naciones Unidas a reconsiderar la cuestión y a conceder en adelante la suspensión, tal como se ha hecho anteriormente, en vista de la importancia del presente informe como herramienta singular para las distintas partes interesadas en la lucha contra las desapariciones forzadas, también alienta a los GE.12-11217 (EXT) 3 A/HRC/19/58/Rev.1 gobiernos y a los representantes de la sociedad civil a que lo traduzcan a sus idiomas nacionales a fin de dar una mayor difusión a la información que contiene. 7. El número total de casos transmitido a los gobiernos por el Grupo de Trabajo desde su creación asciende a 53.778. Los casos cuyo examen está en curso y que aún no se han resuelto, cerrado o discontinuado suman 42.759 en un total de 82 Estados. El Grupo de Trabajo ha podido resolver 448 casos en los cinco últimos años. 8. Preocupa al Grupo de Trabajo que muchas comunicaciones aún no se traducen oportunamente, lo que retrasa su examen por el Grupo de Trabajo y limita el mandato humanitario del Grupo. 9.
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