Summary

This document contains information provided by Governments, authorities, civil society and other stakeholders, relating to the follow-up measures to the recommendations made by the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, following its visits to Albania in 2016 (A/HRC/36/39/Add.1) and the Gambia in 2017 (A/HRC/39/46/Add.1).

In paragraph 7 (a) of its resolution 7/12, the Human Rights Council requested Governments that have accepted visits to give all necessary attention to the Working Group’s recommendations and invited them to inform the Working Group of any action they take on those recommendations. The Human Rights Council reiterates this request in paragraph 16 (a) of its resolution 21/4.

The present format of the follow-up reports aims at facilitating the identification of concrete steps taken in response to the specific recommendations and to reflect the information gathered from different actors involved in the process, on the basis of which the Working Group formulates its observations on the level of implementation of the recommendations.

The Working Group continues to offer its assistance to the Governments that have received a visit to comply with the recommendations made and stands ready to assist them in their efforts to prevent and combat enforced disappearance.