强迫失踪问题：联合国专家机构开始研究至少25个国家的300多起案件

日内瓦（2013年3月11日）-联合国被迫或非自愿失踪问题工作组*开始审议300多起强迫失踪案件。这些案件来自至少25个国家，其中包括部分处于紧急行动程序之下的案件和新近提交的案件信息、先前接受的案件和其他来文。

独立专家将会见国家代表和民间社会代表，包括失踪者的家庭成员，以交换关于审议中个案的信息和意见以及强迫失踪的一般性现象。此外，工作组还将审议收到的指控，内容关于落实《保护所有人不遭受强迫失踪宣言》时遇到的障碍。各成员将对工作方法、下一次年度报告的专题栏目和即将或可能进行的国别访问进行讨论。

工作组的第99次会议将于3月11-15日在日内瓦万国宫的第九号室召开。2013年3月15日会议闭幕时将发布新闻稿。

(*) 工作组由来自世界各地区的五名独立专家组成。主席兼报告员是奥利维尔•德弗鲁维乐（法国），其他成员包括阿瑞尔•杜利茨（阿根廷）、嘉斯敏卡•祖荷（波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那）、奥斯曼•艾尔哈杰（黎巴嫩）和耶利米•萨金（南非）。

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