A/HRC/WGEID/116/1
Joint other letter
44.
On 22 August 2018, the Working Group transmitted, with other special procedure
mechanisms, a joint other letter concerning the use of residential surveillance in a designated
location, as amended in article 73 of the Criminal Procedure Law, in relation to persons
without permanent domicile, suspected of endangering State security, of terrorist activities
or major bribery and in cases in which confinement in their own home may โimpede the
investigationโ.2
Observation
45.
The Working Group wishes to recall article 10 (1) and (2) of the Declaration,
according to which any person deprived of liberty shall be held in an officially recognized
place of detention and, in conformity with national law, be brought before a judicial authority
promptly after detention. Accurate information on the detention of such persons and their
place or places of detention, including transfers, shall be made promptly available to their
family members, their counsel or to any other persons having a legitimate interest in the
information.
Colombia
Information from sources
46.
Sources provided updated information on one outstanding case, which was considered
insufficient to clarify it.
Information from the Government
47.
On 29 May 2018, the Government transmitted information concerning two
outstanding cases, which was considered insufficient to clarify them.
48.
The Working Group also considered information transmitted on 29 June 2018 by the
Government of Spain, concerning one of those cases. The information provided was
considered insufficient to clarify it.
Democratic Peopleโs Republic of Korea
Standard procedure
49.
The Working Group transmitted 12 cases to the Government concerning:
(a)
Jong-mo An, allegedly abducted from his residence between July and August
1950 by members of the Korean Peopleโs Army;
(b)
Dae-young Kim, allegedly abducted from Chungwon Primary School in Seoul
in August 1950 by members of the Korean Peopleโs Army;
(c)
Deok-yeong Lee, allegedly abducted near his residence in July 1950 by
members of the Korean Peopleโs Army;
(d)
Gi-seol Lee, allegedly abducted from his residence in August 1950 by officials
of the Internal Affairs Department;
(e)
Jeong-geun Lee, allegedly abducted from his residence on 28 June 1950 by
members of the Korean Peopleโs Army;
(f)
Geun-yong Lee, allegedly abducted from his residence on 30 June 1950 by
members of the Koreanโs Peopleโs Army;
(g)
Gyu-ho Lee, allegedly abducted on 20 August 1950 from a town near his
residence in Geunnam-myeon, Uljin, Gyeongsangbuk-do, by officials of the Internal Affairs
Department or the Political Security Bureau;
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https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadPublicCommunicationFile?gId=23997.
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