I. THE REGIONAL PHENOMENON OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES

Mr. Santiago Corcuera, Chair of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (UNWGEID), reported during the 10th session of the UN Human Rights Council in March 2009 that: “The total number of cases transmitted by the Working Group to Governments since its inception is 52,952. The number of cases under active consideration that have not yet been clarified, closed and discontinued stands at 42,393 and concerns 79 States... of the 79 states, 21 are Asian countries. In 2009 report of the UNWGEID, there are 52,232 cases transmitted since its inception, 42,600 of which remain unclarified and these concerns 82 States.