A/HRC/22/45 Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 19. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 3,033 cases to the Government; of those, 19 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the source, nine cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, and 3,005 remain outstanding. Observations 20. The Working Group wishes to express its appreciation for the reply received from the Government, dated 1 October 2012, concerning the prompt intervention letter transmitted on 31 July 2012. The Working Group notes with concern that the Government stated in its reply that the CFDA, SOS Disparus and the Comité national pour la défense des droits de chômeurs have no legal status in Algeria and did not respect the established procedure concerning public rallies and peaceful demonstrations. 21. In relation to this prompt intervention letter, the Working Group would like to recall the Declaration, which affirms that States must take steps to ensure that persons involved in investigations of cases of disappearance, including the complainant, counsel, witnesses and those conducting the investigation, are protected against ill-treatment, intimidation or reprisal. The Working Group would also like to recall that, in its resolution 21/4, the Human Rights Council urged Governments to take steps to provide adequate protection to witnesses of enforced or involuntary disappearances, human rights defenders acting against enforced disappearances and the lawyers and families of disappeared persons against any intimidation, persecution, reprisals or ill-treatment to which they might be subjected, paying special attention to women as relatives of disappeared persons in the context of their struggle to resolve the disappearance of members of their families. Argentina* Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 0 * Cases clarified during the period under review: 14 Number of outstanding cases at the Cases sent under beginning of the the urgent action period under procedure review Cases sent under the standard procedure Government Non-governmental sources Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 3,285 0 14 0 3,271 0 Number of cases on which the Government has replied Multiple replies on some cases Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 0 N/A 0 Urgent appeals N/A Government response N/A General allegation N/A Government response N/A Prompt intervention letter N/A Government response N/A Working Group request for a visit N/A Invitation extended N/A In accordance with the practice of the Working Group, Ariel Dulitzky did not participate in the decisions relating to this section of the report. 27