17 A/HRC/16/48/Add.3，第 21 段。18 人权事务委员会，第 35 号一般性意见(2014 年)，第 17 段；以及第 5/2020 号意见，第 74 段。条和《公民及政治权利国际公约》第十六条。19 工作组将把此案提交给强迫或非自愿失踪问题工作组。
individuals were deprived of their liberty against their will by governmentofficials who refused to disclose their fate and whereabouts. 17 The Working Group is in these circumstances inclined to accept the assertion of the source that the five individuals were subjected to enforced disappearance, which contravened articles 9 and 14 of the Covenant, and constitute a particularly aggravated form of arbitrary detention.18 The Working Group notes that they were also placed outside the protection of the law, in violation of article 6 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and article 16 of the Covenant.19 The Working Group will refer this case to the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.