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or (c) when the request comes from a government which has
respected the delays for replies. 972
Urgent Action Procedure: This procedure may be resorted to
by the WGAD (a) in cases in which there are sufficiently reliable
allegations that a person is being arbitrarily deprived of his
liberty and that the continuation of such deprivation constitutes
a serious threat to that person’s health or even to his life; or
(b) in cases in which, even when no such threat is alleged to
exist, there are particular circumstances that warrant an urgent
action. The urgent action procedure does not prejudge any
opinion that the WGAD may later adopt on the arbitrariness of
the deprivation of liberty. 973
972
Ibid., para. 21.
973
Ibid., paras. 22-23.