Author’s response One of the authors (189/2001) sent a letter, dated 31 May 2005, to the Secretariat requesting that his case be “withdrawn”, and enclosing a letter in which he renounces his refugee status in Switzerland. Consultations with State party On 25 November 2005, the Special Rapporteur on follow-up met with the Tunisian Ambassador in connection with Case Nos. 187/2001, 188/2001 and 189/2001. The Special Rapporteur explained the follow-up procedure. The Ambassador referred to a letter dated 31 May 2005 which was sent to OHCHR from one of the authors, Mr. Ltaief Bouabdallah, the author of case No. 189/2001. In this letter, the author said that he wanted to “withdraw” his complaint and attached a letter renouncing his refugee status in Switzerland. The Ambassador stated that the author had contacted the Embassy to be issued a passport and is in the process of exhausting domestic remedies in Tunisia. He remains a resident in Switzerland which has allowed him to stay despite having renounced his refugee status. As to the other two cases, the Special Rapporteur explained that each case would have to be implemented separately and that the Committee had requested that investigations be carried out. The Ambassador asked why the Committee had thought it appropriate to consider the merits when the State party was of the view that domestic remedies had not been exhausted. The Special Rapporteur explained that the Committee had thought the measures referred to by the State party were ineffective, underlined by the fact that there had been no investigations in any of these cases in over 10 years since the allegations. The Ambassador confirmed that he would convey the Committee’s concerns and request for investigations, in case Nos. 187/2001 and 188/2001, to the State party and update the Committee on any subsequent follow-up action taken. State party VENEZUELA Case Chipana, 110/1998 Nationality and country of removal if applicable Peruvian to Peru Views adopted on 10 November 1998 119