Page 60 participating in peaceful demonstrations during which they demanded the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination (see list No.5 attached to this report). 183. Morocco continues to ignore appeals contained in the reports of the UN Secretary General and the African Union, the Pan-African Parliament and campaigns by International Human Rights Organizations on the status of human rights in Western Sahara and queries by the Rapporteur of the UN Task Force on Forced Disappearances. 184. Moroccan had released hundreds of Sahrawis who disappeared in 1991 and spent close to 16 years in secret hideouts, under pressure by International Human Rights Organizations like Amnesty International. It did so after denying any knowledge of their whereabouts throughout the duration of their disappearance. But the whereabouts of almost 500 Sahrawis who disappeared still remains unknown (see List No. 9 attached to this report). c) 185. Impunity and Unaccountability Despite Morocco‟s efforts to polish its own image by signing and ratifying the Convention Against Torture and withdrawing its reservation on clauses therein, the Moroccan officials continued to perpetrate crimes of torture against Sahrawi civilians with impunity. This has encouraged them to perpetrate more crimes to the extent that 4 Sahrawis were killed by the Moroccan security personnel in 2010. 186. Morocco has continued to violate the International Humanitarian Law with impunity despite the fact that there is a set of legal humanitarian and ethical considerations that make the principle of accountability sacrosanct whether violations are committed by individuals or official institutions. 187. It was on the basis of criminal or civilian responsibility that Sahrawi and international associations filed a judicial complaint to the Spanish National Court with