Case No
Country
IND 4/2015
26/03/2015 India
JAL
AUS 3/2015
27/03/2015 Australia
JUA
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Adequate
housing;
Indigenous
peoples;
Allegations of adverse impacts on the right to an adequate standard of living,
including food and housing, and the rights of indigenous peoples due to the ongoing
construction of the Mapithel dam in the State of Manipur. According to the
information received, the construction of the Mapithel dam continues to result in
evictions, displacement, inadequate resettlement and the destruction of over 700
hectares of agricultural land in six villages, namely Luphong, Phayang, Chadong,
Lamlai Khullen (now Ramrei), Lamlai Khunou (now Ramrei lower) and Lamlai
Monbung. The construction of the dam, which is scheduled for completion in 2015,
threatens the survival of approximately 10,000 inhabitants who will be forcefully
displaced from their land and deprived from their sources of livelihood. Reports
suggest that the decision to build the dam was made without free, prior and informed
consent of the individuals and communities concerned.
Alleged ill-treatment and lack of adequate medical care of a prisoner with mental
disabilities at Yalata Labour Prison. According to the information received, Mr. X, a
29-year-old United States citizen, has been subjected to ill-treatment and has not
received adequate mental health care in detention. In 2008, when living in Adelaide,
he was found not guilty for the crime of attempted homicide for reason of mental
impairment, and was ordered by the court to be transferred to the State’s highestsecurity mental health hospital, James Nash House, for a 13 year period. After nine
months, in September 2009, officials at James Nash House transferred Mr. X to the
Yatala Labour Prison, reportedly due to a lack of capacity for dealing with patients
with “personality disorders”. At Yatala Labour Prison, Mr. X reportedly remained in
solitary confinement for five years and a half, until January 2015. He is confined to
his cell for 23 hours a day with only one one-hour break where he is placed in a
cagelike structure outdoors rather than the open yard. It is also reported that Mr. X has
repeatedly been subjected to additional punitive measures, including handcuffing
regimes (for nearly one year), and loud music blasting into his cell for four hours.
Reply
A/HRC/30/27
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