Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
ISR 1/2015
30/04/2015 Israel
JUA
Adequate
housing;
Independence of
judges and
lawyers; OPT;
Alleged imminent forced eviction of a Palestinian family of eight, including two
children, from their home in the Old City, East Jerusalem. According to the
information received, on 14 September 2014, an eviction order was issued by an
Israeli Magistrate Court against the Ghaith-Sub Laban family following a petition by a
Trust, related to a number of Israeli settler organizations, claiming that the family had
abandoned their home and thus lost their protected tenant status. Reportedly, no
opportunity was given to refute this claim in the issuing Court and testimonies were
only heard from settlers. Allegedly, the magistrate that presided over this case is a
settler herself, calling into question her impartiality. Twice, on 9 February 2015 and
16 March 2015, attempts were made to evict the family, despite the fact that an appeal
to the eviction order is pending. Concerns are raised that the forced eviction would
violate the right to adequate housing, rights of due process and procedural fairness,
and provisions under international humanitarian law.
MEX 5/2015
30/04/2015 México
JUA
Disappearances;
Freedom of
peaceful assembly
and of association;
Human rights
defenders;
Alegaciones sobre presuntos actos intimidatorios contra organizaciones integrantes de
la Red Nacional en Defensa de los Derechos Humanos (RENDDH). Según la
información recibida, desde el 2 de febrero de 2015, día en que iniciaron las
actividades en la ciudad de Oaxaca para dar a conocer la “Gira Nacional:
Desaparición Forzada en México, Caso Gabriel Alberto Cruz Sánchez y Edmundo
Reyes Amaya”, los integrantes de organizaciones defensoras de derechos humanos, se
habrían percatado de la presencia y seguimiento físico de personas vestidas de civil
que vigilarían sus actividades. Asimismo, habrían sido víctimas de amenazas y
hostigamientos durante la Gira Nacional. Estos hechos de intimidación y
hostigamiento buscarían limitar las acciones de denuncia iniciadas durante la “Gira
Nacional”.
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A/HRC/30/27
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