Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted IRN 5/2015 19/05/2015 Iran (Islamic JUA Republic of) Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Health; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Iran; Alleged arbitrary arrest, detention and unfair trial of a human rights defender. According to the information received, on 5 May 2015, Ms. Narges Mohammadi, the Deputy Director and Spokeswoman for the Centre for Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) and founder of the civil society group “Step by step to stop the death penalty” (LEGAM), was arrested at her home by intelligence ministry agents that stated that she was being taken into custody in order to serve the remainder of her sixyear prison sentence that she received on 22 April 2012. She was provisionally released on 31 July 2012 for medical reasons linked to the medical treatment she received in prison. Two days prior to Ms. Mohammadi’s arrest, she appeared before Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran for her first session of trial where she faces new charges, including “propaganda against the state”, “assembly and collusion against the state” and “establishing the anti-security and illegal Step by Step to Stop Death Penalty” group. The defence team was unable to review the case file prior to the trial. Ms. Mohammadi has been the subject of several previous communications sent on 23 June 2010, see A/HRC/16/44/Add.1, paras. 1220 - 1225, 11 October 2011, see A/HRC/19/44, case no. IRN 13/2011, and 27 March 2012, see A/HRC/21/49, case no. IRN 5/2012. DZA 2/2015 20/05/2015 Algérie AL Discrimination against women; Lettre concernant des normes discriminatoires envers les femmes dans le Code de la famille algérien de 1984 modifié par Ordonnance N° 05-02 du 27 février 2005. Selon les informations reçues, les articles 8, 11, 30, 48, 53 et 54 du Code de la famille algérien de 1984 sont discriminatoires à l’égard de la femme et stipulent en outre que la polygamie est autorisée, qu’un tuteur masculin est imposé pour le mariage, qu’il est interdit aux femmes de religion musulmane d’épouser des non-musulmans et que les motifs de divorce sont plus restreints pour les femmes que pour les hommes. BDI 4/2015 20/05/2015 Burundi AL Discrimination against women; Lettre concernant des normes discriminatoires envers les femmes dans le Code des Personnes et de la Famille du Burundi issu du décret/loi N° 1/024 du 28 Avril 1993. Selon les informations reçues, l’article 122 est discriminatoire à l’égard de la femme et stipule en outre, que le mari est le chef de la famille. Reply 07/08/2015 A/HRC/30/27 54 Date Type

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