Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted IND 5/2015 17/04/2015 India UA Summary executions; Allegations concerning the summary executions of 20 illegal woodcutters as well as death threats made against the witnesses of these incidents. According to the information received, on 7 April 2015, in a joint operation, police in Andhra Pradesh and forest officials in Chittoor district shot dead 20 woodcutters and injured eight others for illegally cutting down endangered red sandalwood trees. In a statement dated 13 April 2015, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India reported that they received testimonies from two witnesses of the alleged killings. These witnesses reported threats to their lives and those of their family members and relatives. In addition, the only survivor of these killings was reportedly forced into hiding out of fear for his life after having escaped the shooting and reported on what he had witnessed. Concern is expressed about the circumstances of these killings, including reports that the victims were shot in the back, as well as at the allegations of death threats against the survivor, the two witnesses and their families. IRL 1/2015 17/04/2015 Ireland JAL Discrimination against women; Health; Allegations regarding the discriminatory effects of certain provisions contained in the Gender Recognition Bill (Number 116 of 2014). According to the information received, after being announced by the Government in September 2014, the Gender Recognition Bill (the Bill) was presented to the upper house of the Oireachtas – the Irish legislature - on 17 December 2014 and on 21 January 2015, and then examined on 5 March 2015 by the lower house. While acknowledging that the Bill is a positive attempt to provide access to legal recognition of gender identity for transgender people, concern is raised at provisions about mandatory medical certification, and disproportionate safeguards applied to children, which discriminate against transgender people and restrict their right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standards of physical and mental health, as well as their rights to privacy, equality before the law, and education. Reply A/HRC/30/27 30 Date Type