Date
Type
Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
COD 2/2014
06/11/2014 Democratic
JAL
Republic of the
Congo
Food; Health;
Summary
executions;
Torture;
Allégations de violations de droit à la vie et à la santé. Selon les informations reçues,
entre septembre 2013 et septembre 2014, 42 combattants démobilisés et au moins cinq
femmes et 57 enfants sont décédés dans le camp de Kotakoli en République
démocratique du Congo. Les victimes seraient d’anciens éléments du M23, des
groupes Nyatura, de l’Alliance du peuple pour un Congo libre et souverain (APCLS)
et d’autres groupes Maï-Maï, qui s’étaient préalablement rendus. De graves
préoccupations sont exprimées quant aux allégations concernant les circonstances de
la mort de ces combattants et des membres de leur famille ainsi que sur l’absence
d’enquêtes pertinentes y relatives.
IRN 26/2014
06/11/2014 Iran (Islamic
JAL
Republic of)
Freedom of
expression;
Human rights
defenders;
Independence of
judges and
lawyers; Iran;
Allegations of a ban on the legal practice of a prominent lawyer and human rights
defender in the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to the information received, on 19
October 2014, the Iranian Bar Association revoked the license of Ms. Nasrin
Sotoudeh and imposed a three year ban on her practice as a lawyer. Ms. Sotoudeh had
been released from prison on 18 September 2014, after having served half of her six
year sentence imposed on charges including “acting against national security” and
“propaganda against the system”. Concerns are raised that the ban imposed on Ms.
Sotoudeh not only represents a setback in her case, but also sets a dangerous precedent
regarding the arbitrary disqualification of human rights activists and lawyers in the
future. Ms. Sotoudeh was the subject of four previous communications sent on 19
November 2010, see A/HRC/16/44/Add.1, para. 1272-1276; on 23 December 2010,
see A/HRC/19/44, case no. 35/2010; on 11 October 2011, see A/HRC/19/44, case no.
13/2011; and on 27 July 2012, A/HRC/22/67, case no. IRN 18/2012.
Reply
A/HRC/28/85
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