Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Joint letter in response to the request for clarifications received from the Government of Sri Lanka on 24 July 2014, concerning the communication sent to the Government on 27 March 2014. The communication, made public in the previous communications report, see A/HRC/27/72, case no. LKA 5/2014, raised allegations of threats made to Mr. Visuvalingam Kirupaharan, General Secretary of the Tamil Centre for Human Rights, during a side-event held in the context of the 25th session of the Human Rights Council at Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The joint letter contains observations and clarifications of the Special Rapporteurs on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression; on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; and on the situation of human rights defenders, as requested by the Government of Sri Lanka. Mr. Kirupaharan was the subject of an earlier communication sent on 11 August 2011, see A/HRC/19/44, case no. LKA 3/2011. USA 17/2014 Freedom of 24/11/2014 United States of peaceful assembly JAL America and of association; Human rights defenders; Alleged non-compliance with international human rights law and standards of proposed amendments to the Rules of the House of Representatives of the United States of America governing disclosure of funding received by non-governmental organizations from foreign Governments. According to the information received, during the 113th Congress, 2D session, a resolution was introduced to amend clause (2)(g)(5) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require nongovernmental organizations with witnesses appearing before committees of the House to systemically disclose funding received from foreign Governments either during the current fiscal year or two previous fiscal years. LKA 12/2014 24/11/2014 Sri Lanka JAL Reply A/HRC/28/85 133