Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply VNM 8/2014 25/07/2014 Viet Nam JUA Arbitrary detention; Summary executions; Alleged imposition of the death penalty against an individual suffering from a mental 06/10/2014 disability. According to the information received, in 2013, Mr. X was arrested and detained at Tan Son Nhat International Airport on charges of drug possession, after an acquaintance forced him at gun point to carry the drugs on a flight to Australia. In April 2014, the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Socialist Republic of Vietnam Court sentenced Mr. X to death, disregarding his mental disability and other mitigating circumstances of the case. Mr. X’s appeal to the Supreme Court is due to be heard shortly. Concern is raised that Mr. X was not provided with adequate guarantees of due process, including access to a lawyer and relevant evidence regarding his mental condition. SRB 1/2014 28/07/2014 Serbia JUA Discrimination against women ; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Torture; Truth, justice, reparation & guarantees on non-rec; Violence against women; Alleged attacks, threats and acts of intimidation against members of a nongovernmental organization (NGO) actively involved in commemorating the Srebrenica genocide of 1995. According to the information received, on 8 July 2014, during a commemoration of the genocide, Ms. Staša Zajovic, co-founder of the NGO Women in Black, and three staff members of the same organization, were physically and verbally attacked in Valjevo by a group of assailants, some of whom were wearing t-shirts bearing the image of Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic. The police reportedly failed to provide adequate protection. Prior to this incident, the then spokesperson of the Anti-Terrorist Unit of the Ministry of Interior had incited hooligans to act violently against members of Women in Black. A nationalist right wing organization also organized a hostile protest in front of the organization’s premises. 18/11/2014 11/12/2014 A/HRC/28/85 46 Date Type

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