Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted ISR 5/2014 20/06/2014 Israel JUA Health; Torture; Alleged cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment by inter alia force-feeding of detainees on hunger strike in Israeli detention and obligation on doctors to act contrary to medical ethics. According to the information received, the draft amendment (preventing damages due to hunger strikes) to the Prisons Act, to be presented for the second and third reading in the Israeli Knesset on 23 June 2014, would permit a district court to allow for force-feeding and medical treatment of prisoners on hunger strike against their will. Furthermore, any doctor who refuses to carry out such a procedure will allegedly have to find a replacement physician, who would agree to perform the force-feeding. Persons on hunger strike who were force-fed have described the experience as being one of painful physical and emotional suffering, and a degrading and cruel treatment. Some of the individuals on hunger strike are detained in solitary confinement and harsh conditions: their hands and legs are cuffed to beds; they are prevented from moving or taking a bath; they are not allowed to see their doctors or lawyers, and their rooms are soiled. NPL 1/2014 20/06/2014 Nepal JAL Indigenous peoples; Summary executions; Alleged violent conflicts in Dho village, Dolpo district, related to the collection of royalties for the harvesting of “Yarsagumba” (caterpillar fungus). According to the information received, on 3 June 2014, clashes erupted during a meeting between indigenous residents of Dho village who harvest Yarsagumba and officials of the Buffer Zone Management Committee, a State entity of the Shey Phoksundo National Park. The Buffer Zone Management Committee was accompanied by members of the Armed Police Force and the Nepal Police, who intervened in the clash. Reportedly, the incident resulted in the death of two people and injury of some 50 others. Reply 02/09/2014 A/HRC/28/85 17