Date Type 20/12/2012 UA 20/12/2012 JAL 20/12/2012 JAL Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted HND 13/2012 Honduras Independence of judges and lawyers; Supuesta injerencia en la independencia de la judicatura. Según las informaciones recibidas, el Congreso Nacional destituyó a cuatro de los cinco magistrados de la Sala Constitucional de la Corte Suprema de Justicia: los señores José Antonio Gutiérrez Navas, Gustavo Enrique Bustillo Palma, José Francisco Ruiz Gaekel y la señora Rosalinda Cruz Sequeira. El procedimiento de destitución fue supuestamente realizado durante la madrugada del 12 de diciembre de 2012 sin la debida transparencia, con el supuesto fundamento en los artículos 205, numeral 20, 321 y 324 de la Constitución de la República de Honduras. Sin embargo se informa que este procedimiento de destitución habría sido llevado a cabo como medida de represalia política, en razón de los votos por parte de los cuatro magistrados en referencia a favor de un recurso de amparo en contra del Decreto 892012 que creó la Ley de Depuración de la Policía Nacional. IND 25/2012 India Adequate housing; Extreme poverty; Alleged impacts of the expansion of the East Parej Open Cast Coal Mine on the rights of 228 families in the Jharkhand state. According to the information received, 228 families (1200 persons) were at risk of being evicted to give way to an expansion of East Parej Open Cast Coal Mine, operated by Central Coalfields Limited, India. On 26 October 2012, and at two other occasions, representatives of the mining company surveyed households in the villages of Agarva Tola, Dudmitya Tola and Fakodih, for the purpose of acquiring their homes to facilitate the expansion of the mine. Over 1,000 people from surrounding villages have already been displaced in previous years by activities associated with the East Parej Open Cast Coal Mine. The affected households belonged to marginalized communities, including scheduled tribes and Dalits. They were allegedly resettled in inadequate sites and have suffered impoverishment since displacement. ISR 13/2012 Israel Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; OPT; Alleged raids on several NGO offices in Ramallah. According to the information received, on 11 December 2012, the offices of Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, the Union of Palestinian Women‘s Committee and the Palestinian NGO Network in the city of Ramallah were broken into by Israeli soldiers. Files, furniture and office appliances were reportedly destroyed. Several laptops and documents were also confiscated. It is alleged that these raids may be aimed at intimidating and silencing associations working in the field of human rights. Reply 27 A/HRC/23/51 Case No Country