Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply HUN 1/2012 29/02/2012 Hungary UA Independence of judges and lawyers; 14/05/2012 Alleged implications of the recently adopted Constitutional and related legal 07/09/2012 provisions for the independence of the judiciary. According to information received, the Republic of Hungary adopted in 2011 a new Constitution and several cardinal acts related to the justice system and its functioning. Several provisions of the new legal framework may affect the independent functioning of the judiciary. They particularly concern the election procedure regarding the President of the Curia and the President of the National Judicial Office, the duties of the President of the National Judicial Office, and the new provisions on the retirement age of judges. In addition, information was received regarding the powers of the Prosecution service and their insufficient separation from judicial functions. HUN 2/2012 14/03/2012 Hungary AL Freedom of expression; 18/05/2012 Allegation that new media laws still limit the rights to freedom of opinion and 04/09/2012 expression. According to the information received, despite some of the positive changes, such as the rulings of the Constitutional Court of the Republic Hungary on the media legislation, adopted on 19 December 2011, and the amendments, made by the Parliament of the Republic of Hungary on 7 March 2011, the Law on the Freedom of the Press and the Fundamental Rules on Media Content (Act CIV of 2010) and the Media Services and Mass Media Act (Act CLXXXV of 2010) (the ―Media Law‖) reportedly remain problematic with regard to the press freedom and the right to freedom of expression and opinion in Hungary due to certain issues, such as inadequate safeguards for the independence and impartiality of the regulatory authority, legal uncertainty, as well as disproportionate and unnecessary regulatory interventions and sanctions. SYR 3/2012 15/03/2012 Syrian Arab UA Republic Summary executions; 05/04/2012 Alleged widespread violence in the country. According to the information received, 2012 has begun with the deadliest incidents since the start of the uprising 18/09/2012 in Syria mid-March 2011. Despite repeated calls to put an immediate end to the violence, casualties have dramatically increased over the last few weeks. CRI 2/2012 02/04/2012 Costa Rica JUA Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; 01/02/2013 Supuesto allanamiento y robo en la sede de una organización de derechos humanos. Según la información recibida, el 2 de febrero de 2012, la sede de Mulabi - Espacio Latinoamericano de Sexualidades y Derechos - que trabaja en temas relacionados a los derechos sexuales y reproductivos de lesbianas, bisexuales, personas trans e intersex (LBTI), y que además es la vivienda de la Sra. Natasha Jiménez, la coordinadora general de la organización, habría sido allanada y varios objetos de valor habrían sido robados. A/HRC/23/51 78 Date Type