Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply BLZ 1/2013 18/04/2013 Belize AL Food; Alleged adverse effects on the enjoyment of the right to food by Maya indigenous communities as a result of concessions granted by the Government for oil exploration activities by a transnational business corporation and the issuing of lease papers for Maya customary land to private individuals. According to the information received, USCapital Energy, a transnational business corporation registered in the United States of America and Belize, is currently carrying out oil exploration activities in the Toledo District of Belize in customary Maya lands without the free and informed consent of the affected indigenous communities, negatively affecting their livelihoods and access to food. Moreover, it is alleged that Maya customary land is being leased to private individuals not belonging to the indigenous population. Allegedly, these activities do not respect judgments of the Supreme Court of Belize and recommendations of the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights that the Government abstain from any acts that may affect the lands used and occupied by Maya villages in Toledo District until Maya customary lands have been demarcated and titled, unless these acts are pursuant to the informed consent by the affected indigenous communities. SLV 1/2013 18/04/2013 El Salvador JUA Discrimination against women in law and in practice; Health; Torture; Violence against women; 20/05/2013 Alegaciones recibidas sobre la situación de una mujer, a quien se le habría negado los procedimientos médicos necesarios para salvar su vida, misma que estaría en peligro por sufrir una patología grave resultado de un embarazo no viable. Segun la información recibida, la señora Beatriz Adriana García, de 22 años de edad, presenta una patología grave con un grado alto de peligro de muerte por cursar un embarazo que, además de poner en peligro la vida de la madre, no tendría viabilidad de sobrevivencia extrauterina por presentar anencefalia fetal. A pesar del diagnóstico, no se habrían aplicado los procedimientos necesarios para interrumpir el embarazo ya que la terminación del embarazo está prohibida bajo cualquier circunstancia en El Salvador. A/HRC/24/21 40 Date Type

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