Date Type 24/05/2012 JAL 05/06/2012 JUA Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply CAN 1/2012 Canada Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; 23/07/2012 Allégations de restrictions arbitraires au droit de réunion pacifique et de l’usage 01/10/2012 disproportionné de la force contre des manifestants dans le contexte de 13/06/2013 mobilisations d’étudiants à Montréal, Québec; et allégations de nouvelles lois portant indûment atteinte aux droits à la liberté de réunion pacifique et d’association. Selon les informations reçues, de nombreuses manifestations d’étudiants tenues à Montréal et dans sa région, depuis le 13 févier 2012, auraient fait l’objet d’un usage excessif de la force par la police. De plus, il est rapporté l’adoption d’un règlement municipal apportant des modifications au règlement de la ville de Montréal et d’une loi adoptée par l’Assemblée Nationale du Québec (no. 78), le 18 mai 2012, qui contiendraient de nombreuses dispositions en contradiction avec les standards internationaux relatifs aux droits à la liberté de réunion pacifique et d’association. SDN 2/2012 Sudan Arbitrary detention; Discrimination against women in law and in practice; Independence of judges and lawyers; Summary executions; Torture; Violence against women; 17/05/2013 Alleged sentencing to death by stoning for adultery. According to information received, on May 13 2012, the criminal court of Ombada in Khartoum, central Sudan, sentenced Ms. Intisar Sharif Abdallah, 20 years old and mother of three children, to death by stoning based on charges of adultery, under article 146 of Sudan’s criminal code of 1991. It is reported that although she had initially pleaded not guilty, she admitted to the charges at a later hearing, after reportedly being beaten by her brother. The conviction was based solely on this testimony. It is reported that during the trial, Ms. Sharif Abdallah did not have access to a lawyer, nor an interpreter, despite the fact that she has a limited knowledge of Arabic, while the man co-accused of the same charges was simply released after denying them. Ms. Sharif Abdallah is reportedly being detained with her youngest son, who is four months old, while her two other children are in the care of her family. A/HRC/24/21 65