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
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