B.
Replies received between 1 May and 31 July 2014 relating to communications sent before 1 March 2014
11.
The table below lists, in chronological order, communications dating before 1 March 2014 to which a reply or an additional
reply has been received in the period between 1 May and 31 July 2014. Copies of the full text of the communications sent and the
reply received during the reporting period can be accessed from the electronic version of this report available on the OHCHR
website. Some names of individuals or other information have been rendered anonymous or otherwise unidentifiable. Cases SYR
3/2013, MDA 5/2013, MEX 11/2013 and EGY 15/2013 were erroneously excluded from the previous report A/HRC/26/21 and are
now included.
Date
Type
Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
USA 25/2012
27/12/2012 United States
JAL
of America
Extreme
poverty;
Human rights
defenders;
Migrants;
Alleged limitations on access to justice for migrant farmworkers in fourteen states of the 02/05/2014
U.S.A. According to information received, lack of legislation and implementation of
existing legislation enables the detrimental nation-wide practice of denying or not
allowing certain human rights defenders, in particular legal advocates and other
community service providers, meaningful access to migrant farmworker in labour camps,
including by allegedly harassing and threatening these human rights advocates.
COL 4/2013
23/05/2013 Colombia
JAL
African descent;
Business
enterprises;
Extreme
poverty; Food;
Minority issues;
Water and
Sanitation;
13/09/2013
Alegaciones sobre los daños ocasionados por el vertimiento de sedimentos acumulados
en la represa del Bajo Anchicayá a las minorías afrodescendientes que habitan en la zona. 30/12/2013
Según información recibida, dichos sedimentos provocaron la extinción de la fauna de la 30/05/2014
cuenca media y baja del río Anchicayá y también la contaminación del río, que era la
única fuente de agua potable de dichas minorías, afectando de esta manera al acceso a
una alimentación adecuada y al agua potable y energía eléctrica. Asimismo, se expresa
preocupación por el hecho de que no existe una sentencia firme y definitiva después de
más de diez años desde el vertimiento de los sedimentos. En este sentido, también se
expresa preocupación por el presunto incumplimiento de las medidas impuestas a la
Empresa de Energía del Pacífico (EPSA) por el Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y
Desarrollo Sostenible.
A/HRC/27/72
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