A/HRC/43/51/Add.3 (KKFC) to be designated a UNESCO World Heritage site. He also expressed his concern regarding the impact that a UNESCO World Heritage status may have on the indigenous communities’ land rights. The Special Rapporteur is grateful that both organisations transmitted these concerns to the IUDN World Heritage Panel in order to facilitate its evaluation of the site and the formulation of its final report. The Special Rapporteur welcomes the decision to defer the nomination of KKFC on the World Heritage List until the free, prior and informed consent of indigenous communities is resolved and until there is a satisfactory level consultation with the affected communities where concerns over land rights have been resolved. 741. JAL 12/04/2019 Case no: OTH 15/2019 Reply: none to date Letter sent to Weihai International Economic & Technical Cooperative Co., LTD, regarding information received concerning death threats and attempted kidnappings against a human rights defender as well as allegations of possible acts of reprisals for cooperation with the World Bank and its Inspection Panel for documenting and denouncing human rights violations related to the High-Priority Roads Reopening and Maintenance Project (ProRoutes) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 742. The Special Rapporteur acknowledges the information provided by Weihai International Economic & Technical Cooperative Co., Ltd to the Government of China to inform the Government’s reply on this case, but regrets that the company has not also responded directly to the Special Rapporteurs’ letter. The Special Rapporteur remains concerned at the alleged involvement of company employees in human rights abuses that occurred within the context of the ProRoutes project, and reiterates his call to Weihai International Economic & Technical Cooperative Co.to take all necessary measures to respect all applicable international human rights and environmental norms and standards. He also urges the company to provide an answer to his communication without further delay. 743. JAL 12/04/2019 Case no: OTH 16/2019 Reply: 07/06/2019 Letter sent to the World Bank regarding information received concerning death threats and attempted kidnappings against a human rights defender as well as allegations of possible acts of reprisals for cooperation with the World Bank and its Inspection Panel for documenting and denouncing human rights violations related to the High-Priority Roads Reopening and Maintenance Project (ProRoutes) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 744. The Special Rapporteur thanks the World Bank for its detailed reply, and welcomes the ongoing and extensive measures that have been put in place locally to address the human rights violations that were documented in 2017 and 2018 by its Inspection Panel investigations. Specifically regarding measures taken to address alleged reprisals against human rights defenders for denouncing these violations, the Special Rapporteur welcomes the Bank’s efforts to ensure regular and open communication channels with alleged victims of reprisals, and to highlight the issue in communications with Congolese authorities. He nonetheless remains concerned for the physical integrity and psychological wellbeing of the defender referenced in communication OTH 16/2019. The Special Rapporteur reiterates the recommendation made in this communication that the World Bank needs to ensure that protection against acts of intimidation and reprisals is included as a legally binding condition in loan agreements. 745. JAL 20/2019 Case no: OTH 20/2019 Reply: none to date Letter sent to Jasic Technologies Ltd. Regarding allegations concerning the arrest and detention of, and charges against, five labour rights defenders, as a result of their advocacy for labour rights and better working conditions at the Jasic Technology plant in Shenzhen, and for their attempts to form a trade union. 746. The Special Rapporteur regrets the absence of reply to communication OTH 20/2019, containing allegations of human rights violations against a number of its employees, notably the right to freedom of association. The Special rapporteur reiterates his concern regarding the allegation that the company sabotaged the efforts of a group of employees to form a trade union (including through a smear campaign against them), then orchestrated beatings of these 101