Case No Country 10/01/11 CHL 0/2011 Chile 10/01/11 USA 1/2011 AL United States of America Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply Indigenous Peoples Presunta violencia y represión contra miembros del pueblo Rapa Nui. Según la 25/01/11 información recibida, el 29 de diciembre de 2010 ocurrieron nuevos actos de desalojo en contra de aproximadamente 70 personas Rapa Nui que ocupaban pacíficamente la plaza Riro Kainga en el centro de Hanga Roa. Asimismo, el Relator Especial informó al Gobierno de Chile de su intención de hacer públicas sus preocupaciones sobre los repetidos desalojos y la falta de resolución de los asuntos subyacentes, por medio de una declaración pública. Esta situación fue objeto de dos comunicaciones anteriores, ver arriba CHL 1/2010 y CHL 4/2010. Indigenous peoples Alleged use of reclaimed wastewater for commercial ski operations in a sacred site. According to the information received, the San Francisco Peaks, located north of the city of Flagstaff, Arizona, – a site considered sacred by severak Native American tribes - is being used by the Arizona Snowbowl Resort Limited Partnership to operate a commercial project for recreational skiing. The Government has apporved the use of recycled wastewater to make articial snow for the project. This may reportedly cause a significant negative impact on the religious practices and beliefs of the Native American tribes for which the area of the San Fancisco Peaks is sacred. To them, the sacredness of the San Francisco Peaks depends on the purity of the water and plant life in the area, which allegedly will be contaminated if wastewater is introduced into the Peaks through the planned artificial snowmaking. See the Special Rapporteur’s observations on this case in A/HRC/18/35.Add.1. A/HRC/18/51 30 Date Type