19/05/2016 JAL 20/05/2016 AL Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply COD 2/2016 Democratic Republic of the Congo Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Summary executions; Allégation d’exécution extrajudiciaire d’un défenseur des droits de l’homme par des membres de la Police Nationale Congolaise. Selon les informations reçues, le 17 mars 2016, des hommes armés et en uniforme de la Police Nationale Congolaise (PNC) auraient froidement exécuté M. Evariste Kasali, coordonnateur de l’Organisation Populaire pour la Paix (OPP), dans sa résidence située à Kavumu. La victime était connue pour sa lutte contre l’impunité dans des cas d’enlèvements et de viols d’enfants dans la région de Bughore. Des préoccupations sont exprimées quant aux circonstances de la mort de M Kasili pouvant être liée à son activité de défenseur des droits de l’homme. OTH 16/2016 Other Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; 23/05/2016 Alleged blocking of consultative status of a non-governmental organization working on caste-based discrimination by a member of the ECOSOC Committee on NGOs. According to the information received, since 2008, the International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) has been seeking to obtain ECOSOC consultative status with the ECOSOC Committee on NGOs. In response to its application, IDSN has received 75 questions, posed by India, to which it has responded in detail. IDSN has not received a credible explanation for its questioning and deferral, and many of the questions received are reportedly repetitive and appear to be beyond the scope of what is relevant to the Committee’s decision. Concern is expressed about the current working methods of the Committee on NGOs and the continued deferral of IDSN’s application for accreditation, which appears to be a targeted act of reprisal against the organization for its human rights work and cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights for the past 13 years. A/HRC/33/32 86 Date Type