Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) 23/05/2016 JAL JPN 3/2016 Japan Health; Torture. Alleged abusive restrictions and discriminatory effects of certain provision 25/07/2016 contained in the Law No. 111 of 2003 regulating legal gender recognition in Japan. According to the information received, the Law contains provisions about mandatory medical evaluations and coercive medical procedures that may amount to torture or ill-treatment and also includes restrictions based on age, marital and parental status. It is therefore alleged that the Law, in its current form, discriminates against transgender adults and children seeking legal recognition of their gender identity in Japan and unduly restricts their human rights, including the rights to health, physical integrity, equality before the law, respect for private and family life, and education. PHL 1/2016 Philippines Arbitrary detention; Food; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Indigenous peoples; Summary executions; Torture; Allegations of excessive use of force, arbitrary arrest and detention of farmers and their supporters who were calling for food assistance. According to information received, on 1 April 2016 police forces in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato, violently dispersed farmers and their supporters who demanded food assistance, in the context of a severe drought attributed to the El Niño phenomenon. It is alleged that two individuals died as a result of gunshot wounds. There are reports of excessive use of force and arbitrary arrests and detentions by the police. It is further alleged that the Government failed to ensure a comprehensive and equitable famine relief response in view of the ongoing dry spell, which is particularly affecting landless and marginal farmers, tenants and farm workers, many of whom belong to the indigenous Lumad peoples. 24/05/2016 JAL Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply A/HRC/33/32 87