Date Type 15/04/2016 JAL 18/04/2016 JAL Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply LVA 1/2016 Latvia Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; 09/06/2016 Alleged restrictions to the rights to freedom of expression and freedom of association related to the draft law “On Amendments to the Latvian Criminal Law”, debated in the Parliament of Latvia on 7 April 2016. According to the information received, the proposed amendments contain provisions on national security that may seriously restrict the rights to freedom of expression and freedom of association. Serious concern is expressed that the amendments significantly limit the rights to freedom of expression and to freedom of association in Latvia. MYS 4/2016 Malaysia Discrimination against women; Freedom of religion; Violence against women; Allegations concerning forced religious conversion of children, denial of the right to access to justice and to a remedy by their mothers as well of their equal rights and responsibilities in matters relating to their children. According to the information received, in the cases of Ms. X and Ms. Y, the religious conversion of their husbands to Islam had legal consequences, resulting in the violation of their equal rights and responsibilities on matters related to their children, including their custody, as well as their access to justice and their right to a remedy. In the case of Ms. Y, the failure of the High Court, while deciding the custody of the children, to recognize and consider her history of abuse by her former husband as well as the alleged violent abduction of her son by him, combined with the inaction of the authorities to act, raises concern as it may justify and legitimize acts of genderbased violence. In both cases, judicial decisions undermine the primacy of constitutional laws over religious and customary laws, due to the existence of an inconsistent dual legal system, resulting in violations of women’s rights to equality in law, their right to remedy and non-discrimination in marriage and family relationships. A/HRC/33/32 45