20/04/2016 JAL 21/04/2016 JUA Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply VNM 2/2016 Viet Nam Cultural Rights; Democratic and equitable international order; Freedom of expression; Health; Indigenous peoples; International Solidarity; Privacy; 30/06/2016 Alleged adverse human rights impact related to numerous provisions within the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). According to the information received, the TPP was drafted opaquely, without broad consultations, preventing certain stakeholders, including indigenous peoples, from meaningfully participating in the negotiation process. Certain provisions of the TPP related to intellectual property rights may have a detrimental effect on the realization of the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, to live in a clean environment, to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and to participate in cultural life. Serious concern is expressed at provisions relating to the dispute settlement mechanisms before which individuals do not have legal standing and thus are deprived of the right to an effective remedy, and at the investor-State dispute resolution mechanism, which allows investors to challenge laws and policies that promote and protect human rights. The negative impact on access to medicines by the TPP was the subject of a previous communication sent on 19 July 2011, see A/HRC/19/44, case nos. AUS 4/2011, BRN 1/2011, CHL 3/2011, MYS 8/2011, NZL 1/2011, PER 3/2011, SGP 2/2011, USA 13/2011 and VNM 5/2011. UGA 2/2016 Uganda Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Alleged acts of intimidation and reprisal against a human rights defender for his cooperation with the United Nations human rights mechanisms. According to the information received, on 1 and 2 March 2016, following his participation in a submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Uganda organized by the Lutheran World Federation, Mr. Douglas Bulongo, a human rights defender focusing on refugee rights in Uganda, was subjected to harassment and intimidation by groups of armed men in Kampala, Uganda. On 19 March 2016, an injured man was left in Mr. Bulongo’s drive-way. Mr. Bulongo took the injured man to the police station, where he later died. On 20 March 2016, Mr. Bulongo, his wife and the two colleagues were arrested and charged with murder. While his wife and two colleagues were later released, Mr. Bulongo appeared before the Makindye Court, on 1 April 2016, where he was informed of the charge of manslaughter brought against him. Mr. Bulongo is currently detained in Luzira prison, Kampala, and reportedly does not have access to his family. A/HRC/33/32 60 Date Type