Date Type 30/03/2016 JAL 31/03/2016 JAL Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted ISR 5/2016 Israel Human rights defenders; Summary executions; BGR 1/2016 Bulgaria Arbitrary Alleged mistreatment of migrants and asylum seekers by law enforcement detention; Health; authorities involving threats to their physical and mental integrity, excessive use Migrants; of force, summary returns in potential violation of the non-refoulement principle Torture; and due process guarantees, and systematic detention, including of children, in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions. According to the information received, between March and November 2015, at least 59 migrants have been returned from Bulgaria to Turkey by Bulgarian law enforcement officers, often after having been deprived of their personal belongings and after having been subjected to beatings. Police dogs and fire-arms are allegedly used as a means of deterrence which reportedly resulted in the death of an asylum seeker by a gun shot fired by a law enforcement official in October 2015. Migrants, including children, getting caught when crossing the border irregularly get systematically detained in centres in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions, which could amount to ill-treatment. Reply Alleged extrajudicial execution of a Palestinian man by an Israeli soldier in Hebron. According to the information received, on 24 March 2016, in Tel Rumeida, Hebron, an Israeli soldier shot dead Mr. Abed al-Fatah al-Sharif, a Palestinian man, who was lying on the ground severely wounded following his alleged attempt to stab an Israeli soldier earlier on the same day. Israeli medical personnel present at the scene failed to check his condition or to provide him with treatment. Mr. Imad Abu Shamsiyyeh, the human rights defender who recorded the alleged extrajudicial execution and handed it to B’Tselem, a human rights organization, for its release, has received threats and fears reprisals against him and his family. His identity and photographs of him have also been widely circulated in the media. 31/05/2016 A/HRC/33/32 31

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