Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply CAN 1/2012 24/05/2012 Canada JAL Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; 23/07/2012 Allégations de restrictions arbitraires au droit de réunion pacifique et de l‘usage disproportionné de la force contre des manifestants dans le contexte de mobilisations d‘étudiants à Montréal, Québec; et allégations de nouvelles lois portant indûment atteinte aux droits à la liberté de réunion pacifique et d‘association. Selon les informations reçues, de nombreuses manifestations d‘étudiants tenues à Montréal et dans sa région, depuis le 13 févier 2012, auraient fait l‘objet d‘un usage excessif de la force par la police. De plus, il est rapporté l‘adoption d‘un règlement municipal apportant des modifications au règlement de la ville de Montréal et d‘une loi adoptée par l‘Assemblée Nationale du Québec (no. 78), le 18 mai 2012, qui contiendraient de nombreuses dispositions en contradiction avec les standards internationaux relatifs aux droits à la liberté de réunion pacifique et d‘association. FIN 1/2012 24/05/2012 Finland AL Indigenous peoples; 09/07/2012 Allegations concerning a decision by the Finland Supreme Administrative Court that has the effect of diminishing Sami self-determination. According to the information received, in order to register on the Sami electoral roll to elect representatives of the Sami Parliament, the Parliament has required that potential registrants meet both self-identification and language requirements. On the basis of these criteria, the Sami Parliament of Finland declined to admit four individuals onto its electoral register. However, in September 2011, the Finland Supreme Administrative Court reversed the decision of the Sami Parliament and decided that self-identification by any person with any ancestor registered as ―Lapp‖ dating back to as far as 1763 should be a sufficient criterion for registration. Concern is expressed that elimination of the language requirement for registration to the electoral roll will result in an influx of registrants to the electoral roll and a diluting of Sami decision-making power within the Sami Parliament. EGY 6/2012 25/05/2012 Egypt JAL Summary executions; Torture; Alleged death in custody due to torture by prison guards. According to the information received, on 7 February 2012, Mr. Ahmed Ramzy Ali Amar, aged 27, who was serving his sentence at New Valley Prison, was beaten by prison guards following a dispute with one of the guards who came to search his cell. Subsequently, he was taken to a solitary confinement cell as punishment. He was pronounced dead two days later by prison security, who claimed that he had committed suicide, while his former cellmates reportedly saw marks of severe torture on his body. 17/07/2012 A/HRC/22/67 193