Date Type 22/10/2015 JAL 22/10/2015 AL Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply ISR 7/2015 Israel Human rights defenders; OPT; Allegations of removal orders, travel bans and related court proceedings against a human rights defender. According to the information received, on 19 November 2014, Mr. Daoud al-Ghoul was expelled from Jerusalem, his hometown and place of work, by an order of the Israeli Home Front Command based on secret evidence. On 3 December 2014, he was expelled from the West Bank by another order, following his relocation there. Petitions were subsequently submitted challenging the orders at the Israeli High Court of Justice. On 22 March 2015, the High Court rejected the petitions against the military orders. On 12 March 2015, a third order was issued against Mr. Al-Ghoul, banning him from travelling abroad. On 25 June 2015, Mr. Al-Ghoul was arrested and subsequently charged with ‘membership of an illegal association’. He remains in detention in Megiddo Prison. A communication on the same subject was also transmitted to the State of Palestine, see below, case no. PSE 2/2015. OTH 8/2015 Other Democratic and equitable international order; Alleged denial of public participation of civil society organizations in the processes 29/10/2015 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. According to the information received, some States have objected to the participation of civil society in stages of the process of negotiations of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It is reported that this objection contravenes a decision of the Conference of the Parties meeting as the Conference of the Parties under the Kyoto Protocol indicates that observers should be allowed into any meeting unless a third of States convening the meeting object, which is not the case in the present instance. A/HRC/31/79 127

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