Date
Type
08/10/2015
UA
08/10/2015
JAL
Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
NGA 1/2015
Nigeria
Adequate housing; Alleged demolitions and forced evictions of hundreds of homes in Badia, Lagos,
and imminent threat of further demolitions and evictions in the same area.
According to information received, on 18 and 19 September, and again on 22
September 2015, a demolition squad from the Lagos State Government with
support from the Nigerian Police Force began demolishing houses, starting in
Badia East and moving toward Badia West in Lagos. Estimates indicate that more
than 10,000 people were affected, and have been rendered homeless. Reportedly
the eviction was carried out without adequate notice, lack of consultation and no
alternative housing options offered to the inhabitants of these settlements. It is
further reported that the demolition was technically of a private nature by the
traditional landowners, but with support from local authorities and the police. The
evictions took place in the middle of the rainy season.
USA 18/2015
Health; Summary
United States of executions;
America
Terrorism;
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
30/11/2015
Allegations concerning the airstrike by United States forces on a Médecins Sans
Frontières (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, which resulted in the
deaths of 22 persons and injured 37 others. According to the information received,
Kunduz saw fierce fighting since the Taliban overran the city on 28 September
2015. On 3 October 2015, from approximately 2 to 3 a.m., a United States military
plane repeatedly bombed the MSF hospital, killing 12 MSF staff and 10 patients
(including three children), and injuring 19 MSF staff and 18 other persons.
Witnesses claim that the hospital building was “repeatedly and very precisely hit
during each aerial raid”. Initially, American officials stated that “collateral
damage” might have occurred in an attack against Taliban positioned nearby. Later
statements however suggest that the attack might have targeted Taliban fighters
inside the hospital. The President of the United States of America officially
apologized to MSF´s president and announced an investigation.
A/HRC/31/79
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