09/06/2015 JAL 10/06/2015 JUA Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted UKR 1/2015 Ukraine Arbitrary detention; Democratic and equitable international order; Disappearances; Freedom of expression; Independence of judges and lawyers; Torture; Alleged adoption by the Parliament of Ukraine of a resolution requesting derogation from certain rights protected by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. According to the information received, the resolution, entitled “On the Approval of the Notification of Ukraine about the Derogation from Certain Obligations Determined by the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights”, mentions derogations of State obligations in relation to the rights to liberty and security, fair trial, effective remedy, respect for private and family life, and freedom of movement, including the right to choose one’s residence. The derogation would reportedly significantly lower the level of human rights protection in certain districts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. IRN 8/2015 Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iran; Summary executions; Torture; Allegations concerning a trial resulting in a death sentence, and of imminent risk of execution, in contravention of international human rights law. According to the information received, Mr. Ehsan Shah Ghasemi faces imminent execution for an assault that occurred in July 2011, which allegedly led to the death of the victim in March 2014. Mr. Ghasemi was first arrested in 2011 and detained at Kahrizak Detention Centre, including in solitary confinement, where he suffered torture and ill-treatment. He was tried and convicted for the assault by a Tehran criminal court between March and April 2012, but later pardoned by the victim. He was rearrested in March 2014, after the victim died from complications related to the initial injury. He was not able to choose his own lawyer for his trial before Branch 113 of the Criminal Court of Tehran Province in October 2014, and his access to the court-recommended lawyer was restricted. The Criminal Court sentenced Mr. Ghasemi to death under the principle of “retribution in kind”, a sentence which was upheld by Iran’s Supreme Court in May 2015. Reports indicate that the deceased victim’s portrayal by authorities as a “martyr” who gave his life to “promote Islamic virtue and prohibit vice” may have had an impact during the court proceedings. Reply A/HRC/31/79 18 Date Type