Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply MDA 3/2015 28/05/2015 Republic of JAL Moldova 03/08/2015 Extreme Alleged failure to fully implement the Moldova Roma Community Action Plan. poverty; According to the information received, the Government of Moldova has failed to place Minority issues; 48 Roma community mediators in 44 communities as originally envisaged by the Action Plan. The recent decentralization of the funding structure for the mediators has reportedly had the opposite effect and resulted in a decrease in the number of mediators engaged. The letter calls on the Government to fully implement the recommendations made by the former Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights following her country visit to Moldova in September 2013 and requests information on the development of a Roma Inclusion Action Plan for the next five-year period (2016-2020). AZE 2/2015 29/05/2015 Azerbaijan JAL Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Health; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Torture; Alleged pre-trial detention, charges and sentencing of human rights defenders as a result 11/09/2015 of their legitimate human rights work. According to the information received, on 16 April 2015, Nasimi District Court sentenced Mr. Rasul Jafarov, coordinator of Art of Democracy, an artistic campaign promoting human rights and democracy in Azerbaijan, to six and a half years in prison on charges of illegal business. On 22 April 2015, the same Court sentenced Mr. Intigam Aliyev, a human rights lawyer and head of the Legal Education Society, to seven years and six months in prison and a three-year ban from certain positions and activities. Reports indicate that Mr. Aliyev has been denied access to medical treatment while in detention. On 6 March 2015 and again on 14 May 2015, the same Court extended journalist Ms. Khadija Ismail’s pre-trial detention. On 19 August 2014, new charges were brought against Mr. Emin Huseynov, chairman of the Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety, who had been subject of a previous communication sent on 24 June 2008, see A/HRC/10/12/Add.1, case no. AZE 1/2008. Mr. Aliyev was the subject of two previous communications, dated 1 February 2013, see A/HRC/23/51, case no. AZE 2/2013 and 15 August 2014, see A/HRC/28/85, case no. AZE 5/2014. Ms. Ismail was the subject of a previous communication dated 1 February 2013, A/HRC/23/51, case no. AZE 2/2013. Mr. Jafarov was the subject of a previous communication dated 12 August 2014, A/HRC/28/85, case no. AZE 4/2014. A/HRC/31/79 187