Date
Type
Case No
Country
COL 10/2013
13/09/2013 Colombia
JUA
CAN 4/2013
07/11/2013 Canada
JAL
Mandate(s)
Disappearances;
Freedom of
peaceful
assembly and of
association;
Human rights
defenders;
Independence of
judges and
lawyers;
Summary
executions;
Freedom of
peaceful
assembly and of
association;
Human rights
defenders;
Indigenous
peoples;
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
14/11/2013
Presunto asesinato de un abogado y supuestos actos de intimidación, estigmatización y
amenazas de muerte contra abogados en un contexto de ataques contra profesionales del 24/12/2013
12/08/2015
derecho trabajando en casos de violaciones de derechos humanos, incluidas
desapariciones forzadas e involuntarias. Según la información recibida, el Sr. Juan
Carlos Canizales Ocampo habría sido asesinado en Buga, Valle del Cauca, el 10 de
agosto de 2013 en conexión con su trabajo. Además, el 4 de agosto de 2013, otros
abogados habrían sufrido intimidaciones y habían sido objeto de actos de
estigmatización y amenazas de muerte por parte del grupo armado autodenominado “Los
Rastrojos”. El 17 de agosto de 2013, el local del Sr. Sneither Cifuentes habría sido
violentamente allanado, un familiar suyo atacado y unos documentos confidenciales
sustraídos (Véanse A/HRC/21/49; A/HRC/18/51).
Allegations concerning discrimination in funding and retaliation acts against Ms Cindy
Blackstock, Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of
Canada. According to the information received, in 2007, the First Nations Child and
Family Caring Society of Canada filed a complaint against the Government of Canada
before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal alleging discrimination in the funding
provided to First Nations for child welfare. Reportedly, after the case was filed in 2007,
Ms Blackstock and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
experienced what they perceived as several forms of retaliation by the Government of
Canada. This allegedly included the monitoring of Ms Blackstock’s personal Facebook
page, her professional meetings and presentations, and her Indian Status registry.
10/01/2014
10/01/2014
09/10/2015
A/HRC/31/79
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