Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply BDI 4/2015 20/05/2015 Burundi AL Discrimination Lettre concernant des normes discriminatoires envers les femmes dans le Code des against women; Personnes et de la Famille du Burundi issu du décret/loi N° 1/024 du 28 Avril 1993. Selon les informations reçues, l’article 122 est discriminatoire à l’égard de la femme et stipule en outre, que le mari est le chef de la famille. 07/08/2015 MKD 2/2015 20/05/2015 The former JUA Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; 30/07/2015 Alleged arbitrary arrest, detention and prosecution of a large number of individuals in 18/09/2015 the context of peaceful protests in the city of Skopje between 5 and 13 May 2015. According to the information received, on 5 May 2015, 42 people were arrested and detained for their presumed role in peaceful protests denouncing police brutality and the lack of accountability for the killing of a protestor on 6 June 2011, which occurred in the context of the post-2011 parliamentary election celebrations, in Skopje. Information further suggests that out of these 42 people, 12 were placed in pre-trial detention and face criminal charges and that an additional four individuals were arrested and placed in pre-trial detention under the same charges on 13 May 2015. Allegedly, the pre-trial detention of these individuals is used to prevent them from taking part in the ongoing peaceful demonstrations. SLV 2/2015 28/05/2015 El Salvador JAL Disability; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Summary executions; Alegaciones sobre el presunto asesinato de dos defensores, padre e hijo, de los derechos 27/07/2015 de las personas con discapacidad en El Salvador. Según la información recibida, tanto el 11/08/2015 Sr. Israel Antonio Quintanilla –presidente de la Asociación de Lisiados de Guerra (ALGES) y persona con discapacidad- como su hijo el Sr. Carlos Alberto Quintanilla Zavala, habrían desaparecido el 1 de mayo de 2015 tras haber participado en la marcha del día de los trabajadores. El 4 de mayo de 2015, el cadáver del Sr. Quintanilla habría sido encontrado en Santa Cruz Turillo y el día siguiente, el cuerpo del Sr. Quintanilla Zavala habría sido hallado en las cercanías del cadáver de su padre. Preocupa que los presuntos asesinatos puedan estar ligados a su trabajo en defensa de los derechos de las personas con discapacidad a consecuencia del conflicto armado en El Salvador. A/HRC/31/79 186 Date Type

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