18/06/2015 JAL 18/06/2015 JAL Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply BGD 4/2015 Bangladesh Discrimination against women; Education; Health; Sale of children; Slavery; Violence against women; Allegations concerning the possible detrimental impact of the ongoing reform of the 1929 Child Marriage Restraint Act on the rights of women and girls in Bangladesh. According to the information received, the Government of Bangladesh is currently reforming the 1929 Child Marriage Restraint Act. It is alleged that a proposed amendment includes an exception to the current minimum age of marriage of 18 for girls and 21 for boys. The suggested provision allegedly allows for the marriage of girls from the age of 16 with the consent of parents and the agreement of the court. It is further alleged that the revised Act has not been shared with civil society. Concern is expressed regarding the aforementioned envisaged exception in the revised Act which would in effect condone and legitimize child and forced marriages. IND 7/2015 India Environment; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; 17/08/2015 Allegations concerning the arbitrary freezing of funds of Greenpeace India and more broadly the increasing restrictions placed on associations with regard to accessing funding. According to the information received, on 9 April 2015, the bank accounts of Greenpeace India were frozen, based on a decision taken by the Ministry of Home Affairs, on the grounds that the organization had failed to inform the concerned authorities about the transfer of foreign contributions it had received. It is however alleged that the decision to freeze Greenpeace India’s bank accounts was in fact taken in retaliation for the organization’s work in the country, including campaigns against Coal India Limited and the creation of regional anti-coal protest movements. It is further reported that the freezing of accounts and other restrictions placed on Greenpeace India are part of a wider pattern of increased limitations placed on civil society in accessing funding. 22/06/2015 A/HRC/31/79 26 Date Type