Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted 29/07/2015 JUA SYR 1/2015 Syrian Arab Republic 15/09/2015 Health; Water and Alleged disconnection of piped water supply in the city of Aleppo, Syria, for Sanitation; almost a month, resulting in a lack of adequate access to safe drinking water and sanitation at homes, hospitals and health facilities. According to the information received, the lack of adequate access to safe drinking water and sanitation, considered in the context of the heat wave occurring in the region, is believed to have contributed directly to an increase in the number of cases of illness, including 3,000 cases of moderate diarrhoea in children recorded in July 2015 alone. The disconnections are reportedly either deliberately performed by parties to the current armed conflict, or occur as a result of the destruction of the infrastructure due to the intensified air strikes and other attacks by the different parties to the conflict, including Government forces. A previous communication on water cut-offs in Aleppo was sent on 14 May 2014, see A/HRC/27/72, case no. SYR 6/2014. 30/07/2015 JAL IRN 10/2015 Iran (Islamic Republic of) Independence of judges and lawyers; Iran; Allegations concerning the introduction of restrictions on the right to a fair trial by a new Code of Criminal Procedure in Iran. According to the information received, on 22 June 2015, a new Code of Criminal Procedure came into force in which the right to access to a lawyer during the investigative phase could be limited to choosing counsel from a roster approved by the Head of the Judiciary. The same restrictions apply to individuals facing crimes against national or foreign security, political and press crimes as well as crimes punishable by the death sentence or life imprisonment. The new Code also reportedly allows the right to a lawyer to be waived by the judiciary for up to a week in these cases, as well as removes the provision that discredited the investigation of cases in which the defendant’s right to a lawyer during the investigative phase was withheld or not properly implemented. Concern is expressed that the new Code of Criminal Procedure appears to weaken or abrogate some of the positive measures introduced in the Code approved in April 2014, thereby undermining fair trial and due process guarantees. Reply A/HRC/31/79 60 Date Type