Date Type 16/11/2015 JUA 16/11/2015 JUA Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply AUS 7/2015 Australia Health; Human rights defenders; Migrants; Torture; Violence against women; Allegations concerning the alleged sexual violence against an Iranian woman and 17/12/2015 ill-treatment faced by her and her brother in the context of their detention in the Australia Regional Processing Centre in Nauru and their interaction with the Nauru National Police force. According to the information received an Iranian woman was assaulted and raped while she was on a community visit outside the Australia Regional Processing Centre of Nauru and did not receive adequate and timely medical treatment for her physical and mental health. In addition, her brother was subject to ill-treatment by the Nauru Police Force. Concern was expressed regarding impunity and lack of access to justice for asylum seekers who are victims of serious human rights violations in Nauru, such as sexual violence and ill-treatment and with regard to the targeting of human rights defenders, including asylum seekers who defend rights within these detention facilities. A communication with the same content is being addressed to the Government of Nauru, see below, case no. NRU 3/2015. NRU 3/2015 Nauru Health; Human rights defenders; Migrants; Torture; Violence against women; Allegations concerning the alleged sexual violence against an Iranian woman and ill-treatment faced by her and her brother in the context of their detention in the Australia Regional Processing Centre in Nauru and their interaction with the Nauru National Police Force. According to the information received an Iranian woman was assaulted and raped while she was on a community visit outside the Australia Regional Processing Centre of Nauru and did not receive adequate and timely medical treatment for her physical and mental health. In addition, her brother was subject to ill- treatment by the Nauru Police Force. Concern was expressed regarding impunity and lack of access to justice for asylum seekers who are victims of serious human rights violations in Nauru, such as sexual violence and ill-treatment and with regard to the targeting of human rights defenders, including asylum seekers who defend rights within these detention facilities. A communication with the same content is being addressed to the Government of Australia, see above, case no. AUS 7/2015. A/HRC/31/79 149

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