Date Type 13/07/2015 JUA 14/07/2015 JUA Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply USA 17/2015 Summary United States of executions; America Torture; 20/07/2015 Allegations concerning the imposition of the death penalty on a person with a severe mental health condition after judicial proceedings that did not comply with the most stringent due process and fair trial guarantees. According to the information received, Mr. David Zink was sentenced to death in 2004 for a murder committed in Missouri. Despite several testimonies of his severe mental illness which rendered Mr. Zink incompetent to be executed, the Supreme Court of Missouri upheld his sentence on 24 February 2009. Mr. Zink is reportedly due to be executed on 14 July 2015. Concerns are raised that the death penalty may have been imposed, and may be carried out, against Mr. Zink after judicial proceedings which did not comply with the most stringent due process and fair trial guarantees and that the authorization granted to him by the judge to waive his right to counsel and to represent himself, despite his severe mental health condition, may have influenced the subsequent decisions of the courts. BRA 2/2015 Brazil Alleged imminent eviction of approximately 20,000 persons residing in three urban informal settlements in the State of Minas Gerais. According to the information received, the families residing in the urban informal settlements of Esperança, Vitória e Rosa Leão, Isidoro region, are facing imminent eviction from their homes without having been offered any alternative accommodation or housing options, thereby risking homelessness. Residents have reportedly been challenging their eviction since August 2014 through courts without success. Information further suggests that on 19 June 2015, the police reportedly violently repressed a peaceful protest against the eviction, which resulted in over 50 people being injured, including young children and older persons. Adequate housing; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Water and Sanitation; A/HRC/31/79 45