Date Type 21/07/2015 JUA 22/07/2015 AL Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply SRB 2/2015 Serbia Adequate housing; Internally displaced persons; Minority issues; 25/08/2015 Alleged imminent eviction of approximately 40 Roma households residing in the informal settlement of Grmec in Zemun, Belgrade. According to the information received, most of these families, estimated between 200 and 250 people, many of them internally displaced from Kosovo, have been residing in the settlement since 1999, though most of them have not been able to officially register as residents of Belgrade. Among the residents at risk of imminent eviction there are a high number of children, including at least four infants, as well as two pregnant women. No alternative accommodation or resettlement plan has been offered to them. These 40 families face immediate eviction from their homes due to an eviction order issued on 7 July 2015 by the Construction Inspectorate of the Municipality of Zemun. BRA 3/2015 Brazil Summary executions; Allegations concerning the killing of a man by police in the city of Vitoria do Mearim, State of Maranhão. According to the information received, on 28 May 2015, Mr. Iraldo Batalha, a mechanic, left his home on the back of a motorcycle driven by a friend to watch a football game in Vitória do Mearim. At the entrance of the city a military police control was however set up. Reportedly, when Mr. Batalha and his friend passed the erected barrier, the police opened fire on them. Mr. Batalha’s friend was reportedly shot once in the foot, while Mr. Batalha himself was shot in his lower back and fell on the ground. It is reported that a person dressed in boots and camouflage trousers subsequently approached Mr. Batalha when he was lying unconscious on the ground, moved his face with his foot and shot him twice. Two other men wearing bullet proof vests reportedly took the body of Mr. Batalha and placed it into a vehicle belonging to the military police. Serious concern is expressed at the murder of Mr. Batalha and at the reports indicating that a civil servant of the city of Vitoria do Mearim might have perpetrated this violent attack. A/HRC/31/79 51

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