Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted ARE 3/2012 15/05/2012 United Arab JUA Emirates Disappearances; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Alleged revocation of citizenship, arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance of human rights defenders. According to the information received, Mr. Sheick Mohammad Abdel Razzak Al-Sadick, Dr. Ali Hussein Al-Hamadi, Dr. Shahin Abdallah Al-Huwsseni, Mr. Hussein Mounif Al-Jaberi, Mr. Hassan Mounif AlJaberi, Mr. Ibrahim Hassan Marzouki and Mr. Ahmed Gheith Sweidi, all members of the Islah Association, have had their UAE nationality revoked and, as a result of no longer having UAE nationality, have been detained. It is reported that some of the subjects of this urgent appeal had signed a petition which called for reforms of the legislature, including electoral reforms. It is alleged that another member of Islah, Dr. Ahmed Yousef Al-Zaabie, was arrested for obstructing the police when one of the seven got arrested, and that he was released on bail on 17 April 2012, but his family had not heard from him since his alleged release. The Chairman of the Islah Association, Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Kayed Al-Qasimi, was arrested on 20 April 2012 and is reportedly held in solitary confinement. Furthermore, the whereabouts of Mr. Saleh Al-Dhufairi, a member of Islah who allegedly was arrested on 29 April, remained unknown. BRA 5/2012 16/05/2012 Brazil JAL Torture; Truth, justice, The National Truth Commission of Brazil was formally constituted with the reparation & appointment of the Commission members on 16 May. Since the signing into law by guarantees on non-rec; President Rousseff in November 2011, this is the next critical step towards the establishment of the National Truth Commission responsible for investigating human rights violations, including killings, torture and forced disappearances committed under military rule between 1964 and 1985. The Special Rapporteurs referred to the benefits of a commission of inquiry (A/HRC/19/61) and the integral role the mechanism can provide to facilitating the formal investigation of legacies of killings, torture and other forms of ill-treatment, and pave the way to effective and fair prosecutions. Reference was also made to HRC Res. 18/7 of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of nonrecurrence, who can contribute, upon request, to the provision of technical assistance or advisory services on issues pertaining to that mandate. Reply A/HRC/21/49 44 Date Type