Date
Type
Case No
Country
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
VNM 5/2011
19/07/2011 Viet Nam
AL
Health;
Alleged negative impact on the access to medicines by the Trans Pacific Partnership agreements.
According to the information received, several rounds of negotiations on the Trans Pacific
Partnership (TPP) agreements have been held among the Governments of Australia, Brunei,
Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam since March
2010. Some of the TPP‟s intellectual property provisions would reportedly strengthen
monopolies for life-saving medicines and create barriers for access to medicines. It is further
alleged that new intellectual property standards would not only result in high prices for medicines
but could also negatively impact the ability of developing countries to take positive steps towards
ensuring the enjoyment of the right to health of their citizens.
CYP 1/2011
20/07/2011 Cyprus
JAL
Freedom of
expression;
Freedom of
peaceful
assembly and of
association;
Human rights
defenders;
Alleged charges brought against human rights activist. According to the information received, on 15/09/2011
5 November 2010, the 13th Rainbow Festival, an annual anti-racism and multicultural festival
organised by Action for Support, Equality and Antiracism (KISA), was held in Larnaca. KISA
had reportedly obtained all the necessary authorisations from the authorities. A march organised
by the Greek Resistance Movement reportedly took place at the same time, and individuals who
gathered for the march reportedly shouted racist insults against Turks, Jews, Muslim, refugees
and KISA members. Violence reportedly broke out, during which a Turkish Cypriot musician
was stabbed and another Turkish Cypriot musician was severely beaten, as were a number of
migrants who were present. On 30 May 2011 Mr. Doros Polykarpou, the executive director of
KISA, was reportedly served with a court summons in connection with his participation in the
Rainbow Festival and charged with ´rioting and participating in an illegal assembly‟.
GTM 9/2011
20/07/2011 Guatemala
UA
Human rights
defenders;
Presuntos actos de amenaza y presiones. Según las informaciones recibidas, los señores Juan
Carlos Carrera Campos, Director del Departamento Jurídico; Jorge Lou Palencia, Asesor Legal;
Boris Mauricio Mota, Subdirector y Gloria Pérez Puerto, Asesora Legal, todos funcionarios del
Consejo Nacional de Áreas Protegidas, dependencia de la Presidencia de la República de
Guatemala, habrían emitido dictámenes jurídicos, fundamentados en la legislación guatemalteca,
sobre procedimientos administrativos relacionados con un estudio de impacto ambiental que
tiene por objeto la autorización para el desarrollo de una terminal de gas licuado de petróleo en
un área protegida y otro relacionado con la aprobación de la perforación de cuatro pozos
petroleros. Como resultado de dichos dictámenes, los funcionarios del Consejo Nacional de
Áreas Protegidas habrían sido víctimas de amenazas y presiones políticas, psicológicas y
laborales. Según se informa, un alto funcionario del Consejo Nacional de Áreas Protegidas les
habría amenazado diciéndoles que cambiaran sus dictámenes o serían despedidos. Sin embargo,
se presume que dichas amenazas podrían originarse desde funcionarios del más alto nivel del
Ejecutivo.
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