Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply KEN 6/2014 16/12/2014 Kenya JAL Business enterprises; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Health; Human rights defenders; Toxic waste; Alleged human rights violations resulting from the improper management of lead, in a lead smelter operated from 2007 to March 2014, near the Owino Uhuru community, in Kenya. According to the information received, as a result of direct and indirect lead exposure, Owino Uhuru community members, including former workers of the smelter, face serious health problems and human rights violations, including regarding the right to life, health, a healthy environment, safe and healthy working conditions, as well as access to information and peaceful assembly and association. It is alleged that the affected populations in the community continuously suffer from the adverse effects of lead exposure and poisoning without having been provided with adequate remedies over the past seven years. MEX 26/2014 16/12/2014 México JUA Disappearances; Human rights defenders; Torture; 30/03/2015 Presuntos actos de deslegitimación y estigmatización por parte de autoridades del Estado mexicano, contra organizaciones de derechos humanos del Estado de Guerrero, que participan en la investigación de los hechos ocurridos en Iguala el 26 y 27 de septiembre de 2014. Según la información recibida, en una publicación de un informe de inteligencia federal, se habría vinculado con grupos armados a algunas organizaciones de derechos humanos que trabajan con familiares de los estudiantes de Ayotzinapa desaparecidos en Iguala. Asimismo, algunas de esas organizaciones habrían sido señaladas como responsables de diversos hechos violentos durante manifestaciones llevadas a cabo en el Estado de Guerrero, como consecuencia de los acontecimientos de septiembre de 2014 en Iguala. A/HRC/29/50 23

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