Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply GBR 1/2015 Discrimination 10/02/2015 United Kingdom against women; AL of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Follow-up letter in response to information submitted by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning a practice note on Sharia succession rules published by the Law Society. This note was considered to be discriminatory against women, especially Muslim women and/or women from minority communities. In this follow-up communication, the Working Group on discrimination against women in law and in practice welcomed the Law Society’s withdrawal of the practice note from its website. It noted however, that although the Law Society is an independent body, the Government has a due diligence obligation under international human rights law to prevent discrimination against women by private organizations. The initial communication was sent on 11 November 2014, see A/HRC/28/85, case no. GBR 4/2014. TJK 1/2015 11/02/2015 Tajikistan AL 16/04/2015 Alleged threat to the independence of the legal profession. According to the information received, a draft law on Advocacy and the Bar has passed the Lower House of Parliament in Tajikistan. The draft law establishes a Qualification Commission as the body responsible for regulating entry into the legal profession, disbarment, and issuing licenses to practice law. The draft law provides that the Qualification Commission would operate under the purview of the Ministry of Justice, leaving lawyers vulnerable to interference from the Executive Branch of Government. The draft law on Advocacy and the Bar was the subject of a previous communication sent on 27 February 2014, see A/HRC/26/21, case no. TJK 2/2014. Independence of judges and lawyers; A/HRC/29/50 53