Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply PHL 1/2015 08/01/2015 Philippines JAL Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; 15/04/2015 Allegations concerning the disbarment procedure pending against a human rights lawyer in the Philippines. According to the information received, on 22 October 2014, Mr. Harry Roque, legal representative of the family of a transgender woman who was allegedly killed by a U.S. marine, and his clients visited the Mutual Defence BoardSecurity Engagement Board inside Camp Anguinaldo, the military headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. At the compound Mr. Roque’s clients climbed over the fence into a restricted area where they thought the U.S. marine was being held, shoving the military police who were trying to prevent their entry. On 4 November 2014, the Armed Forces of the Philippines filed a complaint calling for the disbarment of Mr. Roque, accusing him of having encouraged his clients to enter the restricted area of the military compound. Mr. Roque denies this claim. Serious concern is expressed about the disbarment procedure currently pending against Mr. Roque which appears to result from his legitimate exercise of his professional functions as a lawyer. DOM 1/2014 09/01/2015 Dominican JAL Republic African descent; Migrants; Minority issues; Racism; Decisión del Tribunal Constitucional de la República Dominicana que declara inconstitucional el instrumento de acceso a la jurisdicción de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos y rechaza una sentencia de la Corte Interamericana que fue objeto de una comunicación enviada el 11 de noviembre de 2013. Según la información recibida, el 4 noviembre de 2014, el Tribunal Constitucional de la República Dominicana decidió que el instrumento de reconocimiento de la competencia de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos era inconstitucional. El 22 octubre de 2014, la Corte Interamericana había declarado que la decisión del Tribunal Constitucional del 23 de septiembre de 2013, que priva a la mayoría de la población de ascendencia haitiana de su derecho a la nacionalidad dominicana, era discriminatoria y ordenó al Estado a adoptar medidas de reparación adecuadas. A/HRC/29/50 37