Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply USA 20/2014 30/04/2015 Health; Summary Allegations concerning the imposition of the death penalty on a person with 09/12/2014 United States of executions; intellectual and psychosocial disabilities. According to the information received, Mr. JUA America Torture; Paul Goodwin was tried in 1999 for a murder committed on 1 March 1998, in St. Louis County, Missouri. During his trial, a psychiatrist and two psychologists testified to Mr. Goodwin’s intellectual and psychosocial disabilities. On 2 December 1999, the jury rejected the defence’s claim of Mr. Goodwin’s disabilities and recommended the death penalty, which was imposed by the judge. Mr. Goodwin is scheduled to be executed at one minute past midnight on 10 December 2014. His lawyers argue that due to his disabilities, Mr. Goodwin lacks a genuine understanding of the reason for and reality of his punishment, which would render him incompetent for execution under US law. IDN 6/2014 10/12/2014 Indonesia JUA Summary executions; Torture; Alleged imminent execution of five prisoners on death row in Indonesia. According to the information received, on 28 November 2014, the Junior Attorney General for General Crimes of Indonesia announced that the Government is scheduled to execute five individuals currently on death row before the end of 2014 and that another 20 prisoners on death row are scheduled to be executed in 2015. There is speculation that the five executions may take place at midnight on 11 December 2014. The Government has not released the names of the individuals listed for execution. However, media reports indicate that three of the prisoners facing imminent execution have been convicted of drug-related crimes and two other prisoners for murder. The prisoners have reportedly been moved to separate cells, as the law requires that prisoners facing imminent executions be placed in isolation three days before the executions are due to take place. A/HRC/29/50 19

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