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
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