Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted OTH 2/2015 12/02/2015 Other JAL Adequate housing; Extreme poverty; Migrants; Letter addressed to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe concerning two recent decisions of the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) which found that the Netherlands had violated various provisions of the European Social Charter (Charter) by failing to provide adequate access to emergency assistance to irregular migrants. The letter underlines that the right to an adequate standard of living applies to anyone regardless of legal status and documentation, and urges the Committee of Ministers to adopt a recommendation endorsing the ECSR’s decisions calling on the Netherlands to take immediate steps to bring the situation in the country into full conformity with the Charter. KOR 1/2015 12/02/2015 Republic of JAL Korea Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Alleged disciplinary proceedings against two human rights lawyers for discharging their professional functions. According to the information received, from 2012 to 2014, Mr. Kyeong-wook Jang acted as the legal representative of a North Korean defector and Ms. In-sook Kim as the legal representative of a person accused of assault against the police during a protest. Both legal representatives work for MINBYUN – Lawyers for a Democratic Society (MINBYUN), a non-governmental organization that aims to contribute to the protection of human rights and development of democracy in the Republic of Korea through the provision of pro bono legal representation, in particular to human rights defenders, research and investigation. Reportedly, as a result of their roles as legal representatives in the above-mentioned cases, disciplinary proceedings have been initiated against them by the Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office. Reply A/HRC/29/50 56 Date Type