Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply BRA 5/2013 07/11/2013 Brazil JAL Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Alleged death threats and false allegations of paedophilia and sexual abuse against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights defenders in Brazil. According to the information received, a group of human rights defenders received threats via SMS, phone calls and email after their participation in a diversity parade in Curitiba on 30 September 2012, which they reported to the police. Since the beginning of 2013, the threats intensified and death threats to were made against friends and families of the activists. At the same time, fake Facebook profiles of the activists were created from which sexist, racist or homophobic comments were spread. CAN 4/2013 07/11/2013 Canada JAL Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Indigenous peoples; 10/01/2014 Allegations concerning discrimination in funding and retaliation acts against Ms 10/01/2014 Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada. According to the information received, in 2007, the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada filed a complaint against the Government of Canada before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal alleging discrimination in the funding provided to First Nations for child welfare. Reportedly, after the case was filed in 2007, Ms Blackstock and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada experienced what they perceived as several forms of retaliation by the Government of Canada. This allegedly included the monitoring of Ms Blackstock’s personal Facebook page, her professional meetings and presentations, and her Indian Status registry. CHL 2/2013 07/11/2013 Chile AL Indigenous peoples; Alegaciones sobre la reciente aprobación del estudio de impacto ambiental para el proyecto minero El Morro por parte del Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental de Chile. En la carta, el Relator Especial también expresa su preocupación sobre una nota emitida el 9 de octubre de 2013 por el Director Nacional de la Corporación Nacional de Desarrollo Indígena (CONADI) relativa al proyecto y que hace referencia de manera incompleta a unas declaraciones que el Relator Especial previamente había hecho sobre el tema del deber estatal de consultar a los pueblos indígenas. Por tanto, la comunicación tiene como objeto brindar al Gobierno una clarificación de los puntos que el Relator Especial previamente ha expuesto sobre el deber de la consulta, y solicitar al Gobierno información sobre la forma en que se ha cumplido con ese deber en relación con los pueblos indígenas afectados por el proyecto El Morro. 06/01/2014 06/01/2014 06/01/2014 06/01/2014 06/01/2014 06/01/2014 06/01/2014 06/01/2014 06/01/2014 A/HRC/25/74 118 Date Type