Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply SAU 6/2013 01/07/2013 Saudi Arabia JAL Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Alleged arbitrary investigation of individuals working on the defence and promotion of human rights. According to the information received, on 3 April 2013, a group of four persons, Mr Abdullah Moudhi Saad Al Atwai, Mr Mohammad Ayed Thawab Al Otaibi, Mr Abdullah Faisal Al Harbi and Mr Mohammad Abdullah Al Otaibi, formed a new association called “Union for Human Rights”. During the following days, the General Prosecution’s office summoned them for an investigation concerning the “cofounding of an illegal association”. It is reported that these investigations are part of an ongoing campaign of harassment aimed at silencing individuals and associations working on human rights issues. HUN 3/2013 03/07/2013 Hungary AL Independence of judges and lawyers; Alleged negative consequences of the Fourth Amendment to the Fundamental Law of 04/09/2013 Hungary on the independence of the judiciary. According to the information received, several provisions of the Fourth Amendment to the Fundamental Law of Hungary, which was adopted on 11 March 2013 and entered into force on 1 April 2013, constitute serious interferences with the independence of the judiciary, in particular that of the Constitutional Court, the rule of law and the principle of separation of powers. Concerns are expressed in particular regarding: the insertion of provisions previously deemed unconstitutional into the Fundamental Law through the Fourth Amendment; article 19 of the Fourth Amendment which declared void the decisions of the Constitutional Court adopted prior to the Fundamental Law; article 24 (5) of the Fourth Amendment which prohibits the Constitutional Court from reviewing the content of amendments to the Fundamental Law; article 37 (5) of the Fourth Amendment which restricts the Constitutional Court’s powers in tax and budgetary matters; and article 13 of the Fourth Amendment, which includes the figure of the President of the National Judicial Office in the Fundamental Law. A/HRC/25/74 32 Date Type