Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply TJK 1/2015 11/02/2015 Tajikistan AL Independence of Alleged threat to the independence of the legal profession. According to the information 16/04/2015 19/04/2016 judges and received, a draft law on Advocacy and the Bar has passed the Lower House of lawyers; Parliament in Tajikistan. The draft law establishes a Qualification Commission as the body responsible for regulating entry into the legal profession, disbarment, and issuing licenses to practice law. The draft law provides that the Qualification Commission would operate under the purview of the Ministry of Justice, leaving lawyers vulnerable to interference from the Executive Branch of Government. The draft law on Advocacy and the Bar was the subject of a previous communication sent on 27 February 2014, see A/HRC/26/21, case no. TJK 2/2014. IRN 3/2015 12/02/2015 Iran (Islamic JUA Republic of) Iran; Summary Alleged imminent risk of execution of a juvenile offender in the Islamic Republic of executions; Iran. According to the information received, Mr. Saman Naseem was sentenced to death Torture; in April 2013 by a criminal Court in Mahabad for Moharebeh (“enmity against God”) and Ifsad fil-Arz (“corruption on earth”) in relation to his alleged involvement in an armed confrontation between Revolutionary Guards and the Party for Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK) in Sardasht in 2011. The Supreme Court reportedly upheld the sentence in December 2013. The Oroumieh Central Prison, where Mr. Naseem is currently being held, has reportedly received clearance from the Judiciary’s implementation division to carry out his execution on 19 February 2015. Mr. Naseem’s lawyer has allegedly been prevented from reviewing the case file for information about the impending execution and pursuing the case. Grave concern is expressed at the imminent execution of Mr. Naseem, who at the time of the alleged crime is believed to have been less than 18 years old, which would render his execution a violation of international human rights law. Mr. Naseem was the subject of a previous communication sent on 14 October 2014, see A/HRC/28/85, case no. IRN 23/2014. 16/06/2015 04/03/2016 A/HRC/32/53 97