Date Type 25/02/2016 JAL 25/02/2016 JAL Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted NLD 1/2016 Netherlands Adequate housing; Letter in follow-up to the response received from the Government of the Extreme poverty; Netherlands on 9 July 2015 to a communication regarding the failure to provide Migrants; emergency assistance to homeless migrants in an irregular situation. The letter argues that various forms of shelter provided to irregular migrants in the Netherlands, elaborated in detail in the Government’s reply, still fail to prevent them from becoming homeless. The letter sets out the Netherlands’ obligation under regional and international human rights law to provide a minimum essential level of the right to adequate housing as well as other related economic, social and cultural rights for all, including irregular migrants on its territory. The abovementioned previous communication was sent to the Government of the Netherlands on 12 December 2014, see A/HRC/29/50, case no. NLD 1/2014. For the response of the Government of the Netherlands of 9 July 2015 to communication NLD 1/2014, see A/HRC/31/79. OTH 15/2016 Other Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Reply Alleged arbitrary withdrawal of journalistic accreditation of a journalist covering United Nations affairs in New York. According to the information received, on 19 February 2016, Mr. Matthew Lee received a letter in which the United Nations Under Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information informed him of the Department of Public Information’s (DPI) decision to withdraw his Resident Correspondent accreditation at the United Nations Office in New York in favour of non-Resident Correspondent. Later that day, Mr. Lee was escorted from the United Nations premises after his current credential was annulled. The annulment of Mr. Lee’s accreditation was, according to the letter received, based on an incident that occurred on 29 January 2016, during the United Nations Correspondents Association Annual General Meeting, which DPI allegedly determined was in violation of the United Nations Media Guidelines. On that date, Mr. Lee’s allegedly tried to cover a meeting in the United Nations Press Briefing Room, which he left after being informed by United Nations security of its restricted nature. Allegedly, no information was requested from Mr. Lee nor was any other written communication sent to him on this incident, until the receipt of the letter on 19 February. A/HRC/32/53 83