Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply BRN 1/2015 08/05/2015 Brunei AL Darussalam Discrimination against women; Follow up letter following the Government’s response to communication BRN 2/2014 15/05/2015 which concerned allegations of discriminatory provisions against women in domestic legislation. The Working Group thanks the additional information provided by the Government on gender equality in domestic legal provisions. It requests additional information on the actions taken to incorporate the obligations stemming from the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in accordance with the accepted recommendation 113.79 it received during the UPR process. The above-mentioned previous communication was sent to the Government on 14 November 2014, see A/HRC/28/85, case no. BRN 2/2014. KHM 2/2015 08/05/2015 Cambodia AL Freedom of Allegations of imminent adoption of the draft Law on Associations and Nonpeaceful assembly Governmental Organizations (LANGO). According to the information received, and of association; LANGO may by adopted by Parliament in May 2015. Information suggests that LANGO includes problematic provisions that seem to violate the right of association, such as vague or ambiguous definitions, bureaucratic registration processes, unrealistic membership requirements, additional burdensome processes on foreign NGOs, reporting obligations and requirements related to staff recruitment, notification of activities and inspection of reports of financial status. Reportedly, there is no established process that requires meaningful public consultation on the draft Law and there is concern that this draft may retain problematic provisions from a 2011 version, which was the subject of a previous communication on 13 May 2011, see A/HRC/18/51, case no. KHM 3/2011. KWT 3/2015 08/05/2015 Kuwait AL Discrimination against women; Allegations of discriminatory provisions against women contained in Kuwaiti nationality legislation. According to the information received, Kuwaiti women continue to be denied the right to pass their nationality onto their children on an equal basis with Kuwaiti men. The current communication is sent in follow-up to the Government reply received to the previous communication on the same issue dated 14 November 2014, see A/HRC/28/85, case no. KWT 3/2014. A/HRC/30/27 47

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