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
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