Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply KHM 4/2014 03/07/2014 Cambodia AL Independence of judges and lawyers; Alleged weakening of the independence of the judiciary in three draft laws on judicial reform. According to the information received, on 12 June 2014, the Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia reportedly passed, in quick succession and after a secretive drafting process, three draft laws on judicial reform that would purportedly put the Minister of Justice at the centre of all key decision-making processes of the judiciary and the Supreme Council of the Magistracy. The draft laws were reportedly subsequently forwarded to the Cambodian Constitutional Council for an analysis of their constitutionality. Concern is expressed that the three draft laws could undermine the principle of separation of powers and violates the fundamental principles of judicial independence, established in international human rights instruments ratified by Cambodia and enshrined in articles 51 and 128 of its Constitution. IRN 11/2014 03/07/2014 Iran (Islamic JUA Republic of) Discrimination against women ; Independence of judges and lawyers; Iran; Summary executions; Violence against women; Alleged risk of imminent execution of a young woman, after being sentenced to death 30/09/2014 under “qesas” (“retribution-in-kind”) for killing her husband in 2010. According to the information received, Branch 17 of the Criminal Court in Ahvaz convicted Ms. Razieh Ebrahimi for murder in 2010 and sentenced her to death. Her execution was reportedly due to be implemented several months ago, but was halted after she told the authorities that she had committed the crime when she was 17 years old. A subsequent appeal by the legal counsel of Ms. Ebrahimi to the Supreme Court of Iran, on the grounds that she was a minor at the time of the crime and did not understand the consequences of her actions, was unsuccessful. Ms. Ebrahimi had been forced to marry at the age of 14 and allegedly “snapped” and killed her husband after suffering years of abuse, both physically and psychologically, by him. NPL 2/2014 03/07/2014 Nepal JAL Disappearances; Summary executions; Torture; Truth, justice, reparation & guarantees on non-rec; Violence against women; 12/12/2014 Alleged incompatibility of the recently adopted Nepal Act on the Commission on Investigation of Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation, 2071 (2014), with international obligations. According to the information received, the Act, adopted on 25 April 2014, is incompatible with international obligations in the areas of 1) the competence of the Commission to recommend amnesties for perpetrators, including for gross violations of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law, 2) the competence of the Commission to initiate reconciliation processes in the absence of a request by the victim or the offender, and 3) the selection procedures for Commission members. A/HRC/28/85 25