Government reply Person(s) concerned Opinion Follow-up information received Moussa Hussein Al Ameri, Salam Ashour Khalil Ibrahim Al Jumaili, Qusay Obaid Ibrahim Salloum, Loay Obaid Ibrahim Salloum and Saad Alwan Hamadi Yassin Al Mashhadani 39/2018 Libya No Abdu Ahmed Abdel Salam Detention arbitrary, categories I and III 40/2018 Republic of Korea Yes Jeong-in Shin and Seung-hyeon Baek Detention arbitrary, categories I, II and V The Government is undertaking measures to introduce alternative service. It aims to enact relevant laws by 2019 and enforce them by 2020. In December 2018, it announced that it would enact a new law “Act on Assignment and Performance of Alternative Service” and amend the Military Service Act. Mr. Shin was released on 14 August 2018 on parole. While Mr. Baek is not eligible for release on parole as his appeal is currently pending before the appellate court, he was released on 30 May 2018 on bail; information from the Government. 41/2018 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) No Juan Pedro Lares Rangel Detention arbitrary, categories I, III and V Mr. Lares Rangel was liberated prior to the adoption of the opinion; information from the source. 42/2018 Turkey Yes Mestan Yayman Detention arbitrary, categories I, II, III and V No action taken to implement opinion; information from the Government. A/HRC/42/39 12 Opinion No. States(s)