Date
Type
10/08/2012
JAL
13/08/2012
JAL
Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
OTH 7/2012
Other
Food; Foreign debt;
09/10/2012
Alleged negative human rights impacts stemming from the privatization of
16/01/2013
Burundi‘s coffee industry, particularly in relation to the right to food.
According to the information received, the World Bank has been the driving
force behind the privatization process, making its budget support to the
Government and receipt of foreign aid conditional upon the privatization of
the coffee industry and playing a key role in defining the conditions for
privatization. As the majority of the population receives its income from the
coffee industry, changes in wages and payments for coffee and coffee
processing can have significant impacts on the ability of the population to
purchase food and meet their food needs. Reportedly, no study has been
conducted into how privatization will affect the ability of local populations to
access food.
KHM 5/2012
Cambodia
Cambodia; Freedom
of expression;
Freedom of peaceful
assembly and of
association; Human
rights defenders;
Allegations of disruption by law enforcement officials of a human rights
training course undertaken by two non-government organizations, and threats
against its members. According to the information received, on 27 July 2012,
law enforcement officials, allegedly acting upon instruction of provincial
authorities, interrupted a training course on land issues organized by Mr. Pen
Bonnar from the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association
(ADHOC) and Mr. Chim Savuth from the Cambodian Center for Human
Rights (CCHR) in Patang village, Rattanakiri province. The reason put
forward by the authorities was that the organizers had allegedly failed to
notify the authorities that they would be holding the training session, although
they were not obliged to do so in line with article 3 of the domestic law on
demonstrations. Law enforcement officials further accused ADHOC of
undertaking ―incitement activities‖, and warned Messrs. Pen Bonnar and
Chim Savuth to leave the area, otherwise their security would not be
guaranteed. As a result, both men ended the training session in for their safety
and the safety of the participants.
A/HRC/22/67
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