Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Reply
BDI 4/2015
20/05/2015 Burundi
AL
Discrimination Lettre concernant des normes discriminatoires envers les femmes dans le Code des
against women; Personnes et de la Famille du Burundi issu du décret/loi N° 1/024 du 28 Avril 1993.
Selon les informations reçues, l’article 122 est discriminatoire à l’égard de la femme et
stipule en outre, que le mari est le chef de la famille.
07/08/2015
MKD 2/2015
20/05/2015 The former
JUA
Yugoslav
Republic of
Macedonia
Arbitrary
detention;
Freedom of
expression;
Freedom of
peaceful
assembly and of
association;
Human rights
defenders;
30/07/2015
Alleged arbitrary arrest, detention and prosecution of a large number of individuals in
18/09/2015
the context of peaceful protests in the city of Skopje between 5 and 13 May 2015.
According to the information received, on 5 May 2015, 42 people were arrested and
detained for their presumed role in peaceful protests denouncing police brutality and the
lack of accountability for the killing of a protestor on 6 June 2011, which occurred in the
context of the post-2011 parliamentary election celebrations, in Skopje. Information
further suggests that out of these 42 people, 12 were placed in pre-trial detention and
face criminal charges and that an additional four individuals were arrested and placed in
pre-trial detention under the same charges on 13 May 2015. Allegedly, the pre-trial
detention of these individuals is used to prevent them from taking part in the ongoing
peaceful demonstrations.
SLV 2/2015
28/05/2015 El Salvador
JAL
Disability;
Freedom of
peaceful
assembly and of
association;
Human rights
defenders;
Summary
executions;
Alegaciones sobre el presunto asesinato de dos defensores, padre e hijo, de los derechos 27/07/2015
de las personas con discapacidad en El Salvador. Según la información recibida, tanto el 11/08/2015
Sr. Israel Antonio Quintanilla –presidente de la Asociación de Lisiados de Guerra
(ALGES) y persona con discapacidad- como su hijo el Sr. Carlos Alberto Quintanilla
Zavala, habrían desaparecido el 1 de mayo de 2015 tras haber participado en la marcha
del día de los trabajadores. El 4 de mayo de 2015, el cadáver del Sr. Quintanilla habría
sido encontrado en Santa Cruz Turillo y el día siguiente, el cuerpo del Sr. Quintanilla
Zavala habría sido hallado en las cercanías del cadáver de su padre. Preocupa que los
presuntos asesinatos puedan estar ligados a su trabajo en defensa de los derechos de las
personas con discapacidad a consecuencia del conflicto armado en El Salvador.
A/HRC/31/79
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