Date Type Case No Country LBN 2/2012 02/04/2012 Lebanon JAL Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Discrimination against women in law and in practice; Migrants; Slavery; Torture; Trafficking; Violence against women; Allegations of repeated physical and sexual abuse of an Ethiopian migrant domestic 30/05/2012 06/06/2012 worker, leading to suicide. According to the information received, Ms. Alem Dechasa, a 33-year-old Ethiopian migrant domestic worker, was repeatedly physically and sexually abused by her employer. As a result of fleeing her employer‟s house and seeking assistance at the Ethiopian Consulate in Lebanon, Alem Dechasa was physically beaten and forcibly dragged into a car by two men. It is alleged that Alem Dechasa was later taken to a mental institution where she committed suicide. GNB 1/2012 Summary executions; 04/04/2012 Guinée-Bissau AL Reply Allégation d‟exécution extrajudiciaire. Selon les informations reçues, les agents de Police d‟Intervention Rapide (PIR) auraient tiré sur M. Iaia Dabó, agent de sécurité et frère de l‟ancien ministre de l‟Intérieur de Guinée-Bissau, le 27 décembre 2011 devant le siège de la Police d‟Intervention Rapide à Bissau. Aucune enquête effective n‟aurait été menée sur les circonstances de l‟assassinat, et aucun agent de la PIR n‟aurait été traduit en justice. HND 3/2012 04/04/2012 Honduras JAL Independence of judges Alegaciones de asesinatos de abogados y de impunidad en estos crímenes. Según las and lawyers; Summary informaciones recibidas, el Sr. Ricardo Rosales, miembro de la abogacía de La executions; Ceiba, capital del Departamento de Atlantida, habría denunciado recientemente en un diario local graves violaciones de derechos humanos. Tres días después de la denuncia de estos actos, el 17 de enero de 2012, tres individuos habrían disparado al abogado mientras salía de su domicilio para ir a una audiencia. En meses pasados, otros cinco abogados habrían sido asesinados, esta vez en Tegucigalpa, capital de Honduras: José Isidro García, Judith Alemán, José Efraín Aguilar Cárcamo, Denys Esperanza López y Abelardo Castro Avil. En San Pedro Sula, habría sido asesinado el abogado Pastor Enrique Guzmán y en la ciudad de Olancho los abogados Alfredo Geovani Moradel Ramos y Ana Mélida Hernández. En 2011, el Ministerio Público de Honduras habría recibido 10 nuevos casos de amenazas de muerte contra abogados. BRA 3/2012 11/04/2012 Brazil JAL Adequate housing; Extreme poverty; Health; 23 A/HRC/21/49 Alleged human rights violations committed during a specific police operation in São Paulo. According to the information received, since 3 January 2012, security forces at the São Paulo state level, in partnership with local authorities, have carried out operations in a central neighbourhood in São Paulo, unofficially named „Cracolândia‟, with the declared objective to combat drug trafficking. In spite of the declared aim, the vast majority of people displaced through these operations are allegedly not drug traffickers, but drug users and persons living in poverty.