Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
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ITA 1/2011
18/08/2011 Italy
JAL
Adequate
housing;
Racism;
Alleged forced evictions of Roma families in Rome. According to the information received, on
22 April 2011, around 166 Roma living in the Via Del Cluniacensi camp in Rome were
forcefully evicted. Two days after the evictions, local authorities reportedly provided temporary
alternative accommodation for the evicted communities for two to three months. . On 9 and 10
May around 247 persons were allegedly evicted by national and municipal police forces from
two Roma camps (via Candoni and via Salaria). Reportedly, on 17 May the police conducted
additional evictions in Via Candoni, of families who had returned to the camp and built new
shacks following the first eviction on 9 May. Allegedly, the evictions were implemented without
prior notification or consultation with the affected communities, and provisional alternative
accommodation was offered only to women and children.
15/11/2011
KGZ 4/2011
18/08/2011 Kyrgyz
JUA
Republic
Freedom of
expression;
Human rights
defenders;
Independence of
judges and
lawyers;
Allegations of violent attacks against lawyer. According to the information received, on 3 August
2011, Ms. Tatyana Tomina, a lawyer who had represented Uzbek nationals in the Kyrgyz
Republic, was subjected to abuse when she joined an Uzbek client at the Osh City Police
Department. On 2 August 2011, four women allegedly physically attacked her at Osh City Court,
where she was representing an Uzbek national on a charge concerning the ethnic violence of June
2010 and reportedly, later that day, the same group of women verbally attacked Ms. Tomina at a
pre-trial detention facility. On 10 May 2011, relatives of two Kyrgyz traffic police officers killed
in the June 2010 violence, allegedly verbally abused Ms. Tomina. On 2 September 2010, at the
trial hearing concerning the violence in June 2010, Ms. Tomina was reportedly hit by a piece of
glass which was thrown at the defendants by relatives of the victims.
A/HRC/19/44
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