Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply USA 4/2015 Discrimination 11/02/2015 United States of against women; JAL America Health; Violence against women; Allegations of retrogression in the enjoyment of the right to health, including reproductive health, and physical integrity by women and girls in Texas, United States of America. According to the information received, further to the implementation of the Texas House Bill 2 (HB2) relating to the regulation of abortion procedures, providers and facilities, of the 41 abortion clinics which were open in Texas in May 2013, only 17 remain open today. Most of these clinics are located in Texas’ five largest cities, which implies that access to safe abortion has been most severely curtailed for poor, rural, and immigrant women unable to travel to urban centres. Serious concern is expressed that HB2 and its implementation appears to gravely undermine women and girls’ enjoyment of their rights to health, including reproductive health, and physical integrity, in contravention of international human rights law and standards. EGY 3/2015 12/02/2015 Egypt AL 30/03/2015 Alleged violation of the right to adequate housing in the context of forced evictions 30/03/2015 carried out by the Egyptian military. According to the information received, the military began evicting residents of Rafah in late October 2014 in response to an attack on a military checkpoint in North Sinai and amidst growing security concerns. The evictions, implemented in two phases and still ongoing, appear to have been carried out without adequate notification and consultation as well as lack of adequate and timely compensation and provision of equal or better quality housing. It is understood that approximately 3,200 families will be evicted as a result of the first two eviction phases, with a strong possibility that further evictions will be carried out in the near future. With North Sinai being one of Egypt’s poorest districts, the affected families have long suffered neglect and discrimination on economic grounds. Adequate housing; A/HRC/29/50 54 Date Type