Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply SLE 1/2015 12/02/2015 Sierra Leone AL Discrimination against women; Allegations of discriminatory provisions against women contained in Sierra Leone’s nationality legislation. According to the information received, Sierra Leonean women continue to be denied the right to pass their nationality on to their children born outside of the country. While the Working Group on discrimination against women in law and in practice appreciated the detailed information provided by the Government in reply to communication SLE 2/2014 and welcomed the reforms that the Sierra Leone Citizenship (Amendment) Acts (Acts No. 13 of 1976 and No. 10 of 2006) introduced to the 1973 Act No. 4, the main legislation on citizenship, it would appreciate receiving additional information on what measures are eventually envisaged to redress this situation. It further encouraged the Government to ensure that the revisions of the Constitution expressly provide women with the same nationality rights as men. The initial communication on this subject was sent on 14 November 2014 and the Governments’ reply received on 12 December 2014, see A/HRC/28/85, case no. SLE 2/2014. THA 1/2015 12/02/2015 Thailand JUA Health; Torture; 17/02/2015 Allegations of continued arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment of several hundred of individuals in Thailand at risk of deportation. According to the information received, as of the end of December 2014, a group of approximately 350 individuals, mainly women and children, claiming to be Turks, continue to be held in various immigration detention centres (IDCs) and shelters of the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS) in Thailand. They reportedly remain at risk of imminent deportation to the People’s Republic of China, where they may face arbitrary detention, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and enforced disappearance. The conditions of detention, under which these individuals are currently being held in Thailand, are extremely poor, resulting in illness and, in at least one case, death. This group of individuals was the subject of a previous communication sent on 1 July 2014, see A/HRC/28/85, case no. THA 7/2014. A/HRC/29/50 57