Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply SAU 9/2013 07/10/2013 Saudi Arabia JUA Arbitrary detention; Independence of judges and lawyers; Summary executions; Torture; Alleged risk of execution following proceedings that did not comply with fair trial standards. According to the information received, Mr Mabrook Ali Saleh Al Sai’ari, aged 43, was charged with murder in 2000, sentenced to four years and six months of imprisonment and 3500 lashes. The sentence was reportedly carried out, after which the defendant was released. However, at the request of the victim’s family, Mr Al Sai’ari was again arrested and placed in detention, for the same offence. In 2012, after seven years of detention without a legal basis, Mr Al Sai’ari was allegedly sentenced to death for the same crime. The proceedings against Mr Al Sai’ari did reportedly not comply with fair trial and due process requirements under international human rights law. The execution of Mr Al Sai’ari was scheduled for 8 September 2013, and later postponed. At the time of writing, the defendant remained at risk of being executed. NLD 2/2013 08/10/2013 Netherlands JAL Health; Torture; 05/12/2013 Alleged forced psychiatric interventions, including seclusion for various periods of time and forced medication without informed consent. According to the information received, between October 1994 and May 1997, Ms Johanna Christina Santegoeds, was transferred to various wards for adult and youth psychiatry located in Herlaarhof, Zilverlinden-5-Zuid and GGzE Eindhoven in the Netherlands. During her involuntary stay in these institutions, Ms Santegoeds was subjected to forced psychiatric interventions, including seclusion for various periods of time, forced medication without informed consent, and frequent forced body cavity searches often performed by men. Ms Santegoeds reportedly sustained many physical and psychological scars. A/HRC/25/74 103