Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply IND 9/2013 08/07/2013 India AL Indigenous peoples; 09/07/2013 Alleged recent removal of indigenous consent requirements in the context of infrastructure development projects affecting indigenous forest lands and resources. According to the information received, in February 2013, the Ministry of Environment and Forests allegedly revised previous policy orders that made consent by Gram Sabhas (local village councils) mandatory for projects that involve using forest lands for non-forest purposes such as commercial and development projects and activities. The Ministry of Environment and Forests reportedly created an exemption for consent requirements in the case of modifications to the use of forest lands for the development of what are termed “linear projects”. It is alleged that this consent exemption provision will negatively affect the rights of many indigenous peoples in India who are not “pre-agricultural communities” or “primitive tribal groups” but rather fall under the category of “Forest Dwelling Scheduled Tribes” or “other traditional forest dwellers”. It is feared that the removal of the consent requirement will facilitate the development of potentially damaging projects in traditional forestlands without prior consultation or consent of indigenous peoples. LBN 1/2013 08/07/2013 Liban UA Torture; Allégations portant sur des actes de torture et de mauvais traitements ayant été commis par les forces armées libanaises à l’encontre de MM. Adnan Al Awaja et Abdel Basset Barakat. Selon les informations reçues, le 24 juin 2013, M. Adnan Mohieddine Al Awja et M. Abdel Basset Mohamad Barakat, deux hommes parmi une trentaine de personnes détenues à la suite des affrontements armées qui ont secoué la ville de Saïda, les 23 et 24 juin dernier. Depuis leur arrestation le 24 juin 2013, il est allégué que les proches de MM. Al Awja et Barakat restent sans nouvelles sur leur sort alors que des témoignages de détenus remis en liberté laissent craindre qu’ils ne soient actuellement soumis à des tortures ou autres traitements cruels, inhumains et dégradants. A/HRC/25/74 36 Date Type