Date Type 16/02/2016 JAL 16/02/2016 JAL Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted LAO 1/2016 Lao People's Democratic Republic Adequate housing; Business enterprises; Cultural Rights; Environment; Food; Health; Indigenous peoples; Alleged human rights violations associated with the Don Sahong dam development project of the lower Mekong River in the territory of Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 2 kilometres from the Laos-Cambodia border. According to the information received, the dam construction, operated by a Malaysian developer, Mega First, is likely to adversely affect approximately 29.7 million people residing both upstream and downstream from the Mekong dam in Lao PDR, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. Despite the anticipated risks, it is alleged that the project is proceeding without adequate environmental and human rights impact assessment and in the absence of meaningful consultations with the concerned population while posing a considerable threat to the livelihoods of people living in the area, particularly in relation to their right to an adequate standard of living, including the rights to adequate food and housing, the right to the highest standard of physical and mental health, cultural rights, the rights to information and participation, as well as the rights of indigenous peoples. A related communication was sent to the Government of Malaysia on 29 February 2016, see below, case no. MYS 1/2016, as well as to Mega First Corporation Berhad and the Mekong River Commission on 29 February 2016, see below, case nos. OTH 12/2016 and OTH 13/2016. OTH 1/2016 Other Business enterprises; Environment; Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Allegations of intimidation, in the form of a verbal threat, and harassment, against an environmental human rights defender following his complaints against the fourth independent power plant (IPP4) Al-Manakher Power Plant located in the east of Amman, Jordan. According to the information received, on 8 September and 24 November 2015, Mr. Farhan Issa Ahmed Al-Daboubi, a 60-year old engineer, was summoned by the authorities and questioned about his letters of complaint against IPP4. It is alleged that on 24 November 2015, after being detained for 24 hours, as a condition of release, the police requested Mr. AlDadoubi to sign a document committing him not to write to any international organization regarding the IPP4 Project and AES Levant Holding BV Jordan PSC. A related communication was sent to the Government of Jordan on 16 February 2016, see above, case no. JOR 2/2016. Reply 03/04/2016 A/HRC/32/53 77