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447 communications found
Date, Country,
Type and
ref. no. of
communication
Mandates Summary Replies
received
    23 Oct 2023
    Sri Lanka
    JOL
  • women and girls
  • cultural rights
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • sale of children
Information received concerning a Draft Bill for the Amendment of the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act No.13 of 1951 (MMDA), which, would it be adopted, would be contrary to international human rights norms.
Alleged victims: -
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27 Oct 2023
    22 Sep 2023
    Azerbaijan
    AL
  • cultural rights
Information received concerning the alleged recent destruction of and damage to many cultural heritage sites, the attempt to erase the traces of the presence of Armenians in the Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding regions and the discriminatory narrative against Armenians that seriously impact the cultural rights of Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Alleged victims: 120000
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    20 Sep 2023
    China
    JAL
  • minority issues
  • cultural rights
  • education
Information received regarding the widespread separation of children from their parents affecting the Uyghur minority in the Xinjiang region of China.
Alleged victims: 1
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    18 Sep 2023
    Italy
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • education
  • minority issues
Information received concerning the alleged lack of protection of the Resian language and identity, in the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Alleged victims: 1101
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    14 Sep 2023
    Belarus
    JAL
  • Belarus
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
Information received concerning the death in custody of Mr. Alés Puškin. Mr. Puškin was a famous Belarusian artist, who advocated for protecting the Belarusian language and held performances in protest against violations of freedom of expression and other civil rights. He also participated in peaceful mass protest actions against the results of the 2020 elections.
Alleged victims: 1
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    30 Aug 2023
    Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • religion or belief
  • women and girls
Information received concerning the new “Bill to Support the Family by Promoting the Culture of Chastity and Hijab”, fast tracked and voted by the Parliament on 13 August 2023.
Alleged victims: -
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    20 Jul 2023
    United States of America
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • Indigenous Peoples
Information received regarding the alleged violations of the human rights of the Newar Indigenous Peoples as well as the continued serious threats against human rights defenders due to the construction of the Chhaya Center business complex, developed by Chhaya Devi Complex Pvt. Ltd. in Thamel, in the central tourist district of Kathmandu, Nepal. The business complex houses a five-star hotel Aloft Kathmandu Thamel of US-based company Marriott International, among others.
Alleged victims: 2
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    20 Jul 2023
    Nepal
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • Indigenous Peoples
Information received regarding the alleged continued serious threats of displacement of Newar Indigenous Peoples and violations of their human rights due to the construction of the Chhaya Center business complex, developed by Chhaya Devi Complex Pvt in Thamel, in the central tourist district of Kathmandu, Nepal. Among others, the business complex houses a five-star hotel Aloft Kathmandu Thamel of US-based company Marriott International.
Alleged victims: 2
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    20 Jul 2023
    Marriot International
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • Indigenous Peoples
Information received regarding the alleged continued serious threats of displacement of Newar Indigenous Peoples and violations of their human rights due to the construction of the Chhaya Center business complex, developed by Chhaya Devi Complex Pvt in Thamel, in the central tourist district of Kathmandu, Nepal. Among others, the business complex houses a five-star hotel Aloft Kathmandu Thamel of US-based company Marriott International.
Alleged victims: 2
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    20 Jul 2023
    Chhaya Devi Complex Pvt. Ltd.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • Indigenous Peoples
Information received regarding the alleged violations of the human rights of the Newar Indigenous Peoples as well as continued serious threats against human rights defenders due to the construction of the Chhaya Center business complex, developed by Chhaya Devi Complex Pvt. Ltd. in Thamel, in the central tourist district of Kathmandu, Nepal. The business complex houses a five-star hotel Aloft Kathmandu Thamel of US-based company Marriott International, among others.
Alleged victims: 2
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    19 Jul 2023
    Estonia
    JAL
  • minority issues
  • cultural rights
  • education
Information received concerning legislative amendments severely limiting education in minority languages in Estonia through the mandatory transition of all pre-school and school institutions, including those operating in a minority language or bilingual institutions, to Estonian-language instruction.
Alleged victims: -
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14 Sep 2023
    26 Jun 2023
    Sri Lanka
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • religion or belief
Information received concerning the alleged arrest and arbitrary detention of a stand-up comedian and social activist, Ms. Nathasha Edirisooriya, which appears to be related to the exercise of her right to freedom of artistic expression and the misapplication of the International Covenant for Civil and Political Rights Act No. 56 of 2007. We have expressed our concerns about the misuse of the abovementioned law to punish individuals in connection with opinions and behaviours deemed offensive to religious feelings in a previous communication (LKA 3/2023). We take note of the intention expressed by your Excellency’s Government to reply to that communication by 4 July 2023, as expressed in your letter of 15 June 2023.
Alleged victims: 1
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22 Aug 2023
    26 Jun 2023
    China
    JAL
  • religion or belief
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • disappearances
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the arrest and alleged prolonged arbitrary detention of two Tibetan Buddhist monks, Mr. Rachung Gendun and Mr. Sonam Gyatso, as well as the alleged arbitrary detention and enforced disappearances of Tibetan Buddhists Mr. Lotse, Mr. Karma Samdup, Ms. Zumkar, and Ms. Youdon which appear to be related to the legitimate exercise of their rights to freedom of thought, conscience, religion, freedom of opinion and expression and cultural rights.
Alleged victims: 7
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31 Aug 2023
    21 Jun 2023
    Libyan National Army
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • housing
  • human rights defenders
  • internally displaced persons
Information received concerning the alleged forced evictions and demolition of many areas of Benghazi, including historic neighbourhoods, protected heritage sites and many residential units, as well as violence against, suppression of protests and arbitrary detention of residents and human rights defenders protesting against this destruction, in violation of the right to adequate housing, to freedom of expression, to freedom of peaceful assembly, to liberty and security of the person and of the cultural rights of the residents.
Alleged victims: 501
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    21 Jun 2023
    House of Representative
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • housing
  • human rights defenders
  • internally displaced persons
Information received concerning the alleged forced evictions and demolition of many areas of Benghazi, including historic neighbourhoods, protected heritage sites and many residential units, as well as violence against, suppression of protests and arbitrary detention of residents and human rights defenders protesting against this destruction, in violation of the right to adequate housing, to freedom of expression, to freedom of peaceful assembly, to liberty and security of the person and of the cultural rights of the residents.
Alleged victims: 501
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    19 May 2023
    Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • disappearances
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • torture
Information received concerning Mr. Toomaj Salehi, an Iranian musician who was violently arrested and is being detained for supporting the peaceful protests as well as for raising his voice through protest songs. Mr. Toomaj Salehi is charged with multiple counts, including “corruption on earth” (efsad-e fel arz), a capital offence under Iran’s strict interpretation of Islamic law and is therefore facing death penalty. He is also charged with spreading propaganda against the government, formation and management of illegal groups with the aim of undermining national security, collaboration with hostile government and spreading lies and inciting violence through cyberspace.
Alleged victims: 1
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31 Jul 2023
    17 May 2023
    Russian Federation
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • Russian Federation
  • truth
  • justice
  • reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
Information received concerning the alleged search of the homes of members of the Russian NGO “Memorial” as well as their offices, and the criminalization of Oleg Orlov in connection with his legitimate human rights work, the exercise of his freedom of expression and freedom of association.
Alleged victims: 2
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    09 May 2023
    Brazil
    JAL
  • religion or belief
  • cultural rights
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • minority issues
  • violence against women and girls
  • women and girls
Information received concerning allegations of systemic acts of violence, threats, harassment, and discrimination against Guarani and Kaiowá indigenous peoples in Mato Grosso do Sul, particularly women spiritual leaders, which appear to be related to the legitimate exercise of their rights to freedom of expression, freedom of religion or belief as well as their cultural rights.
Alleged victims: 6
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10 Jul 2023
21 Jul 2023
29 Aug 2023
    27 Mar 2023
    Guyana
    JAL
  • African Descent
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • education
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • health
  • housing
  • minority issues
  • racism
  • religion or belief
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • violence against women and girls
  • women and girls
Information received on the delicate and deteriorating situation of human rights of people of African descent in Guyana, who live on the fringes of society and suffer from numerous violations of their fundamental rights.
Alleged victims: 3
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09 May 2023
25 May 2023
25 May 2023
25 May 2023
25 May 2023
25 May 2023
25 May 2023
25 May 2023
25 May 2023
25 May 2023
25 May 2023
25 May 2023
25 May 2023
25 May 2023
    23 Feb 2023
    Namibia
    JAL
  • truth
  • justice
  • reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
  • cultural rights
  • executions
  • housing
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • racism
  • violence against women and girls
Information received concerning the alleged lack of meaningful participation, through self-elected representatives, of the Ovaherero and Nama peoples in the negotiations leading to the issuance of the “Joint Declaration by the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Namibia: United in remembrance of our colonial past, united in our will to reconcile, united in our vision of the future”, as well as the lack of effective reparative measures afforded to them, including an unqualified recognition of the genocide committed against these communities in the former German Southwest Africa colony between 1904 and 1908.
Alleged victims: 93501
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01 May 2023
30 May 2023
    23 Feb 2023
    Germany
    JAL
  • truth
  • justice
  • reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
  • cultural rights
  • executions
  • housing
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • racism
  • violence against women and girls
Information received concerning the alleged lack of meaningful participation, through self-elected representatives, of the Ovaherero and Nama peoples in the negotiations leading to the issuance of the “Joint Declaration by the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Namibia: United in remembrance of our colonial past, united in our will to reconcile, united in our vision of the future”, as well as the lack of effective reparative measures afforded to them, including an unqualified recognition of the genocide committed against these communities in the former German Southwest Africa colony between 1904 and 1908.
Alleged victims: 93501
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12 Apr 2023
01 Jun 2023
01 Jun 2023
01 Jun 2023
    21 Feb 2023
    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    JAL
  • minority issues
  • African Descent
  • cultural rights
  • racism
  • truth
  • justice
  • reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
Information received regarding continuous forced displacement of the Chagossian people and lack of their effective participation in the decision-making concerning their homeland – Chagos Islands.
Alleged victims: -
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24 Apr 2023
    21 Feb 2023
    Mauritius
    JAL
  • minority issues
  • African Descent
  • cultural rights
  • racism
  • truth
  • justice
  • reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
Information received regarding continuous forced displacement of the Chagossian people and lack of their effective participation in the decision-making concerning their homeland – Chagos Islands and to reference an earlier communication (AL MUS 3/2020) on the cultural, social and economic barriers encountered by the exiled Chagossian people living in Mauritius.
Alleged victims: -
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14 Apr 2023
    06 Feb 2023
    China
    JAL
  • slavery
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • minority issues
  • racism
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning the extensive labor transfer program in the Tibetan Autonomous Region, placing rural workers into low-skilled and low-paid industrial jobs, allegedly eroding Tibetan minority languages, cultural practices, and religion.
Alleged victims: 1
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04 Apr 2023
    13 Jan 2023
    United States of America
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • violence against women and girls
Information received concerning serious risks posed to Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the context of oil and gas projects in British Columbia, Canada. Of particular concern are allegations of ongoing violations and abuses against Wet’suwet’en Indigenous Peoples and communities related to the development of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project, as well as the human rights violations of land rights defenders peacefully demonstrating against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline under construction that was approved in 2018 without the consent of the impacted Indigenous Peoples represented by the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs.
Alleged victims: 1
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    13 Jan 2023
    TCenergy
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • violence against women and girls
Information received concerning serious risks posed to Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the context of oil and gas projects in British Columbia, Canada. Of particular concern are allegations of ongoing violations and abuses against Wet’suwet’en Indigenous Peoples and communities related to the development of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project, as well as the human rights violations of land rights defenders peacefully demonstrating against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline under construction that was approved in 2018 without the consent of the impacted Indigenous Peoples represented by the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs.
Alleged victims: 1
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10 Mar 2023
10 Mar 2023
    13 Jan 2023
    Surerus Murphy Joint Venture
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • violence against women and girls
Information received concerning serious risks posed to Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the context of oil and gas projects in British Columbia, Canada. Of particular concern are allegations of ongoing violations and abuses against Wet’suwet’en Indigenous Peoples and communities related to the development of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project, as well as the human rights violations of land rights defenders peacefully demonstrating against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline under construction that was approved in 2018 without the consent of the impacted Indigenous Peoples represented by the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs.
Alleged victims: 1
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    13 Jan 2023
    SA Energy Group
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • violence against women and girls
Information received concerning serious risks posed to Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the context of oil and gas projects in British Columbia, Canada. Of particular concern are allegations of ongoing violations and abuses against Wet’suwet’en Indigenous Peoples and communities related to the development of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project, as well as the human rights violations of land rights defenders peacefully demonstrating against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline under construction that was approved in 2018 without the consent of the impacted Indigenous Peoples represented by the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs.
Alleged victims: 1
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    13 Jan 2023
    Royal Dutch Shell
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • violence against women and girls
Information received concerning serious risks posed to Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the context of oil and gas projects in British Columbia, Canada. Of particular concern are allegations of ongoing violations and abuses against Wet’suwet’en Indigenous Peoples and communities related to the development of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project, as well as the human rights violations of land rights defenders peacefully demonstrating against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline under construction that was approved in 2018 without the consent of the impacted Indigenous Peoples represented by the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs.
Alleged victims: 1
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    13 Jan 2023
    Republic of Korea
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • violence against women and girls
Information received concerning serious risks posed to indigenous peoples’ rights in the context of oil and gas projects in British Columbia, Canada. Of particular concern are allegations of ongoing violations and abuses against Wet’suwet’en indigenous peoples and communities related to the development of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project, as well as the human rights violations of land rights defenders peacefully demonstrating against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline under construction that was approved in 2018 without the consent of the impacted indigenous peoples represented by the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs.
Alleged victims: 1
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20 Mar 2023
    13 Jan 2023
    Petronas
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • violence against women and girls
Information received concerning serious risks posed to Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the context of oil and gas projects in British Columbia, Canada. Of particular concern are allegations of ongoing violations and abuses against Wet’suwet’en Indigenous Peoples and communities related to the development of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project, as well as the human rights violations of land rights defenders peacefully demonstrating against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline under construction that was approved in 2018 without the consent of the impacted Indigenous Peoples represented by the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs.
Alleged victims: 1
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    13 Jan 2023
    Petrochina
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • violence against women and girls
Information received concerning serious risks posed to Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the context of oil and gas projects in British Columbia, Canada. Of particular concern are allegations of ongoing violations and abuses against Wet’suwet’en Indigenous Peoples and communities related to the development of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project, as well as the human rights violations of land rights defenders peacefully demonstrating against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline under construction that was approved in 2018 without the consent of the impacted Indigenous Peoples represented by the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs.
Alleged victims: 1
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    13 Jan 2023
    Pacific Atlantic Pipeline Construction Inc.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • violence against women and girls
Information received concerning serious risks posed to Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the context of oil and gas projects in British Columbia, Canada. Of particular concern are allegations of ongoing violations and abuses against Wet’suwet’en Indigenous Peoples and communities related to the development of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project, as well as the human rights violations of land rights defenders peacefully demonstrating against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline under construction that was approved in 2018 without the consent of the impacted Indigenous Peoples represented by the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs.
Alleged victims: 1
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    13 Jan 2023
    O.J. Pipelines Canada
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • violence against women and girls
Information received concerning serious risks posed to Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the context of oil and gas projects in British Columbia, Canada. Of particular concern are allegations of ongoing violations and abuses against Wet’suwet’en Indigenous Peoples and communities related to the development of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project, as well as the human rights violations of land rights defenders peacefully demonstrating against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline under construction that was approved in 2018 without the consent of the impacted Indigenous Peoples represented by the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs.
Alleged victims: 1
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    13 Jan 2023
    Netherlands
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • violence against women and girls
Information received concerning serious risks posed to Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the context of oil and gas projects in British Columbia, Canada. Of particular concern are allegations of ongoing violations and abuses against Wet’suwet’en Indigenous Peoples and communities related to the development of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project, as well as the human rights violations of land rights defenders peacefully demonstrating against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline under construction that was approved in 2018 without the consent of the impacted Indigenous Peoples represented by the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs.
Alleged victims: 1
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08 Mar 2023
    13 Jan 2023
    Mitsubishi Corporation
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • violence against women and girls
Information received concerning serious risks posed to Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the context of oil and gas projects in British Columbia, Canada. Of particular concern are allegations of ongoing violations and abuses against Wet’suwet’en Indigenous Peoples and communities related to the development of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project, as well as the human rights violations of land rights defenders peacefully demonstrating against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline under construction that was approved in 2018 without the consent of the impacted Indigenous Peoples represented by the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs.
Alleged victims: 1
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    13 Jan 2023
    Malaysia
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • violence against women and girls
Information received concerning serious risks posed to Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the context of oil and gas projects in British Columbia, Canada. Of particular concern are allegations of ongoing violations and abuses against Wet’suwet’en Indigenous Peoples and communities related to the development of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project, as well as the human rights violations of land rights defenders peacefully demonstrating against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline under construction that was approved in 2018 without the consent of the impacted Indigenous Peoples represented by the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs.
Alleged victims: 1
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    13 Jan 2023
    Macro Spiecapag Joint Venture
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • violence against women and girls
Information received concerning serious risks posed to Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the context of oil and gas projects in British Columbia, Canada. Of particular concern are allegations of ongoing violations and abuses against Wet’suwet’en Indigenous Peoples and communities related to the development of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project, as well as the human rights violations of land rights defenders peacefully demonstrating against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline under construction that was approved in 2018 without the consent of the impacted Indigenous Peoples represented by the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs.
Alleged victims: 1
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    13 Jan 2023
    LNG Canada Joint Venture
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • violence against women and girls
Information received concerning serious risks posed to Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the context of oil and gas projects in British Columbia, Canada. Of particular concern are allegations of ongoing violations and abuses against Wet’suwet’en Indigenous Peoples and communities related to the development of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project, as well as the human rights violations of land rights defenders peacefully demonstrating against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline under construction that was approved in 2018 without the consent of the impacted Indigenous Peoples represented by the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs.
Alleged victims: 1
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13 Mar 2023
    13 Jan 2023
    Ledcor Group
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • violence against women and girls
Information received concerning serious risks posed to Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the context of oil and gas projects in British Columbia, Canada. Of particular concern are allegations of ongoing violations and abuses against Wet’suwet’en Indigenous Peoples and communities related to the development of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project, as well as the human rights violations of land rights defenders peacefully demonstrating against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline under construction that was approved in 2018 without the consent of the impacted Indigenous Peoples represented by the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs.
Alleged victims: 1
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    13 Jan 2023
    Korea Gas Corporation
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • violence against women and girls
Information received concerning serious risks posed to Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the context of oil and gas projects in British Columbia, Canada. Of particular concern are allegations of ongoing violations and abuses against Wet’suwet’en Indigenous Peoples and communities related to the development of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project, as well as the human rights violations of land rights defenders peacefully demonstrating against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline under construction that was approved in 2018 without the consent of the impacted Indigenous Peoples represented by the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs.
Alleged victims: 1
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    13 Jan 2023
    Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • violence against women and girls
Information received concerning serious risks posed to Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the context of oil and gas projects in British Columbia, Canada. Of particular concern are allegations of ongoing violations and abuses against Wet’suwet’en Indigenous Peoples and communities related to the development of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project, as well as the human rights violations of land rights defenders peacefully demonstrating against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline under construction that was approved in 2018 without the consent of the impacted Indigenous Peoples represented by the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs.
Alleged victims: 1
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10 Apr 2023
    13 Jan 2023
    Japan
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • violence against women and girls
Information received concerning serious risks posed to indigenous peoples’ rights in the context of oil and gas projects in British Columbia, Canada. Of particular concern are allegations of ongoing violations and abuses against Wet’suwet’en indigenous peoples and communities related to the development of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project, as well as the human rights violations of land rights defenders peacefully demonstrating against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline under construction that was approved in 2018 without the consent of the impacted indigenous peoples represented by the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs.
Alleged victims: 1
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10 Mar 2023
    13 Jan 2023
    China
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • violence against women and girls
Information received concerning serious risks posed to indigenous peoples’ rights in the context of oil and gas projects in British Columbia, Canada. Of particular concern are allegations of ongoing violations and abuses against Wet’suwet’en indigenous peoples and communities related to the development of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project, as well as the human rights violations of land rights defenders peacefully demonstrating against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline under construction that was approved in 2018 without the consent of the impacted indigenous peoples represented by the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs.
Alleged victims: 1
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    13 Jan 2023
    Canada
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  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • violence against women and girls
Information received concerning serious risks posed to Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the context of oil and gas projects in British Columbia, Canada. Of particular concern are allegations of ongoing violations and abuses against Wet’suwet’en Indigenous Peoples and communities related to the development of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project, as well as the human rights violations of land rights defenders peacefully demonstrating against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline under construction that was approved in 2018 without the consent of the impacted Indigenous Peoples represented by the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs.
Alleged victims: 1
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12 May 2023
    13 Jan 2023
    Alberta Investment Management Corporation
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  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • violence against women and girls
Information received concerning serious risks posed to Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the context of oil and gas projects in British Columbia, Canada. Of particular concern are allegations of ongoing violations and abuses against Wet’suwet’en Indigenous Peoples and communities related to the development of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project, as well as the human rights violations of land rights defenders peacefully demonstrating against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline under construction that was approved in 2018 without the consent of the impacted Indigenous Peoples represented by the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs.
Alleged victims: 1
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    13 Jan 2023
    AECON Group Inc.
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  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • violence against women and girls
Information received concerning serious risks posed to Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the context of oil and gas projects in British Columbia, Canada. Of particular concern are allegations of ongoing violations and abuses against Wet’suwet’en Indigenous Peoples and communities related to the development of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project, as well as the human rights violations of land rights defenders peacefully demonstrating against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline under construction that was approved in 2018 without the consent of the impacted Indigenous Peoples represented by the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs.
Alleged victims: 1
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    29 Dec 2022
    Twitter Inc.
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  • African Descent
  • business
  • climate change
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • education
  • food
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • internally displaced persons
  • international order
  • international solidarity
  • mercenaries
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • racism
  • terrorism
  • violence against women and girls
  • women and girls
Information received regarding harmful impact of hate speech, incitement to hatred and racism targeting people of African descent and spreading on social media such as Twitter. It is especially alarming given the inadequacy of the responses and solutions put in place to counter them.
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    29 Dec 2022
    Google
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  • African Descent
  • business
  • climate change
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • education
  • food
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • internally displaced persons
  • international order
  • international solidarity
  • mercenaries
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • racism
  • terrorism
  • violence against women and girls
  • women and girls
Information received regarding the harmful impact of hate speech, incitement to hatred and racism targeting people of African descent and spreading on social media. It is especially alarming given the inadequacy of the responses and solutions put in place to counter them.
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    29 Dec 2022
    Facebook
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  • African Descent
  • business
  • climate change
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • education
  • food
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • internally displaced persons
  • international order
  • international solidarity
  • mercenaries
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • racism
  • terrorism
  • violence against women and girls
  • women and girls
Information received regarding harmful impact of hate speech, incitement to hatred and racism targeting people of African descent and spreading on social media such as Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. It is especially alarming given the inadequacy of the responses and solutions put in place to counter them.
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    29 Dec 2022
    Apple
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  • African Descent
  • business
  • climate change
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • education
  • food
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • internally displaced persons
  • international order
  • international solidarity
  • mercenaries
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • racism
  • terrorism
  • violence against women and girls
  • women and girls
Information received regarding the harmful impact of hate speech, including misogynistic hate speech, incitement to hatred and racism targeting people of African descent and spreading on social media, especially alarming given the inadequacy of the responses and solutions put in place to counter them.
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13 Mar 2023
    20 Dec 2022
    Russian Federation
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  • cultural rights
  • education
  • religion or belief
Information received concerning the destruction of and damage to many sites, institutions and objects of cultural, historical and religious importance in Ukraine, the continued denigration of the history and identity of Ukrainian people as a justification for war and hatred, and the attacks against the Ukrainian culture, history and language in an effort to erase them from the physical and symbolic landscapes of Ukrainian territory occupied by the Russian Federation.
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    19 Dec 2022
    China
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  • terrorism
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • disappearances
  • education
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • health
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
  • women and girls
Follow-up on our engagement the Chinese Government since 2017, in particular regarding the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). We thank the Government for the detailed responses provided to some of our communications and the information received through the China Human Rights Newsletter that your representation in Geneva shares with different stakeholders, including Special Procedures.
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07 Mar 2023
    02 Dec 2022
    Yemen
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  • women and girls
  • cultural rights
  • education
  • health
  • religion or belief
  • violence against women and girls
Information concerning the mass civilian harm caused by the Ansar Allah movement (or the Houthi movement, the de facto authority in Sana'a and northern Yemen), in particular in relation to the systematic violations of women’s and girls’ rights in the context of the armed conflict including the restriction of women travelling without a male guardian (mahram), prevention of access to reproductive health care, prevention from working, gender segregation in public spaces and the reinforcement of discriminatory misogynistic attitudes .
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    02 Dec 2022
    Mr. Hisham Sharaf.
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  • women and girls
  • cultural rights
  • education
  • health
  • religion or belief
  • violence against women and girls
Information concerning the mass civilian harm caused by the Ansar Allah movement (or the Houthi movement, the de facto authority in Sana'a and northern Yemen), in particular in relation to the systematic violations of women’s and girls’ rights in the context of the armed conflict including the restriction of women travelling without a male guardian (mahram), prevention of access to reproductive health care, prevention from working, gender segregation in public spaces and the reinforcement of discriminatory misogynistic attitudes .
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20 Feb 2023
    30 Nov 2022
    Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • torture
Information received concerning the alleged arbitrary arrest and detention of rapper Toomaj Salehi, and the subsequent acts of torture inflicted upon him, in connection with his songs critical of the Iranian authorities Information has also been received on other artists arbitrarily arrested in October and November 2022, some of them still detained, for protesting against the Iranian authorities, particularly for the recent death of Masha Amini, and for expressing their desire for freedom.
Alleged victims: 1
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27 Jan 2023
    29 Nov 2022
    United States of America
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  • cultural rights
  • terrorism
Information concerning allegations of undue impediments to accessibility and ownership of artwork produced by current and former detainees at the Guantánamo Bay detention facility that appear to contravene the rights to free artistic expression, to take part in cultural life, and to benefit from the protection of moral and material benefits resulting from artistic production.
Alleged victims: 5
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01 May 2023
    25 Nov 2022
    Indonesia
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  • women and girls
  • cultural rights
  • health
  • religion or belief
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • violence against women and girls
Information received regarding the proposed amendments to the Indonesian Criminal Code, Rivisi Kitab Undang-undang Hukum Pidana (RKUHP) that would further criminalize abortion, discriminate against women and girls, religious or belief minorities and LGBT persons, punish extramarital sex and live-in relationships and hamper the freedoms of expression, religion or belief and association.
Alleged victims: -
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14 Feb 2023
    15 Nov 2022
    Colombia
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  • housing
  • African Descent
  • climate change
  • cultural rights
  • food
  • health
  • internally displaced persons
Información recibida en relación con la crisis humanitaria y ambiental que padece el pueblo Raizal de las islas de Vieja Providencia y Santa Catalina, pertenecientes al Archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, tras el paso de los huracanes Eta e Iota en noviembre de 2020. Casi dos años después del paso y daños causados por los huracanes, la población de la isla de 5000 personas, de la cual 4500 indígenas Raizales, sigue necesitando urgentemente ayuda para el restablecimiento de todas sus necesidades básicas afectadas, como: alojamiento, atención sanitaria, agua, saneamiento y alimentos. Los esfuerzos de reconstrucción del Gobierno, se están llevando a cabo sin tomar en cuenta las aspiraciones y las recomendaciones del pueblo raizal y de sus autoridades, ignorando su forma de vida y sus costumbres, así como el clima de las islas. Debido a la insuficiente adecuación de las nuevas viviendas a las condiciones climáticas de las islas, la situación queda crítica y conlleva el riesgo que las personas interesadas se desplacen de nuevo y se queden sin hogar cuando golpee el próximo huracán. Además, la prioridad acordada a las necesidades militares y de desarrollo económico sobre la satisfacción de las necesidades inmediatas de la población en términos de vivienda, alimentos, agua potable y saneamiento, y un medio ambiente limpio, significa una presión importante sobre el espacio vital de los Raizales que afecta negativamente su autodeterminación, sus derechos culturales y su derecho al desarrollo, con graves repercusiones sobre su sobrevivencia en tanto que pueblo.
Alleged victims: 4501
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13 Jan 2023
13 Jan 2023
    11 Nov 2022
    China
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  • minority issues
  • cultural rights
  • education
  • religion or belief
Information received concerning what appears to amount to a policy of acculturation and assimilation of the Tibetan culture into the dominant Han-Chinese majority, through a series of oppressive actions against Tibetan educational, religious and linguistic institutions, in contradiction with the right to freedom of religion and belief, the right to education and cultural rights of the Tibetan people.
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29 Jan 2023
01 Mar 2023
    07 Nov 2022
    Mexico
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  • health
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • food
Información recibida en relación con las resoluciones que tomará la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación sobre las pretensiones presentadas en el Amparo de revisión 358/2022, que impugnan los artículos 212 y 215 de la Ley General de Salud, así como la Modificación de la Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010, Especificaciones generales de etiquetado para alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas preenvasados – Información comercial y sanitaria publicada el 5 de abril de 2020.
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    19 Oct 2022
    United States of America
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  • business
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • housing
  • human rights defenders
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • racism
Information received regarding the alleged continuing actual and potential human rights impacts of the Mayan Train Development Project (the Project) and the lack of substantive measures from the Mexican Government and involved businesses to prevent, mitigate and redress them.
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    19 Oct 2022
    Spain
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  • business
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • housing
  • human rights defenders
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • racism
Información recibida en relación con afectaciones reales y potenciales del Proyecto de Desarrollo del Tren Mayaen materia de derechos humanos, , involucranda empresas domiciliadas en Espana , y la falta de medidas significativas por parte del Gobierno Mexicano y las empresas para prevenir, mitigar y repararlas.
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15 Dec 2022
    19 Oct 2022
    Operadora Cisca y Casco
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  • business
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • housing
  • human rights defenders
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • racism
Información recibida en relación con las afectaciones reales y potenciales del Proyecto de Desarrollo del Tren Maya en materia de derechos humanos y la falta de medidas significativas por parte del Gobierno Mexicano y las empresas involucradas para prevenir, mitigar y repararlas.
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22 Nov 2022
    19 Oct 2022
    Mota-Engil
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  • business
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • housing
  • human rights defenders
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • racism
Información recibida en relación con las afectaciones reales y potenciales del Proyecto de Desarrollo del Tren Maya en materia de derechos humanos y la falta de medidas significativas por parte del Gobierno y las empresas para prevenir, mitigar y repararlas.
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    19 Oct 2022
    Mexico
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  • business
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  • development
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • housing
  • human rights defenders
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • racism
Información recibida sobre la continuación de las afectaciones reales y potenciales del Proyecto de Desarrollo del Tren Maya en materia de derechos humanos y la falta de medidas significativas por parte del Gobierno para prevenir, mitigar y repararlas.
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08 Dec 2022
    19 Oct 2022
    JP Morgan
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  • cultural rights
  • development
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • housing
  • human rights defenders
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • racism
Information received regarding the actual and potential human rights impacts of the Mayan Train Development Project and the lack of meaningful measures from the Mexican Government and the involved businesses to prevent, mitigate and redress them.
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    19 Oct 2022
    Grupo Indi
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  • business
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • housing
  • human rights defenders
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • racism
Información recibida en relación con las afectaciones reales y potenciales del Proyecto de Desarrollo del Tren Maya en materia de derechos humanos y la falta de medidas significativas por parte del Gobierno Mexicano y de las empresas involucradas para prevenir, mitigar y repararlas.
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    19 Oct 2022
    Grupo Azvi
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  • business
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • housing
  • human rights defenders
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • racism
Información recibida en relación a la continuación de las afectaciones reales y potenciales del Proyecto de Desarrollo del Tren Maya en materia de derechos humanos y la falta de medidas sustantivas por parte del Gobierno Mexicano y de las empresas involucradas para prevenir, mitigar y repararlas. En septiembre de 2020, varios de las y los expertos de la ONU que le dirigen esa carta ya habían manifestado su preocupación en relación con los posibles impactos del proyecto para los Pueblos y comunidades Indígenas.
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    19 Oct 2022
    FCC Construcción
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  • business
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • housing
  • human rights defenders
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • racism
Información recibida en relación con las afectaciones reales y potenciales del Proyecto de Desarrollo del Tren Maya en materia de derechos humanos y la falta de medidas significativas por parte del Gobierno Mexicano y de las empresas involucradas para prevenir, mitigar y repararlas.
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    19 Oct 2022
    China Communications Construction Company, Ltd.
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  • business
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • housing
  • human rights defenders
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • racism
Information received concerning the alleged continuing actual and potential human rights impacts of the Mayan Train Development Project (the Project) and the lack of substantive measures from the Mexican Government and involved businesses to prevent, mitigate and redress them.
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    19 Oct 2022
    China
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  • business
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • housing
  • human rights defenders
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • racism
Information received regarding the actual and potential human rights impacts of the Mayan Train Development Project and the lack of meaningful measures from the government of Mexico and the involved businesses to prevent, mitigate and redress them.
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    19 Oct 2022
    BlackRock Inc.
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  • business
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • environment
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • housing
  • human rights defenders
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • racism
Information received regarding the actual and potential human rights impacts of the Mayan Train Development Project and the lack of meaningful measures from the Mexican Government and involved businesses to prevent, mitigate and redress them.
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    18 Oct 2022
    Viet Nam
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  • Indigenous Peoples
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • education
  • health
  • human rights defenders
  • religion or belief
Information concerning the alleged failure of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to recognize the right to self-determination of the Khmer Krom Indigenous Peoples who live mainly in the Mekong Delta region, in the South-West of Viet Nam, as well as the alleged violation of their rights to freedom of expression, association, health, food, water, housing, a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment, freedom of religion or belief, as well as their linguistic and cultural rights.
Alleged victims: 5
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10 May 2023
    28 Sep 2022
    Latvia
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  • minority issues
  • cultural rights
  • education
Information received concerning a bill severely limiting education in minority languages of Latvia through the requirement that all pre-school and school institutions, including those operating in minority-language or bilingual institutions, transition to Latvian-language instruction. Those amendments, in addition, were developed without effective and meaningful participation of the affected minorities.
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23 Dec 2022
23 Dec 2022
    22 Sep 2022
    Woodside Energy
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  • climate change
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • indigenous peoples
  • toxics and human rights
Information received concerning a fossil fuel project causing damage to indigenous sacred art and songlines in Murujuga and a further expansion of the use of fossil fuels contrary to obligations under the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Alleged victims: -
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12 Oct 2022
15 Nov 2022
21 Nov 2022
    22 Sep 2022
    Perdaman
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  • climate change
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • indigenous peoples
  • toxics and human rights
Information received concerning a fossil fuel project causing damage to indigenous sacred art and songlines in Murujuga and a further expansion of the use of fossil fuels contrary to obligations under the Paris Agreement on climate change.
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25 Nov 2022
    22 Sep 2022
    India
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  • violence against women and girls
  • cultural rights
  • human rights defenders
  • minority issues
  • privacy
  • religion or belief
  • women and girls
Information received concerning the systematic and serious risk of gender-based violence online that three Indian women belonging to the Muslim religious minority have been experiencing.
Alleged victims: 3
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    22 Sep 2022
    BHP
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  • climate change
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • indigenous peoples
  • toxics and human rights
Information received concerning a fossil fuel project causing damage to indigenous sacred art and songlines in Murujuga and a further expansion of the use of fossil fuels contrary to obligations under the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Alleged victims: -
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21 Nov 2022
    22 Sep 2022
    Australia
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  • climate change
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • indigenous peoples
  • toxics and human rights
Information received concerning a fossil fuel project causing damage to indigenous sacred art and songlines in Murujuga and a further expansion of the use of fossil fuels contrary to obligations under the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Alleged victims: -
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21 Nov 2022
    14 Sep 2022
    International Olympic Committee
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  • cultural rights
  • racism
Information received concerning the decisions taken by the Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee imposing and recommending sanctions on Russian and Belarusian athletes.
Alleged victims: -
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01 Nov 2022
11 Nov 2022
    31 Aug 2022
    Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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  • cultural rights
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • international solidarity
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • religion or belief
Information received concerning the fatwa issued against the author Salman Rushdie and the publishers of his book “The Satanic Verses”, calling for their killing on the basis of blasphemy.
Alleged victims: 1
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08 Nov 2022
    29 Jul 2022
    Israel
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  • Palestinian territories occupied since 1967
  • cultural rights
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
Information received concerning the allegations of arbitrary killing of a Palestinian-American journalist, Ms. Shireen Abu Akleh, excessive use of force against Palestinians attending her funeral procession, and attacks and harrassment against Palestinians holding Palestinian flags.
Alleged victims: 2
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    25 Jul 2022
    Nicaragua
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  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • environment
  • food
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • health
  • human rights defenders
  • indigenous peoples
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • terrorism
  • women and girls
Información recibida sobre los alegatos de severas limitaciones al derecho a la libertad de asociación a través de la cancelación de la personalidad jurídica de al menos 700 organizaciones de la sociedad civil desde 2018, de ellas, 487 asociaciones solo en junio del año en curso.
Alleged victims: 6
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    22 Jun 2022
    United States of America
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  • unilateral coercive measures
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • international solidarity
Information received concerning serious challenges faced by scholars and authors in accessing scientific publication processes due to the imposed restrictions under US sanctions and regulations on publishing and other activities and their interpretation by the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Alleged victims: -
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    22 Jun 2022
    Taylor & Francis
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  • unilateral coercive measures
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • international solidarity
Information received concerning serious challenges faced by scholars and authors in accessing scientific publication processes due to the imposed restrictions under US sanctions and regulations on publishing and other activities and their interpretation by the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Alleged victims: -
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    22 Jun 2022
    John Wiley & Sons, Inc
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  • unilateral coercive measures
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • international solidarity
Information received concerning serious challenges faced by scholars and authors in accessing scientific publication processes due to the imposed restrictions under US sanctions and regulations on publishing and other activities and their interpretation by the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Alleged victims: -
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17 Aug 2022
    22 Jun 2022
    Elsevier
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  • unilateral coercive measures
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • international solidarity
Information received concerning serious challenges faced by scholars and authors in accessing scientific publication processes due to the imposed restrictions under US sanctions and regulations on publishing and other activities and their interpretation by the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Alleged victims: -
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    22 Jun 2022
    Atlantis Press
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  • unilateral coercive measures
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • international solidarity
Information received concerning serious challenges faced by scholars and authors in accessing scientific publication processes due to the imposed restrictions under US sanctions and regulations on publishing and other activities and their interpretation by the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Alleged victims: -
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    21 Jun 2022
    India
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  • cultural rights
  • religion or belief
  • violence against women
  • women and girls
Information received concerning an order of the Karnataka State’s Government and subsequent ruling of the Supreme Court of Karnataka State allowing Pre-University Colleges (PUCs) to prohibit women and girl students from wearing hijab. We are concerned that both the order and the ruling may fail to meet India’s obligations under international human rights law.
Alleged victims: -
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    15 Jun 2022
    Brazil
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  • toxics and human rights
  • African Descent
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • food
  • health
  • indigenous peoples
  • older persons
  • water and sanitation
  • women and girls
Information received concerning draft bill PL 6299/2002 (the so-called “poison package” or “poison bill”) which, after more than 20 years of review, was passed by the House of Representatives in less than four hours of debate on February 9, 2022. The Act, if passed by the Senate, would weaken regulations governing the approval, use and monitoring of pesticides in Brazil, exposing farmers, workers, indigenous peoples and peasant communities to hazardous substances. The draft bill would also allow the use of carcinogenic pesticides, as well as pesticides with a higher risk of reproductive and hormonal problems and malformations in babies. In addition, it would contravene the current measures and commitments your Excellency’s Government has taken to set out clear expectations of responsible business conduct, including respect for human rights.
Alleged victims: 1
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    31 May 2022
    France
    JOL
  • minority issues
  • cultural rights
  • education
Commentaires et suggestions à propos de la décision du Conseil constitutionnel du 21 mai 2021 concernant l’enseignement en « langues régionales ». Nous craignons que l'adoption et l'application de cette décision puissent entraîner des atteintes importantes aux droits humains des minorités linguistiques en France.
Alleged victims: -
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    23 May 2022
    Cuba
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
Información recibida en relación con la detención continua del defensor de derechos humanos Sr. Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara que lleva más de 10 meses en prisión preventiva.
Alleged victims: 1
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12 Sep 2022
    05 May 2022
    Israel
    JOL
  • terrorism
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • minority issues
  • Palestinian territories occupied since 1967
  • privacy
  • racism
  • women and girls
Information received concerning Counter-Terrorism Law 5776-2016 and related regulations and orders.
Alleged victims: -
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    22 Apr 2022
    Israel
    JAL
  • minority issues
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • racism
Information received concerning the recent confrontations between members of the Bedouin minority from the Naqab region and the Israeli police.
Alleged victims: -
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    03 Mar 2022
    Chad
    JAL
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
The authorities are aware of certain deaths which is proven by death certificates issued by the government.
Alleged victims: 35
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11 May 2022
    17 Feb 2022
    China
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • arbitrary Detention
  • disappearances
  • education
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • minority issues
Information received regarding the arrest, detention and subsequent enforced disappearance of Tibetan writer Mr. Lobsang Lhundup (pen name of Dhi Lhaden), musician Mr. Lhundrup Drakpa, and teacher Ms. Rinchen Kyi, allegedly in connection with their cultural activities in favour of the Tibetan minority language and culture.
Alleged victims: 3
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14 Apr 2022
    10 Feb 2022
    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    JOL
  • minority issues
  • cultural rights
  • housing
Concerns about the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill and its compatibility with the State’s international human rights law obligations, including the prohibition of discrimination and the rights of minorities.
Alleged victims: -
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08 Apr 2022
    09 Feb 2022
    United Republic of Tanzania
    JAL
  • housing
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • food
  • indigenous peoples
  • internally displaced persons
  • poverty
  • water and sanitation
Information received concerning plans for resettlement, forced evictions, home demolitions and additional restrictions to livelihood, which are due to affect by 2027 some 82,000 residents of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, including indigenous Maasai pastoralists. Such plans have allegedly not been consulted with the Maasai people with a view to obtaining their free, prior and informed consent and would jeopardize their physical and cultural survival in the name of “nature conservation”, ignoring the close relationship that the Maasai have traditionally had with their territories, their stewardship role and the root causes of the current threats to the healthy environment of these territories.
Alleged victims: 82001
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08 Apr 2022
    09 Feb 2022
    UNESCO
    JAL
  • housing
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • food
  • indigenous peoples
  • internally displaced persons
  • poverty
  • water and sanitation
Information received concerning plans for resettlement, forced evictions, home demolitions and additional restrictions to livelihood, which are due to affect by 2027 some 82,000 residents of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, including indigenous Maasai pastoralists. Such plans have allegedly not been consulted with the Maasai people with a view to obtaining their free, prior and informed consent and would jeopardize their physical and cultural survival in the name of “nature conservation”, ignoring the close relationship that the Maasai have traditionally had with their territories, their stewardship role and the root causes of the current threats to the healthy environment of these territories.
Alleged victims: 82001
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08 Apr 2022
    09 Feb 2022
    International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
    JAL
  • housing
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • food
  • indigenous peoples
  • internally displaced persons
  • poverty
  • water and sanitation
Information received concerning plans for resettlement, forced evictions, home demolitions and additional restrictions to livelihood, which are due to affect by 2027 some 82,000 residents of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, including indigenous Maasai pastoralists. Such plans have allegedly not been consulted with the Maasai people with a view to obtaining their free, prior and informed consent and would jeopardize their physical and cultural survival in the name of “nature conservation”, ignoring the close relationship that the Maasai have traditionally had with their territories, their stewardship role and the root causes of the current threats to the healthy environment of these territories.
Alleged victims: 82001
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06 Apr 2022
    09 Feb 2022
    International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
    JAL
  • housing
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • food
  • indigenous peoples
  • internally displaced persons
  • poverty
  • water and sanitation
Information received concerning plans for resettlement, forced evictions, home demolitions and additional restrictions to livelihood, which are due to affect by 2027 some 82,000 residents of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, including indigenous Maasai pastoralists. Such plans have allegedly not been consulted with the Maasai people with a view to obtaining their free, prior and informed consent and would jeopardize their physical and cultural survival in the name of “nature conservation”, ignoring the close relationship that the Maasai have traditionally had with their territories, their stewardship role and the root causes of the current threats to the healthy environment of these territories.
Alleged victims: 82001
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27 Apr 2022
    08 Feb 2022
    Peru
    JAL
  • truth
  • justice
  • reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
  • cultural rights
  • disappearances
  • freedom of opinion and expression
Información recibida en relación con los presuntos actos de desprestigio e incitación a la violencia dirigidos contra el memorial “El Ojo que Llora” y los actos de estigmatización, intimidación y amenaza dirigidos contra las personas que participaron en el acto de reconocimiento del sitio como Patrimonio Cultural de la Nación, todos ellos registrados en las redes sociales.
Alleged victims: -
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04 May 2022
    02 Feb 2022
    Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    JAL
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • health
  • human rights defenders
  • torture
Information received concerning the arrest, detention, imprisonment as well as critical health condition while in state custody of Mr. Baktash Abtin (Mehdi Kazemi), a poet and human rights defender, following contracting COVID-19 in prison, subsequently resulting in his death in state custody.
Alleged victims: 1
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20 Jun 2022
    11 Jan 2022
    Japan
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • indigenous peoples
  • religion or belief
  • truth
  • justice
  • reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
Information received concerning a request for the repatriation of Ryukyuan indigenous human remains, kept at the Kyoto University.
Alleged victims: 2
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01 Mar 2022
    27 Dec 2021
    Tunisia
    JAL
  • religion or belief
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
Informations reçues concernant des demandes de création d’un cimetière destiné à la communauté bahaïe en Tunisie restées sans réponse.
Alleged victims: 1
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    24 Nov 2021
    Russian Federation
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • international solidarity
Information received concerning the impending involuntary liquidation of the human rights organisations International Memorial Society and Human Rights Center “Memorial”.
Alleged victims: 2
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19 Jan 2022
    18 Nov 2021
    Poland
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
Information received regarding the criminalisation of a defender of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse (LGBT) persons.
Alleged victims: 1
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13 Jan 2022
    29 Oct 2021
    Azerbaijan
    AL
  • cultural rights
Information received concerning the alleged destruction of and damage to many cultural heritage sites and objects of religious, historical and cultural importance in the Nagorno-Karabakh region and surrounding regions to the extent that it seriously impacts the human rights, and cultural rights of significant numbers of people.
Alleged victims: 1
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21 Feb 2023
    29 Oct 2021
    Armenia
    AL
  • cultural rights
Information received concerning the alleged destruction of and damage to many cultural heritage sites and objects of religious, historical and cultural importance in the Nagorno-Karabakh region and surrounding regions to the extent that it seriously impacts the human rights, and cultural rights of significant numbers of people.
Alleged victims: 1
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28 Dec 2021
    13 Oct 2021
    Cuba
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
información recibida sobre la presunta detención arbitraria de varios músicos y artistas, entre ellos el señor Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara y la expulsión de Hamlet Lavastida y Katherine Bisquet, todos artistas residentes en La Habana, Cuba, como así también, presuntos hostigamientos y detenciones arbitrarias de otros artistas en Cuba.
Alleged victims: 4
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    24 Jun 2021
    Afghanistan
    JAL
  • women and girls
  • cultural rights
  • violence against women
Information received concerning the lack of meaningful participation of women in the recent rounds of Afghanistan peace negotiations.
Alleged victims: -
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    22 Jun 2021
    United States of America
    JAL
  • environment
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • food
  • water and sanitation
Information received concerning the impacts of the development of the Barbuda Ocean Beach Club, a multi-million dollar luxury resort project developed by the Peace Love and Happiness Partnership (PLH), a US-based investors’ company registered in Antigua and Barbuda and built by Discovery Land Company, a US-based developer, on the human rights of the population of Barbuda, including to food, housing, water and sanitation and to a healthy environment and cultural rights.
Alleged victims: 21
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    22 Jun 2021
    The Peace Love and Happiness Partnership
    JAL
  • environment
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • food
  • water and sanitation
Information received concerning the impacts of the development of the Barbuda Ocean Beach Club, a multi-million dollar luxury resort project developed by your company, the Peace Love and Happiness Partnership (PLH), a US-based investors’ company registered in Antigua and Barbuda and built by Discovery Land Company, a US-based developer, on the human rights of the population of Barbuda, including to food, housing, water and sanitation and to a healthy environment and cultural rights.
Alleged victims: 21
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02 Jul 2021
20 Aug 2021
08 Nov 2021
    22 Jun 2021
    Discovery Land Company
    JAL
  • environment
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • food
  • water and sanitation
Information received concerning the impacts of the development of the Barbuda Ocean Beach Club, a multi-million dollar luxury resort project developed by the Peace Love and Happiness Partnership (PLH), a US-based investors’ company registered in Antigua and Barbuda and built by your company, Discovery Land Company, a US-based developer, on the human rights of the population of Barbuda, including to food, housing, water and sanitation and to a healthy environment and cultural rights.
Alleged victims: 21
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20 Aug 2021
    22 Jun 2021
    Bahamas Hot Mix Co. Ltd.
    JAL
  • environment
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • food
  • water and sanitation
Information received concerning the impacts of the development of an airport by your company, domiciled in the Bahamas, on the human rights of the population of Barbuda, including to food, housing, water and sanitation and to a healthy environment and cultural rights.
Alleged victims: 21
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22 Feb 2022
    22 Jun 2021
    Bahamas
    JAL
  • environment
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • food
  • water and sanitation
Information received concerning the impacts of the development of an airport by Bahamas Hot Mix Co. Ltd., a company domiciled in your territory, on the human rights of the population of Barbuda, including to food, housing, water and sanitation and to a healthy environment and cultural rights.
Alleged victims: 21
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19 Jul 2021
    22 Jun 2021
    Antigua and Barbuda
    JAL
  • environment
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • development
  • food
  • water and sanitation
Information received concerning the impacts of the development of an airport and the Barbuda Ocean Beach Club, a luxury tourist structure, on the human rights of the population of Barbuda, including to food, housing, water and sanitation and to a healthy environment and cultural rights.
Alleged victims: 21
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    03 Jun 2021
    Poland
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • cultural rights
  • independence of judges and lawyers
Observations and comments on the selection process for the next Commissioner for Human Rights and the future of the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights.
Alleged victims: 1
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26 Jul 2021
    27 Apr 2021
    Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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23 Jun 2021
    31 Mar 2021
    Bangladesh
    JAL
  • torture
  • cultural rights
  • disappearances
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • health
Information received concerning the torture and ill-treatment while in detention of Ahmed Kabir Kishore and Mushtaq Ahmed, and the subsequent death in custody of Mr Ahmed.
Alleged victims: 2
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    19 Mar 2021
    Shimamura Co., Ltd.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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07 May 2021
    19 Mar 2021
    Hefei Bitland Information Technology Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    ZTE Corporation
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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18 Jun 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd,
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Zhaoxing Outdoor Gears Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Zara SA
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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07 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Youngor Textile Holdings Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Youngor Group Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Yecheng county Xiaoxiang Textile Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Xiaomi Corporation
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Walmart Inc.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Volkswagen Group
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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10 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Vivo Communication Technology Co. Ltd. (Vivo)
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Victory City International Holding Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Victoria’s Secret
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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27 Apr 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Urban Outfitters, Inc.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    United States of America
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations domiciled in your territory and/or jurisdiction, sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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26 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations domiciled in your territory and/or jurisdiction, sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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10 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Uniqlo Co., Ltd.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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31 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Tsinghua Tongfang Co., Ltd.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Toshiba Corporation
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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17 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Tommy Hilfiger
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    The North Face
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    The Hewlett-Packard Company (HP)
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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14 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    TDK Corporation 
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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24 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Target Corporation
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Tanyuan Technology Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Sweden
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations domiciled in your territory and/or jurisdiction, sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Summit Resource International
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Spain
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Información recibida en relación con los presuntos trabajos forzosos, detención arbitraria y trata de personas, de trabajadores uigures y de otras minorías dentro y fuera de la Región Autónoma de Xinjiang (Xinjiang), así como la correspondiente falta de rendición de cuentas y de acceso a mecanismos de reparación eficaces para las víctimas. También hemos recibido información sobre empresas multinacionales domiciliadas en su territorio y/o jurisdicción, que se abastecen de fábricas en China, incluyendo en Xinjiang, a las que no se les permite acceder libremente a estas fábricas para ejercer la debida supervisión y diligencia en materia de derechos humanos a través de sus cadenas de suministro.
Alleged victims: 80001
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12 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Sony Corporation
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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14 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    SMCP Group
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Skechers USA, Inc.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Siemens AG
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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10 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Sichuan Mianyang Jingweida Technology Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Sharp Corporation
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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04 Jun 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Shandong Ruyi Technology Group Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Shandong Jianhua Zhongxing Glove Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Samsung Group
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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10 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile (SGMW)
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    SAIC Motor Corporation Limited
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd. (Muji)
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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14 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Roewe
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Robert Bosch GmbH
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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07 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Republic of Korea
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations domiciled in your territory and/or jurisdiction, sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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12 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Ralph Lauren Corporation
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    QuanZhou Yilong Textile Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Qingdao Jifa Huajin Garment Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Qingdao Gaochang Electronic Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Puma SE
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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07 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Patagonia, Inc.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Panasonic Corporation
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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10 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    O-Film Technology Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Oculus
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Nokia Corporation
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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07 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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07 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Ningbo Aoboer Electric Appliance Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Nike, Inc.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Nautica
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Nanjing Synergy Textiles Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    MinebeaMitsumi, Inc.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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10 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Microsoft Corporation 
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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12 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    MG Motor UK Limited
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Mercedes-Benz AG
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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10 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Meizu Technology Co., Ltd.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Marks and Spencer Group plc 
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Macy’s
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Li-Ning Company Limited
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    LG Electronics Inc.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    LG Display
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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07 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Levi Strauss & Co.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Lenovo Group Limited
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Land’s End
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Land Rover
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Lacoste S.A. 
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    L.L.Bean
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Kyocera Corporation
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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27 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    KTK Group
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Kohl's Corporation
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Jos. A. Bank
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Jianhua Construction Materials Group
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Jiangsu Guotai Guosheng Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Japan Display Inc.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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10 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Japan
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations domiciled in your territory and/or jurisdiction, sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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10 May 2021
10 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Jaguar
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Jack & Jones
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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17 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    J.Crew Group, Inc.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    J. C. Penney Company, Inc.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Italy
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations domiciled in your territory and/or jurisdiction, sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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12 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    iFlyTek
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Hugo Boss AG
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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05 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Hubei Yihong Precision Manufacturing Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Hubei Haixin Protective Products Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Huafu Top Dyed Melange Yarn
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    HTC Corporation
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (Foxconn)
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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06 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Hollister Co.,
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Hitachi, Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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21 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Hisense Group
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Highbroad Advanced Material (Hefei) Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M)
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Hefei Meiling Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Hefei Fuying Photoelectric Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Hazzys
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Haoyuanpeng Garment Group
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Haoxiangni Health Food Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Haier Group Corporation
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Guess
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd, (Oppo)
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Google LLC
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Good-Ark Electronics Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Goertek Inc.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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13 Dec 2022
    12 Mar 2021
    Giordano International Limited
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Germany
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations domiciled in your territory and/or jurisdiction, sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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12 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    General Motors Company
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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12 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    General Electric Company
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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10 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Gap Inc.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    GAC Group
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Fujian Meike Leisure Sports Goods Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Free People
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    France
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Informations reçues concernant des allégations de travail forcé, de détention arbitraire et de traite des personnes de travailleurs Ouïghour et d'autres minorités à l'intérieur et à l'extérieur de la région autonome Ouïghour du Xinjiang (Xinjiang), ainsi que du manque de responsabilité et d’accès à un recours effectif pour les victimes. Nous avons également reçu des informations concernant des sociétés multinationales domiciliées sur votre territoire et/ou sous votre juridiction, qui s’approvisionnent auprès d’usines en Chine, y compris au Xinjiang, et qui ne seraient pas autorisées à accéder librement à ces usines afin d’exercer un contrôle adéquat et une diligence raisonnable en matière de droits de l’homme dans l’ensemble de leurs chaîne d’approvisionnement.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Founder Group
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Finland
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations domiciled in your territory and/or jurisdiction, sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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10 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Fila Holdings Corp
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Ermenegildo Zegna
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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05 May 2021
05 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Electrolux AB
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Dress Barn
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Dongguan Yidong Electronic Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Dongguan Lvzhou Shoes Industry Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    DKNY
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Diesel S.p.A.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Denmark
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations domiciled in your territory and/or jurisdiction, sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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26 Mar 2021
20 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Dell
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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11 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Decathlon S.A
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Dalibu Group
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    CRRC Corporation Limited
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Costco Wholesale Corporation
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Cisco Systems, Inc.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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10 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    China
    JAL
  • business
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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13 Oct 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Charles Tyrwhitt Shirts Limited
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Changji Esquel Textile Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Chang'an Automobile (Group) Co., Ltd.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Cerruti 1881
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Carter’s, Inc.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Carrefour S.A.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Candy
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Canada
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received concerning the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations domiciled in your territory and/or jurisdiction, sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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14 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Calvin Klein Inc.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    BYD Co Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Brooks Brothers
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Bombardier Inc.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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12 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW)
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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06 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Banana Republic
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    BAIC Motor Corporation Limited
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Avary Holding Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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05 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    AsusTek Computer Inc.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Apple Inc.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Anthropologie
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Amazon.com, Inc.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Alstom S.A.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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11 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Adidas AG
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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10 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    Acquascutum
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Acer Inc.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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10 May 2021
    12 Mar 2021
    AcBel Polytech Co. Ltd
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved in the alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    12 Mar 2021
    Abercrombie& Fitch
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • slavery
  • torture
  • trafficking in persons
Information received that your company may be involved through its supply chain in alleged forced labour, arbitrary detention, and trafficking in persons of Uyghur and other minority workers within and outside the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), as well as the related lack of accountability and access to effective remedy for victims. We have also received information regarding multinational corporations sourcing items from factories in China, including in Xinjiang, not being allowed to freely access these factories in order to exercise adequate oversight and human rights due diligence across their supply chains.
Alleged victims: 80001
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    26 Feb 2021
    Poland
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • religion or belief
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • women and girls
Information received regarding the charges brought against woman human rights defenders in response to their distribution of posters displaying the Virgin Mary with a rainbow halo, symbolising the LGBT flag.
Alleged victims: 3
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23 Apr 2021
    12 Feb 2021
    Belarus
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • arbitrary Detention
  • Belarus
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Information received concerning the practice of prosecuting the display of red-white-red flags and other symbols of the political opposition in Belarus, as well as a refusal to investigate, prosecute and punish offences committed against individuals displaying.
Alleged victims: -
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17 May 2021
    10 Feb 2021
    China
    JAL
  • violence against women
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • education
  • health
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • terrorism
  • torture
  • women and girls
Information received concerning the alleged arbitrary detention and ill-treatment, including gender-based violence against Ms. Gulbakhar Jalilova, a Kazakh national and businesswoman and member of the Uyghur minority, as well as the lack of gender-specific measures that meet the needs of women detainees at Detention Centres No. 2 and No. 3 in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uyhgur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
Alleged victims: 1
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23 May 2021
    02 Feb 2021
    Azerbaijan
    JAL
  • executions
  • cultural rights
  • torture
Information received concerning the alleged killing of Benik Lazar Hakobyan and Yuri Vachagan Adamyan, as well as killings and ill treatment of other Armenian soldiers and disrespectful treatment of remains, and unlawful attacks including the use of cluster munitions. We are further concerned regarding reports of indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas, resulting in damage or destruction to schools, churches and other cultural heritage sites.
Alleged victims: 2
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    02 Feb 2021
    Armenia
    JAL
  • executions
  • cultural rights
  • torture
Information received concerning alleged killings, outrages upon personal dignity and inhuman treatment of Azerbijani soldiers as well as unlawful attacks on cities in Azberjian including by use of cluster munitions. We are also concerned about reports of damage and destruction to civilian sites and cultural heritage.
Alleged victims: 2
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02 Apr 2021
02 Apr 2021
02 Apr 2021
02 Apr 2021
02 Apr 2021
02 Apr 2021
    20 Jan 2021
    Poland
    JAL
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • cultural rights
  • education
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • health
  • human rights defenders
  • religion or belief
  • torture
  • violence against women
  • women and girls
Information received concerning (i) the increased use of hate speech and violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse (“LGBT”) persons, including the creation of so-called “LGBT Free” zones by municipalities, (ii) restrictions on and attacks against Pride marches, (iii) a proposed bill to criminalize sexuality education, and (iv) restrictions on Polish schools’ initiative “Rainbow Friday”; (v) possible withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, and (vi) the Polish Episcopal Conference’s calling for the creation of “conversion therapy” clinics.
Alleged victims: -
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18 Mar 2021
    18 Jan 2021
    Cuba
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • African Descent
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • racism
Información recibida en relación con las alegaciones de vigilancia, amenazas, prohibiciones de viaje, y supuestas detenciones arbitrarias de forma periódica contra ocho integrantes del Comité́ por la Integración Racial, así como la supuesta detención arbitraria del Sr. Denis Solís y la Sra. Tania Bruguera y la represión de protestas pacíficas organizadas para la liberación del Sr. Solís, entre otros, en la Habana.
Alleged victims: 10
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03 Mar 2021
16 Mar 2021
    24 Dec 2020
    Peru
    JAL
  • truth
  • justice
  • reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
  • cultural rights
  • disappearances
Información recibida en relación con los daños ocasionados al memorial “El Ojo que Llora.
Alleged victims: -
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22 Apr 2021
    10 Dec 2020
    Bangladesh
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • health
Information received concerning the case of Ahmed Kabir Kishore.
Alleged victims: 1
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    27 Nov 2020
    Myanmar
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • minority issues
  • Myanmar
Information received concerning the alleged arbitrary arrest and detention of an environmental rights defender in Chin State, Myanmar.
Alleged victims: 1
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    06 Nov 2020
    United States of America
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • indigenous peoples
  • racism
Information received concerning the alleged detention of land rights defender Mr. Nicholas Tilsen, in the context of a peaceful protest in Mt. Rushmore, along the Black Hills area in the State of South Dakota.
Alleged victims: 1
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    12 Oct 2020
    Israel
    JUA
  • housing
  • cultural rights
  • human rights defenders
  • indigenous peoples
  • internally displaced persons
  • minority issues
  • racism
Information received concerning the allegations of ongoing home demolitions by the State of Israel with the purpose of evicting indigenous Bedouin communities, who are a part of the Arab Palestinian minority in the State of Israel, from their lands in the Naqab/Negev area and the use of criminal and administrative sanctions to deter the work of human rights defenders protecting their rights, including Sheikh Sayah Abu Madhi’m al-Turi and other members of the Abu Madhi’m A-Turi family from the village of Al-‘Aragib. We would also like to bring your attention that such forced evictions and home demolitions appear to take place in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, thus further elevating the risk to health and life of the persons subjected to forced evictions.
Alleged victims: 90004
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    06 Oct 2020
    Sri Lanka
    JAL
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • cultural rights
  • disappearances
  • human rights defenders
  • minority issues
  • truth
  • justice
  • reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
Information received concerning alleged police harassment and excessive use of force against demonstrators during a peaceful assembly for the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances held on 30 August 2020, in the districts of Jaffna and Batticaloa.
Alleged victims: 8
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    18 Sep 2020
    Nigeria
    JUA
  • cultural rights
  • arbitrary Detention
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • religion or belief
Information received regarding the death sentence given to Mr. Yahaya Sharif-Aminu who was convicted of blasphemy for sharing a song in a WhatsApp group.
Alleged victims: 1
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    17 Sep 2020
    Viet Nam
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
Information received concerning the alleged arbitrary detention of four journalists affiliated with the Independent Journalists Association of Viet Nam (IJAVN) and acts of harassment, including cyber attacks, against the the Liberal Publishing House (LPH), and surveillance, intimidation, property seizures and alleged arbitrary detention of its members and readers, as well as intimidation of their family members.
Alleged victims: 6
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28 Dec 2020
    15 Sep 2020
    United States of America
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • food
  • housing
  • indigenous peoples
  • internally displaced persons
  • poverty
  • racism
  • water and sanitation
Information received concerning the alleged failure of the United States of America to protect indigenous tribes who live along the coastal regions of Louisiana and Alaska from the impacts of natural hazards and the adverse effects of climate change, development projects and oil and gas exploration, affecting their rights to life, health, food, water, housing, a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment, self-determination, cultural and religious rights, and leading to the displacement of indigenous peoples from their traditional lands.
Alleged victims: -
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    28 Jul 2020
    Türkiye
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • religion or belief
Information received concerning the proposed conversion of the Hagia Sofia museum into a mosque.
Alleged victims: -
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24 Sep 2020
    20 Jul 2020
    Chile
    JAL
  • women and girls
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • violence against women
Información recibida en relación con dos denuncias penales presentadas por Carabineros de Chile en contra del colectivo artístico feminista "Las Tesis" (en adelante “el Colectivo”), tras la realización por el Colectivo de performances y videos donde denunciaban, entre otros, la violencia contra las mujeres.
Alleged victims: 1
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17 Sep 2020
17 Sep 2020
    01 Jul 2020
    Bangladesh
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • religion or belief
Information received concerning the alleged arbitrary detention of Mr. Shariat Boyati, a singer of the popular Baul folk music community in Bangladesh.
Alleged victims: 1
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    29 Jun 2020
    Brazil
    JAL
  • truth
  • justice
  • reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
  • cultural rights
  • disappearances
  • executions
  • torture
Information received concerning the alleged renewed public remarks made by President Jair Bolsonaro and members of his Government denying the existence of a military dictatorship in Brazil between 1964 and 1985, positively assessing the events occurred during this period, and trivializing the violations committed, as well as concerning the alleged interference with the work of existing transitional justice mechanisms.
Alleged victims: -
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26 Aug 2020
    22 Jun 2020
    Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • violence against women
  • women and girls
Information received regarding the heavy sentencing of woman human rights defender Saba Kord Afshari for her work promoting women’s rights in Iran.
Alleged victims: 2
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    02 Jun 2020
    China
    JAL
  • disappearances
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
Information received concerning the continued enforced disappearance of Gedhun Cheokyi Nyima, and the regulation of reincarnation of Tibetan living Buddhas against the religious traditions and practices of the Tibetan Buddhist minority. The 17 May 2020 marked 25 years since the disappearance of Gedhun Cheokyi Nyima.
Alleged victims: 1
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08 Jul 2020
    20 Apr 2020
    Myanmar
    JUA
  • Myanmar
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
We refer to AL 8/2019 regarding Su Yadanar Myint and Nein Chan Soe also known as Chit Yone, members of the Peacock Generation Thangyat troupe, who were arrested and detained for allegedly defaming Myanmar’s armed forces, the Tatmadaw. We would also like to bring to the attention of your Excellency’s Government information we have received concerning the arrest and detention of Paing Ye Thu, Zayar Lwin, Paing Phyo Min also known as Deyay, Zaw Lin Htut also known as Phoe Thar and Kay Khaing Htun also known as Kay Gyi. These individuals are also members of the Peacock Generation Thangyat troupe, and face charges and convictions for allegedly defaming the Tatmadaw.
Alleged victims: 7
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15 Oct 2020
    13 Nov 2019
    Azerbaijan
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • health
  • older persons
Information received concerning the violation of the rights of Mr. Akram Aylisli. Mr. Aylisli is a renowned playwright, novelist, and translator, who has been considered for decades to be one of the most influential writers in Azerbaijan. His books were taught at schools, and he was awarded the official title of People’s Writer in 1998, as well as two of the highest state awards, the Shokrat and Istiglal medals. He was also a Nobel Peace Prize nominee in 2014.
Alleged victims: 1
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26 Dec 2019
    29 Oct 2019
    Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    JAL
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • terrorism
  • torture
Information received concerning the arrest and charges against Ms. Aras Amiri, a British Council employee detained and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in Iran.
Alleged victims: 1
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24 Dec 2019
    26 Sep 2019
    Myanmar
    JAL
  • Myanmar
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
Information received concerning the arrest and detention of Su Yadanar Myint and Nyein Chan Soe also known as Chit Yone, members of the Peacock Generation Thangyat troupe.
Alleged victims: 2
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28 Nov 2019
02 Jan 2020
    26 Sep 2019
    Myanmar
    JAL
  • Myanmar
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • minority issues
Information received concerning the arrest and detention of minority rights defenders Khu Kyue Phe Khel, Dee De, Myo Hlaing Win, Khun Thomas, Khun John Paul and Khu Ree Du, members of the Karenni ethnic minority.
Alleged victims: 6
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07 Nov 2019
27 Nov 2019
    21 Aug 2019
    Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Information received concerning the arrest and charges against Mr. Mohammad Rasoulof, an award-wining Iranian filmmaker.
Alleged victims: 1
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14 Nov 2019
    09 Aug 2019
    Uzbekistan
    JUA
  • cultural rights
  • housing
Information received concerning urban regeneration projects that will result in the destruction of historic neighbourhoods in Samarkand, and ongoing demolitions of houses in Tashkent, in violation of the right to housing and of cultural rights of the residents.
Alleged victims: 6500
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18 Nov 2019
    09 Aug 2019
    GRAINGER PLC
    JOL
  • cultural rights
  • business
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • minority issues
Follow-up letter to OTH 13/2019
Alleged victims: -
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    12 Jun 2019
    Cuba
    JOL
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
Información recibida en relación al Decreto 349 sobre "Contravenciones de las regulaciones en materia de política cultural y sobre la prestación de servicios artísticos", que entró en vigor el 7 de diciembre de 2018, y señalar a la atención del Gobierno de su Excelencia la información que hemos recibido en relación con las restricciones impuestas al derecho a la libertad de expresión artística y creatividad, al derecho a la libertad de expresión y al derecho a la libertad de reunión pacífica y a la libertad de asociación, como resultado de la aplicación del mencionado decreto.
Alleged victims: 1
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15 Aug 2019
    29 May 2019
    Bangladesh
    JUA
  • cultural rights
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • religion or belief
  • women in law and in practice
Information received concerning death threats and incitement to violence by a militant Islamist group against women human rights defender Ms. Sultana Kamal.
Alleged victims: 1
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    27 May 2019
    Sri Lanka
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • health
  • housing
  • internally displaced persons
  • migrants
  • minority issues
  • racism
  • religion or belief
  • terrorism
Information received concerning the increasing communal violence targeting the religious minorities in Sri Lanka, and in particular Muslims, as well as the reported acts of violence and intimidation threatening the living and security conditions of refugees and asylum seekers belonging to persecuted minorities.
Alleged victims: -
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29 May 2019
31 Jul 2019
    14 May 2019
    Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • disappearances
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • torture
  • violence against women
  • women in law and in practice
Information received concerning the reported arrest and arbitrary detention of human rights defender Ms. Yasaman Aryani, Ms. Monireh Arabshahi and Ms. Mojgan Keshavarz by the Iranian authorities.
Alleged victims: 3
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02 Jul 2019
14 Nov 2019
    06 May 2019
    China
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
Information received concerning the case of prolonged detention of nine Tibetans from Ngawa (Aba), in Sichuan province, who, in December 2016, were sentenced to prison for their participation in celebrations for the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday in 2015, and their advocacy for the cultural and religious rights of the Tibetan minority in China.
Alleged victims: 9
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07 Jun 2019
    01 May 2019
    Israel
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • housing
  • human rights defenders
  • internally displaced persons
  • minority issues
  • racism
Information received concerning the charges against and detention of Sheikh Sayah Abu Madhi’m al-Turi, a Bedouin human and land rights defender from al-ʿArāgīb, in Negev/Naqab region. His detention is linked to his advocacy and work on Bedouin land claims in al-ʿArāgīb, and on the currently unrecognized Bedouin village in that region, which has been demolished numerous times since 2010 and whose residents forcibly removed.
Alleged victims: 1
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    25 Apr 2019
    Colombia
    JAL
  • African Descent
  • cultural rights
  • executions
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • racism
  • water and sanitation
Informacion recibida en relación con la situación de la comunidad de Brisas del Cauca, en Cali, Colombia frente al Plan Jarillón implementado por la Alcaldía Municipal.
Alleged victims: 30002
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21 Oct 2019
    27 Mar 2019
    Market Asset Management ltd.
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • housing
  • minority issues
  • poverty
Information received concerning the alleged planned re-development of the Seven Sisters Indoor Market, in the London Borough of Haringey
Alleged victims: 2
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10 Apr 2019
08 May 2019
    15 Mar 2019
    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    JAL
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • minority issues
Information received concerning the alleged planned re-development of the Seven Sisters Indoor Market, in the London Borough of Haringey
Alleged victims: 2
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14 May 2019
    07 Mar 2019
    Egypt
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
Information received concerning the continued detention and health deterioration of poet Galal el Behairy.
Alleged victims: 1
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    20 Dec 2018
    Canada
    JOL
  • cultural rights
  • disability
  • education
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • health
  • sexual orientation and gender identity
  • violence against women
  • women in law and in practice
Information received concerning changes to the sexuality education curriculum of the Province of Ontario.
Alleged victims: -
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07 May 2019
    19 Dec 2018
    Bangladesh
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • internally displaced persons
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
Information received concerning the alleged rise of religious fundamentalism and extremist violence against religious minorities, human rights defenders and secular writers or media workers, as well as the fear of targeted violence against religious minorities in the context of the upcoming general elections.
Alleged victims: -
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    11 Dec 2018
    India
    JUA
  • cultural rights
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • violence against women
  • women in law and in practice
Information received concerning the threats against journalist Ms. Swati Chaturvedi.
Alleged victims: 1
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    23 Nov 2018
    Türkiye
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • housing
  • internally displaced persons
  • minority issues
Information received concerning the alleged resettlement of thousands of persons and the destruction of ancient cultural heritage in the city of Hasankeyf and neighboring villages, as a result of the Ilisu dam project under construction in the Tigris River, in southeast Turkey.
Alleged victims: -
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24 Jan 2019
    02 Nov 2018
    Israel
    JOL
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • Palestinian territories occupied since 1967
  • racism
Information received concerning the adoption of the new Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People by the Israeli Knesset, on 19 July 2018.
Alleged victims: -
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27 Dec 2018
    26 Sep 2018
    Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • torture
  • violence against women
  • women in law and in practice
Information received concerning the reported arrest and arbitrary detention of human rights defenders Ms. Hoda Amid, Ms. Najmeh Vahedi and Ms. Rezvaneh Mohammadi, by the Iranian authorities, as well as the continued detention and aggravated charges brought against human rights defender Ms. Nasrin Sotoudeh, and the subsequent arrest of her husband, Mr. Reza Khandan.
Alleged victims: 5
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    12 Sep 2018
    Hungary
    JOL
  • cultural rights
  • education
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • women in law and in practice
Information received concerning a directive of Your Excellency’s Government forbidding the teaching of the subject of gender studies at institutions of higher education.
Alleged victims: -
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    27 Jul 2018
    China
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • environment
Information received concerning the rights of Tibetans implicated by the restriction to access the Hoh Xil nature reserve.
Alleged victims: -
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14 Sep 2018
    27 Jul 2018
    Bangladesh
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • environment
Information received concerning the harmful impact of rapid industrialization on the ecosystem and on the outstanding universal values of the Sundarbans mangrove forest, as well as detrimental effects on the human rights of the local population related to the safe and healthy environment of the forest.
Alleged victims: -
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    15 May 2018
    Sudan
    JUA
  • cultural rights
  • executions
  • Sudan
  • torture
  • violence against women
  • women in law and in practice
Information received concerning the decision to impose the death penalty upon a juvenile for the killing of a man she was forced to marry after he had raped her and was about to rape her again.
Alleged victims: 1
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18 May 2018
12 Jun 2018
    14 May 2018
    Mauritania
    JOL
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • religion or belief
  • cultural rights
Informations reçues la révision de l’article 306 du Code pénal mauritanien. Le projet de loi portant révision du Code pénal a été validé par le Gouvernement le 17 novembre 2017, lors du Conseil des ministres. Le 27 avril 2018, le projet de loi a ensuite été adopté par consensus par l’Assemblée Nationale.
Alleged victims: -
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    09 May 2018
    Egypt
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • disappearances
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • religion or belief
  • torture
Information received concerning the alleged detention, torture and short-term enforced disappearance of poet Galal el Behairy and the issuance of an arrest warrant against musician Ramy Essam, in connection with their song and video “Balaha” that has been recently released on social media.
Alleged victims: 2
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26 Oct 2018
    08 May 2018
    Transport for London - TFL
    JOL
  • cultural rights
  • business
Information received concerning the alleged planned expulsion and demolition of the Seven Sisters Indoor Market, in the London Borough of Haringey, for a regeneration initiative which would reportedly have threatened the livelihood and cultural life of the residents and shop owners mainly of minority origins.
Alleged victims: 280
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14 Jun 2018
    08 May 2018
    GRAINGER PLC
    JOL
  • cultural rights
  • business
Information received concerning the alleged planned expulsion and demolition of the Seven Sisters Indoor Market, in the London Borough of Haringey, for a regeneration initiative which would reportedly have threatened the livelihood and cultural life of the residents and shop owners mainly of minority origins.
Alleged victims: 280
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11 May 2018
05 Feb 2019
    20 Apr 2018
    Brazil
    JAL
  • African Descent
  • cultural rights
  • executions
  • housing
  • older persons
Information received concerning the alleged use of excessive force during the forced eviction of one family and the imminent threat of forced eviction of more residents of the Horto Florestal in the Botanical Gardens neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. People have resided in the neighborhood for over 200 years, where they have created, developed and protected their cultural heritage.
Alleged victims: 621
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    29 Mar 2018
    Armenia
    JOL
  • cultural rights
  • violence against women
  • women in law and in practice
Information received concerning the Law on Prevention of Violence within the Family, Protection of Victims of Violence within the Family and Restoration of Peace in the Family, adopted by the National Assembly (Parliament) of Armenia on 8 December 2017.
Alleged victims: -
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31 May 2018
    27 Mar 2018
    Sri Lanka
    JUA
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • racism
  • religion or belief
Information received in connection with the attacks perpetrated against Muslims by Sinhalese groups between 5 and 8 March 2018 in several locations in Kandy district and the destruction of Muslim owned businesses and houses as well as Muslim places of worship.
Alleged victims: -
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    16 Feb 2018
    China
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • minority issues
  • racism
Information received concerning the prolonged pre-trial detention since 2016, and the trial, on 4 January 2018, of Tashi Wangchuk, a linguistic rights activist and member of the Tibetan minority, following his appearance in an article and documentary in the New York Times published in November 2015 about his advocacy for the right to educationin Tibetan.
Alleged victims: 1
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    12 Jan 2018
    China
    JOL
  • minority issues
  • cultural rights
  • education
  • freedom of opinion and expression
Information received concerning the directive on bilingual education issued on 28 June 2017 by Hotan’s Education Department.
Alleged victims: 1
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15 Mar 2018
    22 Dec 2017
    Mauritania
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • religion or belief
  • executions
  • cultural rights
Informations reçues concernant la disparition de M. Cheikh Ould Mohamed M’kheitir depuis le 9 novembre 2017 et la procédure pénale engagée contre lui.
Alleged victims: 1
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19 Jan 2018
    11 Dec 2017
    Türkiye
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • terrorism
  • violence against women
Information received concerning continued infringement upon the rights to freedom of expression through the court hearing on 5 December 2017, against signatories to the 11 January 2016 Peace Petition, publicly known as “Academics for Peace Petition”.
Alleged victims: -
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09 Feb 2018
    07 Dec 2017
    Libya
    JUA
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • health
  • torture
Information received concerning the alleged shut down of a comic book exhibition in Tripoli, Libya, and the detention and torture of its organisers, as well as alleged threats and intimidation of authors of a book
Alleged victims: 6
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    29 Nov 2017
    Viet Nam
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • housing
  • human rights defenders
Information received concerning the eviction of Ms. Mai Khoi from her home following her protest against the visit to Hanoi by the President of the USA.
Alleged victims: 1
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29 Jan 2018
    02 Nov 2017
    Türkiye
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • minority issues
Information received concerning the arrest and detention of Mr. Osman Kavala under yet unspecified charges, which may be related to his activism in favor of dialogue between the Turkish Government and minorities within the country, as well as with neighboring countries, such as Armenia and Greece.
Alleged victims: 1
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15 Dec 2017
    26 Oct 2017
    Délégation Permanente de l’Union Européenne
    JOL
  • women in law and in practice
  • cultural rights
  • food
  • housing
Informations reçues concernant des mesures discriminatoires dont auraient été victimes des femmes rurales Abbeys dans deux villages du sud de la Côte d'Ivoire (Offa et Gouabo) relativement à leur droit à la propriété de la terre dans le cadre d’un projet financé par l’Union Européenne.
Alleged victims: 1
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    26 Oct 2017
    Côte d'Ivoire
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • food
  • housing
  • women in law and in practice
Informations reçues concernant des mesures discriminatoires dont auraient été victimes des femmes rurales Abbeys dans deux villages du sud de la Côte d'Ivoire (Offa et Gouabo) relativement à leur droit à la propriété de la terre dans le cadre d’un projet financé par l’Union Européenne.
Alleged victims: 1
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30 Oct 2017
03 Jan 2018
    17 Oct 2017
    Russian Federation
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • torture
Information received concerning the arrest and conviction of Mr. Oleg Sentsov.
Alleged victims: 1
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27 Feb 2018
    14 Aug 2017
    Nepal
    JUA
  • cultural rights
  • indigenous peoples
  • internally displaced persons
Information received concerning alleged forced evictions, displacement, destruction of cultural property as well as the lack of consultation and the free, prior informed consent of the Newar indigenous peoples, as a result of the ongoing Kathmandu Valley Road Improvement Project.
Alleged victims: 15000
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    21 Jul 2017
    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • minority issues
  • business
Information received concerning the alleged planed expulsion and demolition of the Seven Sisters Indoor Market, in the London Borough of Haringey, for a regeneration initiative, announced to start in July 2017, which would threaten the livelihood and cultural life of the residents and shop owners mainly of minority origins.
Alleged victims: 281
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04 Oct 2017
    21 Jul 2017
    Transport for London - TFL
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • business
  • minority issues
Information received concerning the alleged planed expulsion and demolition of the Seven Sisters Indoor Market, in the London Borough of Haringey, for a regeneration initiative, announced to start in July 2017, which would threaten the livelihood and cultural life of the residents and shop owners mainly of minority origins.
Alleged victims: 281
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25 Sep 2017
    21 Jul 2017
    Market Asset Management ltd.
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • business
  • minority issues
Information received concerning the alleged planed expulsion and demolition of the Seven Sisters Indoor Market, in the London Borough of Haringey, for a regeneration initiative, announced to start in July 2017, which would threaten the livelihood and cultural life of the residents and shop owners mainly of minority origins.
Alleged victims: 281
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    21 Jul 2017
    GRAINGER PLC
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • business
  • minority issues
Information received concerning the alleged planed expulsion and demolition of the Seven Sisters Indoor Market, in the London Borough of Haringey, for a regeneration initiative, announced to start in July 2017, which would threaten the livelihood and cultural life of the residents and shop owners mainly of minority origins.
Alleged victims: 281
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28 Jul 2017
18 Aug 2017
11 Sep 2017
03 Nov 2017
28 Nov 2017
10 Apr 2019
08 May 2019
    28 Jun 2017
    Pakistan
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • cultural rights
Information received concerning the alleged harassment and death threats received by Mr. Rana Tanveer, These actions appear to be closely related to his activities as a minority rights defender.
Alleged victims: 1
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    28 Jun 2017
    Bangladesh
    JUA
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • religion or belief
  • women in law and in practice
  • human rights defenders
Information received concerning the alleged threats of arrest, exile and violence by a fundamentalist group called Hefazat-e-Islam Dhaka City Committee, received by Ms. Sultana Kamal, human rights defender, and the recent request from a Supreme Court lawyer to arrest her for having allegedly hurt the religious feelings of the Muslim majority in the country.
Alleged victims: 1
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    13 Jun 2017
    Sri Lanka
    JUA
  • minority issues
  • cultural rights
  • religion or belief
Information received concerning alleged attacks and violence against Muslims in Sri Lanka since April 2017, including attacks against businesses, places of worship, property and homes. It is alleged that such violent incidents have been instigated by the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) leadership, including as a result of inflammatory anti-Muslim rhetoric used by BBS Secretary General Mr. Galagoda Gnanasara Thero, in his recent speeches.
Alleged victims: 1
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15 Jun 2017
    08 Jun 2017
    Republic of Korea
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
Information received concerning allegations about a blacklist by the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Culture containing names of South Korean artists, representing undue restrictions to their rights to freedom of artistic expression.
Alleged victims: -
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15 Aug 2017
    08 May 2017
    Egypt
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • internally displaced persons
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
  • cultural rights
Information received concerning attacks against Coptic Christians and the State of Emergency declared recently in Egypt.
Alleged victims: 171
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    05 May 2017
    Pakistan
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • religion or belief
Information received concerning the killing of Mr. Mashal Khan, a 25-year-old journalism student at Abdul Wali Khan University in Mardan, at the hands of a mob numbering in the hundreds, after having been accused of “blasphemy”.
Alleged victims: 1
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28 Jul 2017
    26 Apr 2017
    Libya
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
Information received concerning recent attempts by the Ministry for Endowments and Religious Affairs to take over the Historical Archives Centre in Tripoli, Libya.
Alleged victims: -
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    13 Apr 2017
    Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    JUA
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Information received concerning the arrest and detention of Mr. Karan Vafadari and his wife Ms. Afarin Nayssari, Iranian-American Zoroastrians, art gallery owners in Tehran and prominent figures of the Iranian artistic and cultural community.
Alleged victims: 2
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10 Jul 2017
    05 Apr 2017
    Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • disappearances
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Information received concerning the arrest of Mr. Ehsan Mazandarani, a journalist, Ms. Hengameh Shahidi, a senior member of the Etemad Melli (National Trust) political party, Ms. Tahereh Riahi, the social affairs editor of the State-funded Borna News Agency, Ms. Zeinab Karimian, a producer for the state-run “Salam Khorshid” (Hello Sun) television show and former reporter for the official Islamic Republic News Agency, Ms. Mehrnaz Haghighi, medical doctor and social activist, Mr. XX, a seventeen-year-old ethnic Arab environmentalist, Mr. Morad Saghafi, director of Goftego magazine and researcher, and Saleh Deldam, a film director and producer.
Alleged victims: 20
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26 Jul 2017
29 Aug 2017
    30 Mar 2017
    Sudan
    JUA
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • religion or belief
  • Sudan
Information received concerning threats against Ms. Shamael Al-Nur, a journalist, by radical Islamists.
Alleged victims: 1
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18 Jul 2017
    27 Mar 2017
    Saudi Arabia
    JUA
  • cultural rights
  • housing
  • poverty
Information received concerning the alleged demolition of the historic neighbourhood of Al-Masora in the town of Awamia, Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which has been announced on 31 December 2016.
Alleged victims: 3000
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24 May 2017
    10 Feb 2017
    China
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • minority issues
  • torture
Information received concerning the alleged detention, since 27 January 2016, and the formal arrest, in March 2016, of Tashi Wangchuk, a Tibetan linguistic rights activist, following his appearance in an article and documentary in the New York Times published in November 2015 about his advocacy for the rights of Tibetans to learn and study in their mother tongue.
Alleged victims: 1
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22 Mar 2017
    02 Feb 2017
    Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • health
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Information received concerning the serious health status of Mr. Keywan Karimi, a prominent Kurdish filmmaker.
Alleged victims: 1
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    01 Dec 2016
    Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    JUA
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • health
  • torture
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • cultural rights
Information received concerning Mr. Keywan Karimi, a prominent Kurdish film maker who has been sentenced to one year imprisonment and 223 lashes, starting on 23 November 2016, for making a music clip and a documentary.
Alleged victims: 1
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25 Jan 2017
    28 Nov 2016
    Mauritania
    JUA
  • cultural rights
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • religion or belief
Informations reçues concernant les poursuites pénales à l’encontre de M. Cheikh Ould Mohamed M’kheitir pour « apostasie », un crime passible de la peine de mort en Mauritanie
Alleged victims: 1
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    11 Nov 2016
    United States of America
    JUA
  • business
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
  • indigenous peoples
  • water and sanitation
Information received concerning the excessive use of force by state law enforcement officials, private security companies, as well as the North Dakota National Guard, in the context of protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, in particular, over the past two weeks.
Alleged victims: 401
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09 Dec 2016
    07 Nov 2016
    China
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • housing
  • minority issues
  • religion or belief
Information received concerning severe restrictions of religious freedom in Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture: mass expulsion of religious practitioners from Larung Gar and Yachen Gar, demolitions of monastic homes in Larung Gar and the cultural and environmental impacts of the mining activities at the Holy Gong-ngon Lari Mountain as well as excessive use of force against, and arbitrary arrest and detention of, peaceful protestors.
Alleged victims: -
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05 Dec 2016
    21 Sep 2016
    United States of America
    JUA
  • environment
  • human rights defenders
  • indigenous peoples
  • water and sanitation
  • cultural rights
  • business
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Information received regarding the construction of an oil pipeline in proximity to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, planned to cross under Lake Oahe, the main source of water for the tribe and an area of cultural and spiritual significance.
Alleged victims: 2
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    21 Sep 2016
    Türkiye
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • housing
  • internally displaced persons
  • minority issues
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Information received concerning the alleged destruction of historic buildings and residential neighbourhoods in the Sur district and Diyarbakir city, mainly Kurdish populated areas, which have been on-going since December 2015, and the plan to expropriate the inhabitants of the city of their homes and lands for urban renewal and regeneration, which would drastically change the ethnic, social and cultural demographics of the region.
Alleged victims: -
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20 Jan 2017
    16 Sep 2016
    Jordan
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • religion or belief
  • cultural rights
Information received concerning the criminalization of expression through the arrest and detention of Mr. Nahed Hattar, writer and journalist, for publications made on social media.
Alleged victims: 1
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    31 May 2016
    Saudi Arabia
    AL
  • cultural rights
Alleged destruction of numerous sites of historical, religious and cultural importance in Yemen. According to the information received, the military coalition of countries led by Saudi Arabia has destroyed many sites across the country, through what appears to be indiscriminate airstrikes on civilian targets or systematic targeting and destruction of cultural heritage in Yemen. These destructions cause grave and lasting violations of the human rights of people to access and enjoy cultural heritage, and the strikes which produced them may have failed to meet the principles of distinction, proportionality and military necessity, in violation of international human rights and humanitarian law.
Alleged victims: -
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25 Aug 2016
    30 May 2016
    Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    JAL
  • cultural rights
  • religion or belief
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
In this connection, we would like to draw the attention of your Excellency’s Government to information we have received regarding the alleged patterns of continuous discrimination against the Bahá'í population in Iran, which are undermining human rights in the areas of religion and culture. Such discrimination, inter alia, takes the form of destruction of sites, including cemeteries, which are of fundamental historical, religious and cultural significance for the Bahá'ís. The desecration of the Bahá'í cemetery in Shiraz was the subject of two joint urgent appeals sent on 8 May 2014 (see A/HRC/27/72 , case no. IRN 8/2014) and on 20 August 2014 (see A/HRC/28/85, case no. IRN 17/2014) by the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Special Rapporteur on minority issues. We acknowledge receipt of the response of your Excellency’s Government. SUMMARY : Alleged patterns of continuous discrimination against the Bahá’í community in Iran, inter alia, through the destruction of historical and religious sites. According to the information received, the Bahá’í population of Iran has experienced a long history of discrimination, which is undermining their human rights in the area of religion and culture. Since 1979, numerous sites of historical, cultural and religious significance, including cemeteries, have been seized, desecrated and destroyed. Despite the importance of these sites, no consultation process about the closure of some of these cemeteries involved the affected families and co-religionists. Efforts of the Bahá’ís to redress the destruction of their cultural heritage and bring the perpetrators to justice have been unsuccessful to date. The desecration of the Bahá’í cemetery in Shiraz was subject of two previous communications sent on 8 May 2014, see A/HRC/27/72, case no. IRN 8/2014; and on 20 August 2014, see A/HRC/28/85.
Alleged victims: -
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    20 Apr 2016
    Viet Nam
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • indigenous peoples
  • health
  • cultural rights
  • international order
  • international solidarity
  • privacy
Alleged adverse human rights impact related to numerous provisions within the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). According to the information received, the TPP was drafted opaquely, without broad consultations, preventing certain stakeholders, including indigenous peoples, from meaningfully participating in the negotiation process. Certain provisions of the TPP related to intellectual property rights may have a detrimental effect on the realization of the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, to live in a clean environment, to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and to participate in cultural life. Serious concern is expressed at provisions relating to the dispute settlement mechanisms before which individuals do not have legal standing and thus are deprived of the right to an effective remedy, and at the investor-State dispute resolution mechanism, which allows investors to challenge laws and policies that promote and protect human rights. The negative impact on access to medicines by the TPP was the subject of a previous communication sent on 19 July 2011, see A/HRC/19/44, case nos. AUS 4/2011, BRN 1/2011, CHL 3/2011, MYS 8/2011, NZL 1/2011, PER 3/2011, SGP 2/2011, USA 13/2011 and VNM 5/2011.
Alleged victims: -
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30 Jun 2016
    20 Apr 2016
    United States of America
    JAL
  • international order
  • international solidarity
  • privacy
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • indigenous peoples
  • health
  • cultural rights
Alleged adverse human rights impact related to numerous provisions within the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). According to the information received, the TPP was drafted opaquely, without broad consultations, preventing certain stakeholders, including indigenous peoples, from meaningfully participating in the negotiation process. Certain provisions of the TPP related to intellectual property rights may have a detrimental effect on the realization of the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, to live in a clean environment, to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and to participate in cultural life. Serious concern is expressed at provisions relating to the dispute settlement mechanisms before which individuals do not have legal standing and thus are deprived of the right to an effective remedy, and at the investor-State dispute resolution mechanism, which allows investors to challenge laws and policies that promote and protect human rights. The negative impact on access to medicines by the TPP was the subject of a previous communication sent on 19 July 2011, see A/HRC/19/44, case nos. AUS 4/2011, BRN 1/2011, CHL 3/2011, MYS 8/2011, NZL 1/2011, PER 3/2011, SGP 2/2011, USA 13/2011 and VNM 5/2011.
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30 Jun 2016
    20 Apr 2016
    Singapore
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • indigenous peoples
  • health
  • cultural rights
  • international order
  • international solidarity
  • privacy
Alleged adverse human rights impact related to numerous provisions within the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). According to the information received, the TPP was drafted opaquely, without broad consultations, preventing certain stakeholders, including indigenous peoples, from meaningfully participating in the negotiation process. Certain provisions of the TPP related to intellectual property rights may have a detrimental effect on the realization of the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, to live in a clean environment, to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and to participate in cultural life. Serious concern is expressed at provisions relating to the dispute settlement mechanisms before which individuals do not have legal standing and thus are deprived of the right to an effective remedy, and at the investor-State dispute resolution mechanism, which allows investors to challenge laws and policies that promote and protect human rights. The negative impact on access to medicines by the TPP was the subject of a previous communication sent on 19 July 2011, see A/HRC/19/44, case nos. AUS 4/2011, BRN 1/2011, CHL 3/2011, MYS 8/2011, NZL 1/2011, PER 3/2011, SGP 2/2011, USA 13/2011 and VNM 5/2011.
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30 Jun 2016
    20 Apr 2016
    Peru
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • indigenous peoples
  • health
  • cultural rights
  • international order
  • international solidarity
  • privacy
Alegaciones acerca del impacto adverso en el disfrute de los derechos humanos de varias disposiciones contenidas en el Acuerdo Transpacífico de Cooperación Económica (en adelante ‘TPP’ por sus siglas en inglés). De acuerdo a la información recibida, el TPP habría sido redactado de forma no transparente, sin consultas amplias, impidiendo que ciertos actores, como algunos grupos indígenas, participasen activamente en el proceso de negociación. Ciertas disposiciones del TPP relativas a los derechos de propiedad intelectual podrían tener un efecto perjudicial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental, el derecho a una alimentación adecuada, a vivir en un ambiente limpio, a gozar de los beneficios del progreso científico y a participar en la vida cultural. Se expresa gran preocupación sobre las disposiciones relativas a los mecanismos de solución de controversias ante los cuales los individuos no tienen capacidad legal y por lo tanto se ven privados del derecho a un recurso efectivo, así como sobre el mecanismo de solución de controversias entre inversores y el Estado que permite a los inversores desafiar la aplicación de las leyes y políticas que promuevan y protejan los derechos humanos. El impacto negativo en el acceso a medicamentos por parte del TPP fue objeto de una comunicación anterior enviada el 19 de julio de 2011, ver A/HRC/19/44, casos no. AUS 4/2011, BRN 1/2011, CHL 3/2011, MYS 8/2011, NZL 1/2011, PER 3/2011, SGP 2/2011, USA 13/2011 y VNM 5/2011.
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30 Jun 2016
19 Jul 2016
    20 Apr 2016
    New Zealand
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • indigenous peoples
  • health
  • cultural rights
  • international order
  • international solidarity
  • privacy
Alleged adverse human rights impact related to numerous provisions within the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). According to the information received, the TPP was drafted opaquely, without broad consultations, preventing certain stakeholders, including indigenous peoples, from meaningfully participating in the negotiation process. Certain provisions of the TPP related to intellectual property rights may have a detrimental effect on the realization of the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, to live in a clean environment, to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and to participate in cultural life. Serious concern is expressed at provisions relating to the dispute settlement mechanisms before which individuals do not have legal standing and thus are deprived of the right to an effective remedy, and at the investor-State dispute resolution mechanism, which allows investors to challenge laws and policies that promote and protect human rights. The negative impact on access to medicines by the TPP was the subject of a previous communication sent on 19 July 2011, see A/HRC/19/44, case nos. AUS 4/2011, BRN 1/2011, CHL 3/2011, MYS 8/2011, NZL 1/2011, PER 3/2011, SGP 2/2011, USA 13/2011 and VNM 5/2011.
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30 Jun 2016
13 Jul 2016
    20 Apr 2016
    Mexico
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • indigenous peoples
  • health
  • cultural rights
  • international order
  • international solidarity
  • privacy
Alegaciones acerca del impacto adverso en el disfrute de los derechos humanos de varias disposiciones contenidas en el Acuerdo Transpacífico de Cooperación Económica (en adelante ‘TPP’ por sus siglas en inglés). De acuerdo a la información recibida, el TPP habría sido redactado de forma no transparente, sin consultas amplias, impidiendo que ciertos actores, como algunos grupos indígenas, participasen activamente en el proceso de negociación. Ciertas disposiciones del TPP relativas a los derechos de propiedad intelectual podrían tener un efecto perjudicial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental, el derecho a una alimentación adecuada, a vivir en un ambiente limpio, a gozar de los beneficios del progreso científico y a participar en la vida cultural. Se expresa gran preocupación sobre las disposiciones relativas a los mecanismos de solución de controversias ante los cuales los individuos no tienen capacidad legal y por lo tanto se ven privados del derecho a un recurso efectivo, así como sobre el mecanismo de solución de controversias entre inversores y el Estado que permite a los inversores desafiar la aplicación de las leyes y políticas que promuevan y protejan los derechos humanos. El impacto negativo en el acceso a medicamentos por parte del TPP fue objeto de una comunicación anterior enviada el 19 de julio de 2011, ver A/HRC/19/44, casos no. AUS 4/2011, BRN 1/2011, CHL 3/2011, MYS 8/2011, NZL 1/2011, PER 3/2011, SGP 2/2011, USA 13/2011 y VNM 5/2011.
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30 Jun 2016
05 Aug 2016
    20 Apr 2016
    Malaysia
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • indigenous peoples
  • health
  • cultural rights
  • international order
  • international solidarity
  • privacy
Alleged adverse human rights impact related to numerous provisions within the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). According to the information received, the TPP was drafted opaquely, without broad consultations, preventing certain stakeholders, including indigenous peoples, from meaningfully participating in the negotiation process. Certain provisions of the TPP related to intellectual property rights may have a detrimental effect on the realization of the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, to live in a clean environment, to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and to participate in cultural life. Serious concern is expressed at provisions relating to the dispute settlement mechanisms before which individuals do not have legal standing and thus are deprived of the right to an effective remedy, and at the investor-State dispute resolution mechanism, which allows investors to challenge laws and policies that promote and protect human rights. The negative impact on access to medicines by the TPP was the subject of a previous communication sent on 19 July 2011, see A/HRC/19/44, case nos. AUS 4/2011, BRN 1/2011, CHL 3/2011, MYS 8/2011, NZL 1/2011, PER 3/2011, SGP 2/2011, USA 13/2011 and VNM 5/2011.
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30 Jun 2016
    20 Apr 2016
    Japan
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • indigenous peoples
  • health
  • cultural rights
  • international order
  • international solidarity
  • privacy
Alleged adverse human rights impact related to numerous provisions within the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). According to the information received, the TPP was drafted opaquely, without broad consultations, preventing certain stakeholders, including indigenous peoples, from meaningfully participating in the negotiation process. Certain provisions of the TPP related to intellectual property rights may have a detrimental effect on the realization of the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, to live in a clean environment, to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and to participate in cultural life. Serious concern is expressed at provisions relating to the dispute settlement mechanisms before which individuals do not have legal standing and thus are deprived of the right to an effective remedy, and at the investor-State dispute resolution mechanism, which allows investors to challenge laws and policies that promote and protect human rights. The negative impact on access to medicines by the TPP was the subject of a previous communication sent on 19 July 2011, see A/HRC/19/44, case nos. AUS 4/2011, BRN 1/2011, CHL 3/2011, MYS 8/2011, NZL 1/2011, PER 3/2011, SGP 2/2011, USA 13/2011 and VNM 5/2011.
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30 Jun 2016
    20 Apr 2016
    Chile
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • indigenous peoples
  • health
  • cultural rights
  • international order
  • international solidarity
  • privacy
Alegaciones acerca del impacto adverso en el disfrute de los derechos humanos de varias disposiciones contenidas en el Acuerdo Transpacífico de Cooperación Económica (en adelante ‘TPP’ por sus siglas en inglés). De acuerdo a la información recibida, el TPP habría sido redactado de forma no transparente, sin consultas amplias, impidiendo que ciertos actores, como algunos grupos indígenas, participasen activamente en el proceso de negociación. Ciertas disposiciones del TPP relativas a los derechos de propiedad intelectual podrían tener un efecto perjudicial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental, el derecho a una alimentación adecuada, a vivir en un ambiente limpio, a gozar de los beneficios del progreso científico y a participar en la vida cultural. Se expresa gran preocupación sobre las disposiciones relativas a los mecanismos de solución de controversias ante los cuales los individuos no tienen capacidad legal y por lo tanto se ven privados del derecho a un recurso efectivo, así como sobre el mecanismo de solución de controversias entre inversores y el Estado que permite a los inversores desafiar la aplicación de las leyes y políticas que promuevan y protejan los derechos humanos. El impacto negativo en el acceso a medicamentos por parte del TPP fue objeto de una comunicación anterior enviada el 19 de julio de 2011, ver A/HRC/19/44, casos no. AUS 4/2011, BRN 1/2011, CHL 3/2011, MYS 8/2011, NZL 1/2011, PER 3/2011, SGP 2/2011, USA 13/2011 y VNM 5/2011.).).
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30 Jun 2016
    20 Apr 2016
    Canada
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • indigenous peoples
  • health
  • cultural rights
  • international order
  • international solidarity
  • privacy
Alleged adverse human rights impact related to numerous provisions within the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). According to the information received, the TPP was drafted opaquely, without broad consultations, preventing certain stakeholders, including indigenous peoples, from meaningfully participating in the negotiation process. Certain provisions of the TPP related to intellectual property rights may have a detrimental effect on the realization of the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, to live in a clean environment, to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and to participate in cultural life. Serious concern is expressed at provisions relating to the dispute settlement mechanisms before which individuals do not have legal standing and thus are deprived of the right to an effective remedy, and at the investor-State dispute resolution mechanism, which allows investors to challenge laws and policies that promote and protect human rights. The negative impact on access to medicines by the TPP was the subject of a previous communication sent on 19 July 2011, see A/HRC/19/44, case nos. AUS 4/2011, BRN 1/2011, CHL 3/2011, MYS 8/2011, NZL 1/2011, PER 3/2011, SGP 2/2011, USA 13/2011 and VNM 5/2011.
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02 May 2016
19 Aug 2016
    20 Apr 2016
    Brunei Darussalam
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • indigenous peoples
  • health
  • cultural rights
  • international order
  • international solidarity
  • privacy
Alleged adverse human rights impact related to numerous provisions within the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). According to the information received, the TPP was drafted opaquely, without broad consultations, preventing certain stakeholders, including indigenous peoples, from meaningfully participating in the negotiation process. Certain provisions of the TPP related to intellectual property rights may have a detrimental effect on the realization of the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, to live in a clean environment, to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and to participate in cultural life. Serious concern is expressed at provisions relating to the dispute settlement mechanisms before which individuals do not have legal standing and thus are deprived of the right to an effective remedy, and at the investor-State dispute resolution mechanism, which allows investors to challenge laws and policies that promote and protect human rights. The negative impact on access to medicines by the TPP was the subject of a previous communication sent on 19 July 2011, see A/HRC/19/44, case nos. AUS 4/2011, BRN 1/2011, CHL 3/2011, MYS 8/2011, NZL 1/2011, PER 3/2011, SGP 2/2011, USA 13/2011 and VNM 5/2011.
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30 Jun 2016
    20 Apr 2016
    Australia
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • indigenous peoples
  • health
  • cultural rights
  • international order
  • international solidarity
  • privacy
Alleged adverse human rights impact related to numerous provisions within the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). According to the information received, the TPP was drafted opaquely, without broad consultations, preventing certain stakeholders, including indigenous peoples, from meaningfully participating in the negotiation process. Certain provisions of the TPP related to intellectual property rights may have a detrimental effect on the realization of the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, to live in a clean environment, to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and to participate in cultural life. Serious concern is expressed at provisions relating to the dispute settlement mechanisms before which individuals do not have legal standing and thus are deprived of the right to an effective remedy, and at the investor-State dispute resolution mechanism, which allows investors to challenge laws and policies that promote and protect human rights. The negative impact on access to medicines by the TPP was the subject of a previous communication sent on 19 July 2011, see A/HRC/19/44, case nos. AUS 4/2011, BRN 1/2011, CHL 3/2011, MYS 8/2011, NZL 1/2011, PER 3/2011, SGP 2/2011, USA 13/2011 and VNM 5/2011.
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20 Jun 2016
02 Aug 2016
    29 Feb 2016
    Other actors
    JAL
  • indigenous peoples
  • housing
  • food
  • health
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • business
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 consultation 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 attainable standard of physical and mental health, cultural rights, the rights to information and participation, as well as the rights of indigenous peoples. Related communications were sent to the Governments of Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Malaysia on 16 and 29 February 2016, respectively, see above, case nos. LAO 1/2016 and MYS 1/2016, as well as to Mekong River Commission, see below, case no. OTH 13/2016.
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    29 Feb 2016
    Other actors
    JAL
  • indigenous peoples
  • housing
  • food
  • health
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • business
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 consultation 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. Related communications were sent to the Governments of Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Malaysia on 16 and 29 February 2016, respectively, see above, case nos. LAO 1/2016 and MYS 1/2016, as well as to Mega First Corporation Berhad, see above, case no. OTH 12/2016.
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09 May 2016
    29 Feb 2016
    Malaysia
    JAL
  • indigenous peoples
  • housing
  • food
  • health
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • business
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 consultation 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 attainable 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 Lao People’s Democratic Republic on 16 February 2016, see above, case no. LAO 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 13/2016.
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    18 Feb 2016
    Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    JUA
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • torture
  • cultural rights
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Allegations concerning the arrest, detention and sentencing of two musicians and a filmmaker for producing and distributing underground music. According to the information received, on 5 October 2013, Mr. Mehdi Rajabian, Mr. Yousef Emadi and Mr. Hossein Rajabian were arrested by the intelligence unit of the Revolutionary Guard and detained in the northern city of Sari, including in solitary confinement and without access to a lawyer. After 18 days, all three men appeared before the 3rd Branch of the Revolutionary Court and were sent to Evin Prison, Tehran, before being released after a period ranging between 40 days and two months, upon payment of a bail of 200 million Tomans (approximately 6.625 USD). In May 2015, the three individuals appeared at their trial before Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court, who sentenced them to six years in prison and fined them 200 million Tomans for “insulting the sacred” and “propaganda against the state” through the production and promotion of underground music. On 22 December 2015, the three men appeared before Branch 54 of the Tehran Appeals Court, whose decision is expected shortly.
Alleged victims: 3
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17 May 2016
    16 Feb 2016
    Lao People's Democratic Republic
    JAL
  • indigenous peoples
  • housing
  • food
  • health
  • cultural rights
  • environment
  • business
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.
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10 May 2016
    13 Jan 2016
    Pakistan
    JUA
  • housing
  • cultural rights
Alleged destruction of many historic buildings and neighbourhoods for the purpose of the Orange metro line in Lahore, in violation of the right to housing and cultural rights. According to the information received, works for the construction of the Orange metro line have started regardless of the important opposition the project has met and of procedural flaws. Concerns are expressed about the lack of transparency and adequate information to the affected residents, forced evictions and disregard for various Pakistani law provisions prohibiting construction near heritage sites as well as activities leading to environmental degradation.
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    10 Dec 2015
    India
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • cultural rights
Alleged arrest and detention of a folk singer and activist, on charges of sedition for the lyrics of two of his recently released songs criticizing the Tamil Nadu state government and Chief Minister. According to the information received, Mr. S. Sivadas, also known by his stage name Kovan, was arrested in the night of 30 October 2015 at his home. The legal procedure for his arrest was not respected and a Habeas Corpus had to be filed by his lawyer. Mr. Kovan was released on bail on 16 November 2015. He has reportedly been charged with sedition, even though not yet formally, and is awaiting trial. Concern is raised that his arrest and detention may be related to his legitimate exercise of his rights to freedom of opinion and expression in the form of art, to take part in cultural life, and to the freedom indispensable for creative activities, as well as his work as a human rights defender.
Alleged victims: 1
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    30 Nov 2015
    Saudi Arabia
    JUA
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • religion or belief
  • executions
  • torture
  • cultural rights
Allegations concerning the imposition of the death sentence following an unfair trial against a poet of Palestinian origin in Saudi Arabia. According to the information received, on 25 May 2014, Mr. Ashraf Fayadh was sentenced to four years imprisonment and 800 lashes for allegedly having committed apostasy. The prosecution appealed the verdict and, on 17 November 2015, the General Court of Abha sentenced Mr. Fayadh to death under the same charge. Mr. Fayadh, who had no legal representation during the judicial proceedings, was given 30 days to appeal the sentence. He remains in detention.
Alleged victims: 1
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04 Mar 2016
    24 Nov 2015
    Bangladesh
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • religion or belief
  • executions
  • cultural rights
Allegations concerning the killing of a Bangladeshi publisher and writer as well as of violent attacks against another publisher. According to the information received, on 31 October 2015, Mr. Faisal Arefin Dipan, a Bangladeshi publisher and writer, was murdered at his publishing house in Dhaka. He had recently published books by the secular writer and blogger Mr. Avijit Roy who was murdered in February 2015. Earlier that day Mr. Ahmedur Rashid Tutul, another Bangladeshi publisher, was the victim of a violent attack, which left him injured and hospitalized. Mr. Tutul had published four of Mr. Roy’s books. It is reported that the responsibility for these attacks has been claimed by the armed group Ansar al-Islam, Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS). Concern is expressed at what appears to be a pattern of violence and intimidation against secular writers, publishers, bloggers/journalists and other intellectuals in the country, ostensibly in response to the exercise of their human right to freedom of expression and freedom of thought, conscience and religion or belief. A previous related communication was sent on 30 April 2015, see A/HRC/30/27, case no. BGD 2/2015.
Alleged victims: 2
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25 Nov 2015
    30 Oct 2015
    Bahrain
    JAL
  • religion or belief
  • poverty
  • cultural rights
Alleged patterns of continuous discrimination against Shia citizens, including through cultural, economic, educational and social government policies in Bahrain since 2011. According to the information received, peaceful protestors and other Shia citizens have experienced excessive use of force during and after the protests of 2011, with Shia religious clergy being particularly targeted. Government violence has also led to the destruction of many Shia mosques and sites of religious and cultural significance and of other signs of Shia presence in the country. The official historical narrative which systematically undermines the role of Baharna and Shia religious and cultural heritage in the country is also promoted in the official school curricula and media. Shia citizens allegedly also experience discrimination in access to citizenship, public sector employment and government social policies, particularly housing and welfare programs, making them more vulnerable to poverty. Various aspects of this situation, including the destruction of two mosques and withdrawal of citizenship, have already been raised in previous communications sent on 5 may 2011, see A/HRC/18/51, case no. BHR 8/2011, and on 29 November 2012, see A/HRC/23/51, case no. BHR 12/2012.
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25 Dec 2015
01 Feb 2016
    29 Oct 2015
    Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    JUA
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • torture
  • violence against women
  • health
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Alleged arbitrary detention, sentencing to flogging and subjecting human rights activists to a virginity test. According to the information received, Ms. Fatemeh Ekhtesari was sentenced to over 11 years in prison for her collection of poetry. Mr. Mehdi Moosavi was sentenced to six years in prison for his poetry. Ms. Atena Farghadani was sentenced to over twelve years for a cartoon. All three were also charged with “illegitimate sexual relationship short of adultery” for shaking hands with a non-relative of the opposite sex. Ms. Ekhtesari and Mr. Moosavi were sentenced to ninety-nine lashes. Ms. Farghadani has not been sentenced but has already been subjected to forced virginity and pregnancy testing. Ms. Narges Mohammadi, a prominent Iranian rearrested 5 May 2015, has been subjected to harassment and deprived of necessary medical care. Ms Farghadani and Ms Mohammadi have been the subjects of seven previous communications, the most recent of which was sent 4 June 2015, see above, case no. IRN 6/2015.
Alleged victims: 4
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04 Mar 2016
16 Mar 2016
    20 Oct 2015
    Cuba
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • cultural rights
Alegada detención arbitraria prolongada de un artista por ejercer su derecho a la libre expresión artística. Según la información recibida, el Sr. Danilo Maldonado Machado, conocido como “El Sexto”, fue arrestado el 25 de diciembre de 2014 mientras transportaba dos cerdos con los nombres “Raúl” y “Fidel” pintados en ellos, con la intención de liberarlos durante una manifestación artística en el Parque Central de la Habana. Ha permanecido en prisión más de 9 meses, sin embargo no ha sido formalizada ninguna acusación en su contra y aún no ha sido presentado ante un tribunal. El 7 de octubre de 2015 el Sr. Maldonado desistió de una huelga de hambre de un mes, al ser informado que sería liberado luego de 15 días. Sin embargo permanece en prisión al momento de esta acción urgente. Preocupaciones son manifestadas por el hecho de que esta detención sea una violación del derecho a la libertad de expresión y de opinión, del debido proceso y a un juicio justo, incompatibles con los estándares internacionales sobre derechos humanos.
Alleged victims: 1
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22 Dec 2015
    16 Oct 2015
    Qatar
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • cultural rights
Alleged arbitrary detention of a Qatari poet for writing and reciting poems criticizing the Amir of Qatar and praising the Tunisian revolution. According to the information received, since February 2013, Mr. Mohammed al-Ajami, also known as Mr. Mohammed Ibn al-Dheeb, is serving a 15 years prison sentence for a poem he wrote in 2010 criticizing Sheikh Tamim Al Thani. Irregularities have been reported throughout the legal procedures, including the fact that the legal reasons for reducing the sentence from life imprisonment to 15 years were not clearly exposed. It is also alleged that, for the last two years, Mr. al-Ajami has been subjected to harsh conditions, with periods of solitary confinement during his detention. Serious concerns are raised regarding the compatibility of the sentence with international human rights standards relating to freedom of opinion and expression and the right to take part in cultural life, as well as concerning the right to a fair trial. Mr. Al-Ajami has been the subject of a previous communication sent on 21 December 2012, see A/HRC/23/51, case no. QAT 1/2012.
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02 Dec 2015
    14 Oct 2015
    Saudi Arabia
    JAL
  • religion or belief
  • cultural rights
Alleged destruction of various Mosques and sites of religious, historical and cultural importance in Saudi Arabia. According to the information received, Government authorities have destroyed many sites linked with important religious and historical figures all over the country, which are considered by many Muslim believers, especially Shias and Sufis, as significant sites for their cultural and religious identity. It is alleged that the destructions have been continuous over years in an effort to prohibit religious practices that are not recognized by the country’s dominant interpretation of Islam, in violation of international human rights standards relating to the right to freedom of religion and belief and the right to take part in cultural life, including the right to have access to and enjoy cultural heritage.
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23 Oct 2015
30 Jun 2016
    28 Sep 2015
    France
    AL
  • cultural rights
Lettre concernant l’adoption prochaine d’une loi en France sur la liberté de création, l’architecture et le patrimoine. Selon les informations reçues, le projet de loi en discussion au Parlement français affirme clairement la liberté de création, mais omet de mentionner les libertés correspondantes de présenter, d’exposer et de diffuser des œuvres et créations. La lettre rappelle que ces aspects sont indissociables pour la jouissance du droit de participer à la vie culturelle, tel qu’énoncé dans l’article 27 de la Déclaration universelle des droits de l’homme et l’article 15 du Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels, et pour la réalisation du droit à la liberté d’opinion et d’expression, y compris sous une forme artistique, tel que consacré à l’article 19 du Pacte relatif aux droits civils et politiques.
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    15 Sep 2015
    Bulgaria
    JAL
  • religion or belief
  • minority issues
  • cultural rights
Allegations concerning the initiation of archaeological excavations in the vicinity of a mosque and planned conversion of the religious site into a museum. According to the information received, on 14 June 2015, the local government of Karlovo started excavation works aimed at exposing archaeological remains in and around Kurshun Mosque and at converting the site into a museum, without prior notification or consultation with the Muslim community of Bulgaria. The ownership of the Kurshun Mosque has been long disputed and is currently not open for worship; however, it reportedly bears great religious importance for the Muslim community, who views the works as an act of desecration. Similar projects of public works and excavations have allegedly also been carried out at other sites of religious significance for the Muslim community without prior consultation, including at Hamza Bey Mosque in Stara Zagora, Makbul Pasha Mosque in Razgrad and Mihaloglu Mosque in Ihtiman. Controversies regarding the ownership and use of mosques in Bulgaria have reportedly caused tension in the country, including protests against the religious use of Muslim places of worship.
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18 Nov 2015
    19 Aug 2015
    Egypt
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Alleged undue restrictions to the right of everyone to freedom of artistic expression under Egyptian legislation. According to the information received, Law 430/1955 on censorship of artistic works, as well as Minister of Culture Decrees 162/1993 on implementing regulations of the censorship of artistic works and 220/1976 on the criteria to be considered for censorship, as well as several provisions of the Criminal Code (Law 58/1937), establish undue restrictions to the right to freedom of expression, especially in the form of art. It is reported that these provisions establish a regime of prior and post-censorship of the arts that is not in compliance with international human rights standards. Furthermore, Law 35/1978 on the Federation of Artistic Syndicates imposes affiliation to a unique syndicate, raising issues about the rights to freedom of artistic expression and association, as recognized under international human rights law. The regime of sanctions provided for in these laws, as well as in the Penal Code, includes severe criminal sanctions and liberty-depriving penalties. The Government is urged to take measures to ensure compliance of the national legislation and its implementation with international human rights law and standards.
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31 May 2016
    17 Aug 2015
    United States of America
    JAL
  • indigenous peoples
  • religion or belief
  • cultural rights
Alleged desecration of Mauna Kea Sacred Mountain located in Hawai’i for the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope. According to the information received, the construction violates United States of America’s international obligations to protect the human rights of indigenous peoples to participate in cultural life, to freedom of religion and belief and to be meaningfully involved in decision making-processes that impact on their human rights. It is alleged that the decision to adopt the project was made without appropriately consulting the people for whom the mountain has high cultural and religious value, and that no serious consideration was given to alternative locations for the construction.
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18 Nov 2015
    03 Aug 2015
    Zambia
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • cultural rights
Alleged arrest and prosecution of a musician and singer for having released a song critical of the President of the ruling party. According to the information received, on 8 June 2015, Mr. Chama Fumba, aka Pilato (Pilate), a 31-year-old musician, was arrested for a song in which he is said to have ridiculed the President and the ruling party. He was subsequently detained and denied police bond, despite the request from his lawyers that he be released pending trial. On 9 June, Mr. Fumba appeared before the Chief Resident Magistrate at Lusaka on charges of “conduct likely to cause a breach of the public peace”, contrary to Section 178 (f) of the Penal Code of Zambia. Mr. Fumba pleaded not guilty and was granted release pending trial on bail. His trial was initially set for 24 June 2015, but later adjourned until 13 July 2015, reportedly because the prosecutor had no witnesses. On 13 July, the director of the Public Prosecution entered a Nolle Prosequi and the case against Mr. Fumba was discontinued. It is alleged that the arrest of Mr. Fumba might be linked with the upcoming presidential electoral campaign for 2016.
Alleged victims: 1
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    23 Apr 2015
    Afghanistan
    JAL
  • religion or belief
  • violence against women
  • cultural rights
  • women in law and in practice
Allegations concerning the public lynching and setting on fire of an Afghan woman accused of burning a copy of the Quran. According to the information received, on 19 March 2015, after having been accused of burning a copy of the Quran at a public shrine in Kabul city, a mob comprised of approximately 30 men physically assaulted a 27-year-old student named Farkhunda with stones and sticks and ran her over with a vehicle three times. As a result, the victim died and her corpse was subsequently set on fire. Reportedly the police arrived at the scene while the lynching was ongoing but failed to adequately respond to the mob violence and prevent the victim’s death. On 20 March 2015, President Ashraf Ghani appointed a commission to investigate the case from a religious and legal point of view. On 24 March 2015, the criminal investigation, which was initiated by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Kabul province, was reportedly transferred to the CID at the Headquarters of the Ministry of Interior given the high profile of the case.
Alleged victims: 1
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    15 Apr 2015
    Australia
    JAL
  • indigenous peoples
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Allegations concerning the Federal Government’s discontinuing of funding for basic services in remote aboriginal communities, which may affect more than 100 such communities in the State of Western Australia. According to the information received, the measure is expected to take place at the end of July 2015 when federal funding will end, affecting 12,113 people living in the 275 remote communities in the State of Western Australia. Concerns are raised regarding the impact that such discontinuation may have on the human rights of indigenous communities, including their cultural rights, whether indigenous communities have been consulted with and the alternatives that the communities will have to choose from.
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03 Jun 2015
    28 Jan 2015
    Netherlands
    JAL
  • racism
  • minority issues
  • cultural rights
  • African Descent
Letter requesting information on the reported placement of the Dutch tradition of Sinterklaas and Black Pete on the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage. According to the information received, on 15 January 2015, the Dutch Centre for Folk Culture and Intangible Heritage, a Government-funded organization, placed the Dutch traditional Sinterklaas and Black Pete festival on the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Allegedly, concerned communities, who find the tradition of Black Pete to be offensive, as it perpetuates a negative stereotyped representation of African people and people of African descent, were not informed nor consulted about this process. A previous communication on the same subject was sent on 17 January 2013, see A/HRC/23/51, case no. NLD 1/2013.
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30 Mar 2015
    13 Nov 2014
    Morocco
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • executions
  • torture
  • health
  • cultural rights
Allégations de détention, d’actes de torture et de mauvais traitements, et d’exécution sommaire d’un militant des droits de l’homme et activiste politique sahraoui. Selon les informations reçues, M. Hassanna al-Wali a été arrêté le 5 janvier 2012 par les forces policières marocaines au siège de la police à Dakhla. Le jour suivant, M. al-Wali aurait été emprisonné et soumis à diverses formes de torture par les forces de sécurité. Malgré son mauvais état de santé, l’accès à des soins médicaux lui aurait été refusé. Lorsqu’il a enfin été transféré à un hôpital, M. al-Wali serait tombé dans un coma à la suite du traitement médical qu’il aurait reçu. M. al-Wali serait décédé trois jours plus tard. Ces violations feraient partie d’une tendance plus générale de violations systématiques commises par les autorités marocaines à l’encontre de militants sahraouis.
Alleged victims: 1
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23 Dec 2014
    17 Oct 2014
    Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • violence against women
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Alleged arrest, detention, and sentencing of seven individuals for exercising their right to freedom of expression, including in the form of art, and their right to take part in cultural life without discrimination on the basis of sex and gender. On 19 May 2014, Iranian police officers arrested Mr. Sassan Soleimani, Ms. Reyhaneh Taravadi, Ms. Neda Motameni, Ms. Afshin Sohrabi, Mr. Bardia Moradi, and Mr. Roham Shamekhi for appearing in a video. They were released on bail the following day after a publicized forced apology. On 18 September 2014, they were sentenced to prison terms ranging between six months and one year, with a suspension for three years, as well as to 91 lashes each. On 20 June 2014, Ms. Ghoncheh Gavami, a British-Iranian national was arrested outside the Azadi Stadium in Iran, for protesting against the State’s ban on Iranian women watching volleyball and football games in stadiums. She was initially held in Vozara Detention Centre before her transfer to Evin Prison, Tehran, where she was held in solitary confinement without access to a lawyer for 41 days. On 1 October 2014, she went on hunger strike in protest of her continued detention.
Alleged victims: 7
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    14 Oct 2014
    Israel
    JUA
  • Palestinian territories occupied since 1967
  • housing
  • food
  • minority issues
  • cultural rights
Alleged imminent risk of forced eviction and transfer of Palestinian Bedouin communities, acts prohibited under international human rights and humanitarian law. According to the information received, Palestinian Bedouin communities currently residing in the central West Bank, including the East Jerusalem periphery, are at imminent risk of forced eviction and transfer to three urbanized sites at Al Jabal, Nuweima and Fasayil in the Jerusalem and Jericho Governorates of the West Bank, as a result of steps being taken by the Government of Israel to relocate them. Between 5,000 and 11,000 individuals are considered to be at risk of relocation to these sites.
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    09 Sep 2014
    Georgia
    JAL
  • housing
  • food
  • minority issues
  • cultural rights
Alleged involuntary resettlement of an estimated 1,700 to 2,500 inhabitants of the upper Svaneti region, including a large number of individuals and families from the Svan minority ethnic subgroup. According to the information received, the Government of Georgia plans to resume the construction of the Khudoni hydropower plant in the Enguri River gorge on the territory of the Mestia municipality in upper Svaneti, four kilometres south of the village of Khaishi, Georgia. It is reported that the construction will flood at least 1,500 hectares of forest and agricultural land along with the village of Khaishi, which is the administrative centre of a number of villages in the area. Concern is expressed that the residents of the Upper Svaneti region will face violations of their right to an adequate standard of living, including food and housing, and their right to take part in cultural life as a result of the construction of Khudoni dam and their resettlement.
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16 Dec 2014
    17 Jul 2014
    Morocco
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • cultural rights
Condamnation alléguée d’un bloggeur et rappeur à quatre mois de détention, en raison de l’exercice de sa liberté d’expression artistique et de son implication dans le mouvement pro-démocratique au Maroc. Selon les informations reçues, M. Mouad Belghouate, bloggeur et rappeur renommé critiquant ouvertement la corruption au Maroc et dénonçant les brutalités policières, a été condamné à quatre mois de détention le 1er juillet 2014. Ceci est la troisième condamnation de M. Belghouate à une peine de prison depuis 2011, en vertu de procédures judiciaires qui ne seraient pas respectueuses du droit à un procès équitable. Des préoccupations sont exprimées relatives au fait que les condamnations dont a fait l’objet M. Belghouate seraient liées à l’exercice de son droit à la liberté d’opinion et d’expression y compris sous une forme artistique et de son droit de participer à la vie culturelle, et à son travail pacifique œuvrant pour les droits de l’homme au Maroc.
Alleged victims: 1
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06 Oct 2014
    11 Jul 2014
    Bahrain
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Alleged destruction of the Pearl Roundabout monument and related imagery by Government security forces, as well as restricted public access to the site. According to the information received, on 18 March 2011, Government security forces destroyed the Pearl Roundabout monument, which is considered by Bahraini citizens as a symbol of the pro-democratic movement. It is alleged that related imagery, such as the 500 fils coin featuring the image of the Pearl Roundabout, postcards in tourists’ shops, and pictures on official Government websites were removed or taken out of circulation in an effort to erase all memory of the Pearl Roundabout monument. It is further reported that public access to the site is blocked and guarded by the army with signs that the taking of pictures is prohibited. An earlier communication on the same issue was sent on 17 February 2011, see A/HRC/18/51, case no. BHR 1/2011.
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    27 May 2014
    Malaysia
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • religion or belief
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Alleged systematic persecution and discrimination against Shi’a Muslims in Malaysia. According to the information received, on 21 April 2014, Mr. Mohd Kamilzuhairi Abdul Aziz, a Shi’a religious cleric, was arrested by police during a peaceful religious meeting in Taman Sri Gombak. On 9 April 2014, a novel written by Mr. Mohd Faizal Musa was banned by the Ministry of Home Affairs in order to stop Shi’a propaganda. The ban appears to be imposed as a result of the 1996 fatwa issued by the National Council for Islamic Affairs, which declared Shi’a school of Islam as a deviant sect and any production, broadcast and distribution of any books, pamphlets, films and video deviating from the Sunni teaching as haram (forbidden).
Alleged victims: 2
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    30 Apr 2014
    Iraq
    JAL
  • religion or belief
  • minority issues
  • cultural rights
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    21 Mar 2014
    Viet Nam
    JUA
  • religion or belief
  • housing
  • minority issues
  • cultural rights
Alleged forced eviction of the residents of the Con Dau village, near Da Nang city, in Central Viet Nam. According to the information received, in 2007, the local government of Da Nang city announced a plan to expropriate the Con Dau village. The land was leased to a private company to build an eco-resort. Compensation was poor and the request of the parishioners to be resettled near their church was rejected twice. By 2013, hundreds of residents had moved under threats and harassment or after their homes had been forcefully demolished. The company stopped its project and began selling its land use rights by lots to private buyers. On 7 March 2014, the local government of Da Nang city gave a deadline to a remaining hundred households to give up their land and move out by 15 April 2014. Concerns are expressed that the forced eviction of the residents of Con Dau violates international human rights standards and seriously disrupts the cultural and religious life of the community.
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23 May 2014
    07 Mar 2014
    Pakistan
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • religion or belief
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Alleged undue restrictions of the right to freedom of association contained in the Foreign Contributions Bill (2013). According to the information received, the Bill, which regulates the utilization of foreign contributions by national and international non-governmental organizations, imposes undue restrictions on such recipients.. Such provisions concern, inter alia, the registration, suspension or cancellation of certificates; auditing/monitoring of these organizations, as well as restrictions on the utilization of foreign contributions they receive; and limitation on activities they intend to pursue.
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    07 Feb 2014
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • violence against women
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Alleged violent disruption of the Queer Festival Merlinka in Sarajevo. According to the information received, on 1 February 2014, a group of unidentified individuals reportedly stormed the Art Cinema Kriterion in Sarajevo where the aforementioned festival was taking place. They shouted hateful remarks against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered persons (LGBT). They then physically assaulted three attendees who sustained minor physical injuries, and psychologically traumatised over 25 other attendees who were subsequently moved to safe locations in the city. A couple of hours prior to the attack, the organizers had reported to the police a series of threats against the festival made on Facebook. However, the police failed to provide protection to the organizers and participants, despite reassurances that police officers would be deployed during different events of the festival. Serious concerns are expressed about the violent disruption of the Queer Festival Merlinka and the ongoing harassment of LGBT persons in the country.
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17 Apr 2014
    03 Feb 2014
    China
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • religion or belief
  • disappearances
  • minority issues
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Alleged arrest and detention of ten Tibetan singers and musicians. According to the information received, artists Gongpo Tsezin, Trinley Tsekar, Kelsang Yarphel, Lolo, Pema Trinley, Chakdor, Khenrap, Nyagdompo, Shawo Tashi, and Achok Phulshung are either currently being detained or their fate and whereabouts are unknown. It is alleged that these artists have been arrested in connection with their songs supporting Tibetan culture and reflecting the situation in the Tibetan Autonomous Region. Serious concerns are expressed that the alleged arbitrary arrest and detention or enforced disappearance of the aforementioned 10 Tibetan singers and musicians may be linked to their legitimate human rights activities. The Tibetan singer Lolo was the subject of an earlier communication sent on 9 August 2012, see A/HRC/22/67/Corr.2, case no. CHN 8/2012.
Alleged victims: 10
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30 Apr 2014
    22 Jan 2014
    Syrian Arab Republic
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • torture
  • disappearances
  • cultural rights
Alleged arrest and detention of a political cartoonist. According to the information received, Mr. Akram Raslan, a cartoonist working for Al-Fida newspaper, was arrested without an arrest warrant on 2 October 2012 by the Syrian Military Intelligence in the city of Hama. The arrest reportedly occurred after he posted political cartoons critical of President Bashar Al-Assad on Facebook. On 26 July 2013, Mr. Raslan was reportedly put on secret trial and sentenced to life imprisonment on account of, inter alia, insulting the country’s president. While Mr. Raslan had reportedly been held incommunicado since his arrest, there were conflicting reports about Mr. Raslan’s fate and whereabouts, including that he may have been executed.
Alleged victims: 1
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31 Mar 2014
    25 Nov 2013
    Other actors
    JAL
  • disappearances
  • cultural rights
  • truth
  • justice
  • reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
Presunto cierre de la Oficina de Tutela Legal (Tutela Legal) de la Arquidiócesis de San Salvador y de su archivo que contendría información sobre casos de violaciones a los derechos humanos, incluyendo desapariciones forzadas. Según la información recibida, el día 30 de septiembre de 2013, la Arquidiócesis de San Salvador decretó el cierre de la Oficina de Tutela Legal de dicho Arzobispado. Se expresa preocupación por la protección de los aproximadamente 50.000 archivos en poder de Tutela Legal y por la preservación de la confidencialidad de los datos que contiene. Se señala la importancia del resguardo del Archivo, por el riesgo que podría representar para numerosas víctimas, familiares y testigos y para la promoción de la verdad, la justicia, la reparación y las garantías de no-repetición. La decisión de cerrar la Oficina de Tutela Legal ocurre diez días después de la admisión por la Sala de lo Constitucional de una demanda de inconstitucional contra la Ley de Amnistía General para la Consolidación de la Paz; proceso que podría permitir la apertura de procesos judiciales y en el marco de los cuales la documentación y archivos de la Oficina de Tutela Legal podrían jugar un rol central.
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    25 Nov 2013
    El Salvador
    JAL
  • disappearances
  • cultural rights
  • truth
  • justice
  • reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
Presunto cierre de la Oficina de Tutela Legal (Tutela Legal) de la Arquidiócesis de San Salvador y de su archivo que contendría información sobre casos de violaciones a los derechos humanos, incluyendo desapariciones forzadas. Según la información recibida, el día 30 de septiembre de 2013, la Arquidiócesis de San Salvador decretó el cierre de la Oficina de Tutela Legal de dicho Arzobispado. Se expresa preocupación por la protección de los aproximadamente 50.000 archivos en poder de Tutela Legal y por la preservación de la confidencialidad de los datos que contiene. Se señala la importancia del resguardo del Archivo, por el riesgo que podría representar para numerosas víctimas, familiares y testigos y para la promoción de la verdad, la justicia, la reparación y las garantías de no-repetición. La decisión de cerrar la Oficina de Tutela Legal ocurre diez días después de la admisión por la Sala de lo Constitucional de una demanda de inconstitucional contra la Ley de Amnistía General para la Consolidación de la Paz; proceso que podría permitir la apertura de procesos judiciales y en el marco de los cuales la documentación y archivos de la Oficina de Tutela Legal podrían jugar un rol central.
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26 May 2014
26 May 2014
    15 Mar 2013
    Thailand
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • cultural rights
Alleged prohibited distribution in Thailand of the film Shakespeare Must Die produced by Mr. Manit Sriwanichpoom and written and directed by Ms. Smanrat Kanjanavanit. According to information received, on 3 April 2012, the Third Committee of Film and Video Censorship Board issued a banning order prohibiting the distribution of the movie, which is as adaptation in Thai-language of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. It is alleged that the Censorship Board deemed that the movie “has content that causes disunity among the people of the nation”, and that the filmmakers did not agree to re-shoot the scenes that were the subject of the Third Committee’s various objections. It is alleged that the banning of the film is politically motivated.
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18 Jun 2013
    17 Jan 2013
    Netherlands
    JAL
  • racism
  • minority issues
  • cultural rights
  • African Descent
Allegation that the Dutch celebration of Black Pete, also known as “Swarte Piet”, which, each year, is part of the Saint Nicholas Event (5 December), and precedes and accompanies the celebration of Santa Claus, perpetuates a stereotyped image of African people and people of African descent. According to the information received, proposals have been made to declare the Dutch Cultural Historical Tradition “Santa Claus and Black Pete” as Immaterial Cultural Heritage, and the Dutch authorities have selected the annual Saint Nicolas Event (December 5) as one of the intangible heritages to be submitted for inclusion in the UNESCO list.
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10 Jul 2013
    16 Jan 2013
    Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • cultural rights
Alleged imprisonment for releasing songs critical of the Government. According to the information received, Mr. Arya (Mohammad) Aramnejad, who already served a six-month prison sentence in 2011–2012, was convicted again in January 2012 for “propaganda against the state system”. He was allegedly imprisoned at the Babol prison (Mari Kala Babol), where he was to serve a 91 day prison term.
Alleged victims: 1
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    21 Dec 2012
    Viet Nam
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Alleged trial and imprisonment of two songwriters. According to information received, Mr. Vo Minh Tri and Mr. Tran Vu Anh Binh have been sentenced to four (4) and six (6) years of imprisonment respectively on the charge of “conducting propaganda against the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam”, for posting the songs they authored on the internet. There were also allegedly accused of having links with an advocacy group for, among others, human rights and democratic reforms issues. Both singers write about social and human rights issues.
Alleged victims: 2
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28 Feb 2012
    21 Dec 2012
    Qatar
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • cultural rights
Alleged sentencing to life imprisonment of a Qatari poet for writing and reciting poems criticizing the Amir of Qatar and praising the Tunisian revolutions. According to the information received, Mr. Mohammed al-Ajami, also known as Mr. Mohammed Ibn al-Dheeb, was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Criminal Court in Doha on 29 November 2012. The case against him was based on a poem which he wrote in 2010, criticizing Sheikh Tamim Al Thani. Mr. al-Ajami had been reportedly held in solitary confinement throughout his detention and his trial has been marred by a series of irregularities, including a number of court sessions held in secret and lack of access to the trial by Mr. al-Ajami’s defense lawyer of choice.
Alleged victims: 1
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14 Feb 2013
    21 Nov 2012
    Singapore
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • cultural rights
Alleged cancellation of a play read and book launch at the Substation Theatre that was scheduled to take place on 26 August 2012. According to information received, the Substation Theatre informed the organizers of the event that there had been queries by representatives of the National Arts Council (NAC) and the Internal Security Department (ISD) and pressures to cancel the event. The exact reasons for the cancellation have not been communicated to the organizers of the event. It is also alleged that the play originally commissioned for a festival in 2013 has now been taken off the programme, based on the advice of the National Arts Council
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01 Feb 2013
    05 Sep 2012
    Libya
    JUA
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • human rights defenders
  • religion or belief
  • torture
  • minority issues
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Alleged destruction of religious and historic sites, desecration of graves, intimidation and the excessive use of force against protesters. According to the information received, attacks on Sufi sites in Tripoli began in October 2011. In late August, some armed assailants reportedly launched a series of attacks destroying Sidi Abdul- Salam al-Asmar al-Fituri, Asmariya Islamic University complex, al-Sha'ab Mosque, shrine of Sheik Ahmad Zaruq, Gurgi Mosque, Uthman Pasha Madrassa and desecrating Sufi Muslim graves in Tripoli, Misurata, Derna and Zliten. The Ministry of the Interior had allegedly “authorised” the operation and maintained that the Supreme Security Council (SSC) forces did not seek to stop the demolition in order to “maintain order” and to avoid violence. It was reported that peaceful protestors of the demolition of the Al-Sha’ab mosque were obstructed from protesting by armed men while several demonstrators were physically threatened and intimidated. Nabil Shebani, a journalist from the Libyan television station, Alassema, was also reported to be detained whilst attempting to report on the destruction of the Al-Sha’ab mosque. An imam of a Tripoli mosque, Ashraf Jerbi, who took part in the protest, was physically intimidated and subjected to cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment by Libyan security forces after being detained.
Alleged victims: 2
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07 Sep 2012
    09 Aug 2012
    China
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • religion or belief
  • education
  • disappearances
  • minority issues
  • cultural rights
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Alleged systematic undermining of the autonomous functions and the rights to freedom of religion, culture and expression of the Tibetan Buddhist community. According to the information received, new management policies of the monasteries and patriotic re-education or legal education campaigns in the Tibet Autonomous Region have led to the closure of monasteries and the violation of freedom of religion or belief. Tibetans are allegedly restrained from observing certain religious holidays or celebrations. Furthermore, there have reportedly been 46 cases of self-immolation since 2009; about 600 Tibetans were detained after the first incident of self-immolation in Lhasa while several hundreds of Tibetans were expelled from Lhasa. There were also reports of the arrests of Tibetan pilgrims who attended a ten-day teaching - the Kalachakra Initiation- given by the Dalai Lama in India. As many as 64 Tibetan intellectuals, including artists, writers, singers and teachers were allegedly arrested for exercising their right to freedom of expression and participation in cultural life especially after March 2008. Allegedly, the whereabouts of 37 of the detained intellectuals, including artists, are unknown.
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28 Sep 2012
    09 Jul 2012
    Mali
    JUA
  • religion or belief
  • cultural rights
Alleged destruction of cultural and religious sites inscribed on the World Heritage List, as well as the ban on music by Ansar Dine group in the cities of Timbuktu, Gao and Kida. According to the information received, on 1 July 2012, the armed members of Ansar Dine group attacked a cemetery located in the south of Timbuktu in the suburb of the eponymous Djingareyber mosque built in 1327 and destroyed the tombs of Sidi Mahmoud, Sidi Moctar and Alpha Moya. On the following day, they attacked Cheikh el-Kebir's mausoleum. The western gate of Sidi Yahia mosque was also destroyed. Ansar Dine spokesman allegedly claimed that the group was acting in the name of God and threatened to destroy every mausoleum in the city without exception. Reportedly, the Ansar Dine group also issued a ban on music in Timbuktu, Gao and Kidal as soon as they took control of these areas in April 2012.
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    05 Jul 2012
    Tunisia
    JUA
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • religion or belief
  • executions
  • cultural rights
Allégations relatives à des atteintes commises à l’encontre des libertés artistique et académique en Tunisie, sous la pression notamment de groupes dits « salafistes ». Selon les informations reçues, de graves incidents, impliquant violences et menaces contre des artistes et des membres du personnel académique, se seraient produits, en juin 2012 à l’occasion de la tenue de la foire d’art contemporain « Le printemps des Arts », de même que, depuis la fin de l’année 2011, au sein de divers établissements d’enseignement supérieur. Le doyen de la Faculté des Lettres, des Arts et des Humanités de l’Université de la Manouba, M. Habib Kazdaghli, aurait subi des violences et des pressions de la part des groupes salafistes. Deux jeunes blogueurs, MM. Djabeur Mejri et Ghazi Bedji, auraient été condamnés à sept ans de prison pour avoir diffusé sur Facebook des caricatures de Mahomet. M. Nabil Karoui, propriétaire de la chaîne de télévision Nessma TV, aurait été condamné à une amende pour la diffusion du film « Persépolis » en octobre 2011, contenant des scènes avec un Dieu personnifié.
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30 Nov 2012
07 Dec 2012
    29 May 2012
    Singapore
    AL
  • cultural rights
Alleged planned building of an eight-lane highway through the Bukit Brown Cemetery. According to information received, the Bukit Brown Cemetery, which is of remarkable natural, cultural and historical value, enables people to build a sense of identity and belonging to the region, is used as a space for the living cultural practices of people, is an important recreational and leisure space with a unique combination of heritage and nature, and provides a valuable database for researchers and scholars. In September 2011, the Government of Singapore reportedly announced the construction of a new road through the Bukit Brown Cemetery to relieve traffic congestion; the decision taken by the Government to build the road was allegedly not preceded by a meaningful consultation process.
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27 Jul 2012
    11 May 2012
    Russian Federation
    JUA
  • arbitrary Detention
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • religion or belief
  • violence against women
  • cultural rights
Alleged detention of band members of ‘Pussy Riot’ in Moscow on the charge of “hooliganism”. According to the information received, on 4 March 2012, Ms. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Ms. Maria Alekhina were arrested and charged with hooliganism for allegedly performing a punk prayer at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral. Reportedly, Ms. Ekaterina Samutsevich was arrested on 15 March 2012 and charged with similar offence. Since their arrest, some of their family members, some people supporting them as well as one of their lawyers allegedly received threats. On 19 April 2012, Tagansky Court in Moscow had reportedly extended the detention of the three women to 24 June 2012.
Alleged victims: 3
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17 Aug 2012
    26 May 2011
    Israel
    JAL
  • education
  • minority issues
  • water and sanitation
  • cultural rights
Alleged threats of forced displacement and discrimination against the Bedouin of the West Bank. According to the information received, the Bedouin of the West Bank were displaced from their tribal lands in the Negev desert in 1948. They are allegedly continuously exposed to the threat of forced displacement and discrimination, and live in an area of the occupied West Bank trapped between the policies of the Government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority. They are allegedly prevented from enjoying the minimum requirements of a dignified life, including lack of access to safe drinking water and sanitation. Community representatives report that the Bedouin are no longer allowed to visit their relatives in the Negev. The rangeland and water that the Bedouin depend on for their livestock has reportedly become fragmented by the establishment of closed military areas, Israeli settlements, nature reserves, check points and the West Bank Barrier.
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26 Oct 2011
    10 May 2011
    United States of America
    JUA
  • indigenous peoples
  • religion or belief
  • cultural rights
Alleged imminent desecration and destruction of ceremonial and burial site. According to the information received, Sogorea Te, now located within the city of Vallejo, California, had been in existence for 3,500 years and has been used continually by the Northern California indigenous peoples, who consider this site sacred. Allegedly, the City of Vallejo had planned to level and pave over the Sogorea Te Sacred Area in order to construct a parking lot and public restrooms. A continuous occupation of the site by local native peoples and organizations had held off the bulldozers that were due to begin the works on 15 April 2011. The Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples sent a follow up letter on this issue on 19 September 2011, see above USA 18/2011.
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22 Nov 2011
    20 Apr 2011
    Brazil
    JAL
    BRA 2/2011
  • religion or belief
  • minority issues
  • cultural rights
Allegation that cultural festival will cease to exist due to the building of a luxury condominium. According to information received, the Festa da Lavadeira (?Washerwoman Festival?), which has been held each year for the last 25 years on 1st May in Paiva Beach, Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco State, will cease to take place due to the building of a luxury condominium on that beach. This festival reportedly gathers groups of varied popular cultures, it is a religious expression of followers of African-Brazilian religions, and it was recognized as the cultural heritage of the people of Pernambuco. Three business groups (Ordebrecht Real Estate, Cornélio Brennand and Ricardo Brennand) are said to have teamed up to build a luxury condominium along the Beach of Paiva. Allegedly, since 2005, these groups have attempted to prevent the conduct of the festival.
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