SOGI UN keywords Archives: Arrest
Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture, A/HRC/28/68/Add.4, 16 March 2015: Gambia
III. Assessment of the situation A. Practice of torture and ill-treatment 2. National Intelligence Agency 24. However, testimonies of persons who had been held either at the National Intelligence Agency headquarters or in other “unofficial places of detention” revealed an ongoing practice whereby persons were held incommunicado for many days or weeks in inhumane conditions […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture, A/HRC/28/68/Add.1, 5 March 2015: Egypt
(e) JUA 17/04/2014 Case No. EGY 4/2014 State Reply: None to date Allegations of arbitrary arrest, detention and sentencing of four individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity, as well as allegations of physical violence, including sexual violence and attempted rape by other prisoners while in detention. 153. In the absence […]
Report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, A/HRC/27/48, 30 June 2014
II. Activities of the Working Group in 2013 D. Prevention of imminent arbitrary deprivation of liberty 62. Under the Working Group’s current methods of work, there is no mechanism addressing situations where there is sufficiently reliable information that the execution of an order of arrest will result in arbitrary depravation of liberty. In effect, the […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, A/HRC/25/55/Add.3, 28 February 2014: Nigeria
315. JAL 13/06/2013 Case no: NGA 4/2013 State reply: none to date Alleged restrictions on the rights to freedom of association and of peaceful assembly of groups defending lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights. Observations 318. The Special Rapporteur deeply regrets the passing of the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act by President in January […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, A/HRC/25/55/Add.3, 28 February 2014: Nepal
307. JUA 28/03/2013 Case no: NPL 2/2013 State reply: none to date Alleged undue delays in registration proceedings of a non-governmental organisation, and alleged instances of harassment and arbitrary arrest on the part of the authorities against LGBT individuals. 308. JUA 13/06/2013 Case no: NPL 3/2013 State reply: none to date Allegations of violent dispersal […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, A/HRC/25/55/Add.3, 28 February 2014: Cameroon
82. JUA 13/08/2013 Case no: CMR 3/2013 State reply: none to date Allégations de meurtre d’un défenseur des droits de personnes lesbiennes, gays, bisexuelles, transgenres et intersexuées (LGBT) et d’actes d’intimidations à l’encontre d’autres défenseurs. Observations 85. La Rapporteuse spéciale exprime de sérieuses préoccupations par rapport à des informations reçues concernant des meurtres, tortures, tentatives […]