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General Assembly Distr.: General 19 May 2011 United Nations A/HRC/17/30/Add.1 General Assembly Distr.: General 19 May 2011 English/French/Spanish only Human Rights Council Seventeenth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the Special Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers, Gabriela Knaul Addendum Summary of information, including individual cases, transmitted to Governments and replies received* * The present report is circulated as received. GE.11-13268 A/HRC/17/30/Add.1 Contents Paragraphs Page I. Introduction............................................................................................................. 1–4 4 II. Statistical data ......................................................................................................... 5–16 4 III. Summary of cases transmitted and replies received................................................ 17–1312 25 Argentina ................................................................................................................ 17–30 25 Bahrain ................................................................................................................ 31–54 26 Bangladesh.............................................................................................................. 55–76 30 Belarus ................................................................................................................ 77–101 34 Bolivia ................................................................................................................ 102–166 37 Cambodia ................................................................................................................ 167–179 47 China (People’s Republic of) .................................................................................. 180–254 48 Colombia ................................................................................................................ 255–289 58 Democratic Republic of Congo............................................................................... 290–296 63 Egypt ................................................................................................................ 297–311 64 Equatorial Guinea.................................................................................................... 312–320 66 Guatemala ............................................................................................................... 321–345 67 Honduras ................................................................................................................ 346–375 74 India ................................................................................................................ 376–397 79 Indonesia ................................................................................................................ 398–406 82 Iran (Islamic Republic of) ....................................................................................... 407–611 84 Israel ................................................................................................................ 612–641 111 Kazakhstan.............................................................................................................. 642–651 120 Kuwait ................................................................................................................ 652–661 122 Kyrgyz Republic ..................................................................................................... 662–815 123 Maldives ................................................................................................................ 816–821 143 Mauritania ............................................................................................................... 822–847 144 Mexico ................................................................................................................ 848–858 147 Morocco ................................................................................................................ 859–872 148 Nigeria ................................................................................................................ 873–880 150 Occupied Palestinian Territory................................................................................ 881–888 151 Other/ Occupied Palestinian Territory - (The Authorities in Gaza) ........................ 889–896 152 Pakistan ................................................................................................................ 897–909 153 Panama ................................................................................................................ 910–921 155 Peru ................................................................................................................ 922–927 157 2 A/HRC/17/30/Add.1 Qatar ................................................................................................................ 928–935 158 Russian Federation.................................................................................................. 936–1019 159 Saudi Arabia............................................................................................................ 1020–1027 169 Senegal ................................................................................................................ 1028–1037 170 Serbia ................................................................................................................ 1038–1051 171 Sri Lanka ................................................................................................................ 1050–1072 173 Sudan ................................................................................................................ 1073–1102 176 Syrian Arab Republic.............................................................................................. 1103–1998 181 Tajikistan ................................................................................................................ 1999–1225 196 Tunisia ................................................................................................................ 1226–1235 199 Uganda ................................................................................................................ 1236–1243 201 United States of America ........................................................................................ 1244–1249 202 Venezuela (Bolivian Republic of)........................................................................... 1250–1268 203 Yemen ................................................................................................................ 1269–1276 206 Zimbabwe................................................................................................................ 1277–1285 207 IV. Press releases........................................................................................................... 1286–1330 208 3 A/HRC/17/30/Add.1 I. Introduction 1. The present report supplements the main report submitted by the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/17/30). It reflects specific situations alleged to be affecting the independence of judges or lawyers or violating the right to a fair trial in 44 countries and 1 another actor. Further, it includes replies received from the Government of the country concerned in response to specific allegations together with the Special Rapporteur’s comments and observations. 2. The report presents summaries of the urgent appeals and allegation letters transmitted by the Special Rapporteur to governmental authorities between 16 March 2010 and 15 March 2011, and of the press releases issued during the same reporting period. During this period, the Special Rapporteur sent a total of 97 communications and issued 6 press statements on situations of particular concern or to highlight a specific event.1 In this connection, the Special Rapporteur wishes to emphasize that the communications presented in the report exclusively reflect allegations she received and subsequently acted upon. Allegations containing insufficient information, and falling outside the scope of the mandate, or on which due to time or other constraints the Special Rapporteur was not in a position to act, are not included in the report. 3. A summary of the replies received from States concerned during the period between 1 May 2010 and 10 May 2011 is also provided. In certain instances, the Government’s response was obtained late and referred to allegations that were presented in the previous report (A/HRC/14/26/Add.1). In those cases, the Special Rapporteur has included the respective replies in the section of communications received including a summary of the communication sent, in order to facilitate the reader’s comprehension. Furthermore, translations of replies which had not been received within the required delay to be included in last year’s report are also summarized in the present report. 4. It may be noted that certain responses to urgent appeals or allegation letters sent during the reporting period, and for which the Special Rapporteur wishes to thank the Governments, could not be included in the report owing to the fact that they were either not translated in time or received after 10 May 2011. To the Special Rapporteur’s regret, they will therefore be reflected only in next year’s report. As per established practice of the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council, the Special
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