UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/8/4/Add.1 28 May 2008 ENGLISH/FRENCH/ SPANISH ONLY HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Eighth 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 the independence of judges and lawyers, Leandro Despouy Addendum SITUATIONS IN SPECIFIC COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES* ** * Owing to the fact that the present document greatly exceeds the page limit required by relevant General Assembly resolutions, it is being circulated as received, in the languages of submission only. ** Late submission. GE.08-13866 (E) 030608 A/HRC/8/4/Add.1 page 2 CONTENTS Page Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 5 I. STATISTICAL DATA ............................................................................................ 6 Figure 1. Type of communications sent by the Special Rapporteur ..................... 7 Figure 2. Individual and joint communications sent by the Special Rapporteur .. 7 Figure 3. Communications sent by the Special Rapporteur by region .................. 7 Figure 4. Communications sent by the Special Rapporteur to Governments between 16 January 2007 and 15 March 2008 and Governments replies received between 16 January 2007 and 30 April 2008 .............. 8 Figure 5. Communications sent by the Special Rapporteur by gender ................. 8 II. SUMMARY OF CASES TRANSMITTED AND REPLIES RECEIVED ............. 9 Afghanistan .............................................................................................................. 9 Algeria ...................................................................................................................... 9 Argentina .................................................................................................................. 11 Bahrain ..................................................................................................................... 17 Bangladesh ............................................................................................................... 18 Belarus ...................................................................................................................... 29 Bolivia ...................................................................................................................... 30 Burundi ..................................................................................................................... 32 Cambodia ................................................................................................................. 33 Cameroon ................................................................................................................. 35 Central African Republic ......................................................................................... 37 Chad ......................................................................................................................... 38 Chile ......................................................................................................................... 38 China ........................................................................................................................ 39 Colombia .................................................................................................................. 60 Cuba ......................................................................................................................... 62 A/HRC/8/4/Add.1 page 3 CONTENTS (continued) Page Czech Republic ......................................................................................................... 63 Democratic Republic of the Congo ........................................................................... 66 Egypt ......................................................................................................................... 72 Equatorial Guinea ...................................................................................................... 74 Ethiopia ..................................................................................................................... 75 Fiji ............................................................................................................................. 78 France ........................................................................................................................ 80 Germany .................................................................................................................... 82 Greece ....................................................................................................................... 86 Guatemala ................................................................................................................. 87 Honduras ................................................................................................................... 90 India ........................................................................................................................... 91 Iran (Islamic Republic of) ......................................................................................... 91 Iraq ............................................................................................................................ 98 Israel .......................................................................................................................... 104 Italy ........................................................................................................................... 107 Jordan ........................................................................................................................ 108 Kenya ........................................................................................................................ 109 Kyrgyzstan ................................................................................................................ 110 Lebanon ..................................................................................................................... 112 Liberia ....................................................................................................................... 115 Malaysia .................................................................................................................... 118 Maldives .................................................................................................................... 119 Mexico ....................................................................................................................... 123 A/HRC/8/4/Add.1 page 4 CONTENTS (continued) Page Morocco ................................................................................................................... 127 Myanmar .................................................................................................................. 128 Nepal ........................................................................................................................ 129 Pakistan .................................................................................................................... 131 Peru ........................................................................................................................... 139 Philippines ................................................................................................................ 142 Russian Federation ................................................................................................... 144 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ............................................................................ 146 Saudi Arabia ............................................................................................................. 147 Sri Lanka .................................................................................................................. 153 Sudan ........................................................................................................................ 155 Syrian Arab Republic ............................................................................................... 158 Thailand .................................................................................................................... 161 Tunisia ...................................................................................................................... 162 Turkey ...................................................................................................................... 165 Uganda ..................................................................................................................... 167 United Arab Emirates ............................................................................................... 168 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland .......................................... 170 United States of America ......................................................................................... 173 Uzbekistan ................................................................................................................ 175 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ......................................................................... 189 Viet Nam .................................................................................................................. 192 Yemen .....................................................................................................................