United Nations A/HRC/31/55/Add.1 General Assembly Distr.: General 22 February 2016 English/French/Spanish only Human Rights Council Thirty-first 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 situation of human rights defenders Addendum Observations on communications transmitted to Governments and replies received* * The present document is being circulated in the languages of submission only, as it greatly exceeds the word limitations currently imposed by the relevant General Assembly resolutions. GE.16-02637(E) *1602637* A/HRC/31/55/Add.1 Contents Page Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 5 Summary ......................................................................................................................................... 5 AFRICA REGION .......................................................................................................................... 6 Angola ......................................................................................................................................... 7 Burundi ......................................................................................................................................... 8 Cameroon ......................................................................................................................................... 10 Dominican Republic of Congo ........................................................................................................ 10 Ethiopia ......................................................................................................................................... 11 Gambia ......................................................................................................................................... 12 Guinea ......................................................................................................................................... 12 Kenya ......................................................................................................................................... 13 Malawi ......................................................................................................................................... 14 Rwanda ......................................................................................................................................... 15 Sudan ......................................................................................................................................... 15 South Sudan .................................................................................................................................... 16 Swaziland ......................................................................................................................................... 17 Uganda ......................................................................................................................................... 18 Zimbabwe ........................................................................................................................................ 18 AMERICAS REGION ..................................................................................................................... 19 Brazil ......................................................................................................................................... 20 Canada …………. .......................................................................................................................... 21 Chile ......................................................................................................................................... 22 Colombia ......................................................................................................................................... 22 Dominican Republic ........................................................................................................................ 24 Ecuador ......................................................................................................................................... 24 El Salvador ....................................................................................................................................... 26 Guatemala ....................................................................................................................................... 26 Honduras ......................................................................................................................................... 28 Mexico ......................................................................................................................................... 30 Nicaragua ......................................................................................................................................... 32 Peru ......................................................................................................................................... 33 United States of America ................................................................................................................ 34 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ................................................................................................. 35 ASIA-PACIFIC REGION ............................................................................................................... 36 Australia ......................................................................................................................................... 37 2 A/HRC/31/55/Add.1 Bangladesh ....................................................................................................................................... 38 Cambodia ........................................................................................................................................ 39 China ......................................................................................................................................... 40 India ......................................................................................................................................... 43 Indonesia ......................................................................................................................................... 45 Iran (Islamic Republic of) ................................................................................................................ 46 Japan ......................................................................................................................................... 48 Lao People’s Democratic Republic .................................................................................................. 48 Malaysia ......................................................................................................................................... 49 Maldives ......................................................................................................................................... 50 Mongolia ......................................................................................................................................... 50 Myanmar ......................................................................................................................................... 51 Nauru ......................................................................................................................................... 52 Nepal ......................................................................................................................................... 53 Pakistan ......................................................................................................................................... 53 Papua New Guinea ........................................................................................................................... 54 Philippines ....................................................................................................................................... 54 Republic of Korea ............................................................................................................................ 55 Singapore ........................................................................................................................................ 56 Sri Lanka ......................................................................................................................................... 57 Thailand ......................................................................................................................................... 58 Vietnam ………… ........................................................................................................................... 60 EUROPE AND CENTRAL-ASIA REGION .................................................................................. 60 Armenia ......................................................................................................................................... 61 Azerbaijan ....................................................................................................................................... 62 Belarus ........................................................................................................................................