United Nations A/HRC/31/55/Add. 1 General Assembly Distr.: General 19 January 2016 Original: English/French/Spanish 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, Michel Forst 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.14- 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 2 A/HRC/31/55/Add.1 Australia ................................................................................................................ 37 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 ................................................................................................................ 63 France ................................................................................................................ 64 Italy ............................................................................................................... 64 Kazakhstan ............................................................................................................. 65 Kyrgyz Republic ..................................................................................................... 66 Lithuania ................................................................................................................ 67 Norway ................................................................................................................ 68 Russian Federation ................................................................................................. 68 Spain………………………………………………………………………………. 70 Tajikistan ................................................................................................................ 71 The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ...................................................... 72 3 A/HRC/31/55/Add.1 Ukraine ………………………………………………………………………… 72 United Kingdom and Northern Ireland …………………………………………... 73 Uzbekistan .............................................................................................................. 73 MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA REGION ............................................. 74 Bahrain ................................................................................................................ 75 Egypt ................................................................................................................ 77 Israel ................................................................................................................ 79 Kuwait ................................................................................................................ 80 Lebanon ................................................................................................................ 81 Mauritania ………………………………………………………………………… 82 Morocco ...............................................................................................................