A/HRC/45/36 54. On 23 June 2020, the Government responded to the note verbale sent in connection to the present report, indicating that the allegations presented have not been duly verified and do not correspond to the facts, as Mr. Okenve has made several public statements against the Government, which has created problems for him with law enforcement. The Government informed that resolution No. 01/2019 of 11 April 2019 dissolved CEID due to breach of art. 9.1 of the Law on Associations. The dissolution does not prevent human rights defenders from engaging in activities within the boundaries of the law. The Government took note of the allegations of the broadcast of unauthorized footage, and clarified that such a broadcast did not have consequences beyond the informative coverage of the 126th session of the Human Rights Committee, and it should not be interpreted as an attempt to persecute and punish the activists present in that session. 15. Honduras 55. Following the visit of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers in August 2019, OHCHR received information that on 20 November 2019, Ms. Julissa Villanueva Barahona was dismissed from the Directorate-General of Forensic Medicine in connection to her engagement with the visit.36 Ms. Villanueva has regularly cooperated with the UN in Honduras, including during the 2018 visit of the Working Group on Discrimination against Women in Practice and Law.37 Following the investigation of an alleged murder in the department of Copán in June 2018, Ms. Villanueva has complained to the UN and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about surveillance, intimidation and threats against her and her co-workers from members of the Office of Attorney General. 56. On 19 August 2019, she engaged with the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, the interviews of which were publicized in the media. On 20 November 2019, following disciplinary action by the Prosecutor’s Office, including written accusations based on her interaction with the Special Rapporteur, Ms. Villanueva was dismissed from the Directorate-General of Forensic Medicine after almost 20 years of service. 16. India 57. Multiple UN actors identified alleged intimidation and reprisals, including in relation to unresolved previous cases (see Annex II). This reportedly deterred some civil society representatives from cooperating with the United Nations for fear of further retribution. In December 2019, the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights addressed patterns of intimidation and reprisals to the Government in writing. 58. It was reported to OHCHR in May 2020 that the International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) received additional questions from the delegation of the Government of India in the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, the body mandated to consider applications for consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). In particular, IDSN was reportedly asked by the representative of India on 27 January 2020 to provide a list of all UN-related activities undertaken in 2019, and information on partners. 38 IDSN was also reportedly asked to provide details of any assistance the organization provided to its members or associates to attend any UN activities. IDSN’s application has been consistently deferred in the NGO Committee for over a decade39 and reportedly has the longest pending application in the history of the 36 37 38 39 30 A/HRC/44/47/Add.2. A/HRC/41/33/Add.1. https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/ngo905.doc.htm. See Oral presentation by the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights of the report of the Secretary-General on cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights, (19 September 2018), https://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23591&LangID=E; see also A/HRC/42/30, para. 31.