A/HRC/45/36 Annex I Comprehensive information on alleged cases of reprisals and intimidation for cooperation with the United Nations on human rights 1. Algeria 1. On 16 April 2020, special procedures mandate holders expressed concern at allegations of attacks against the privacy and personal dignity of Ms. Olaya Saadi following her engagement with the UN (DZA 2/2020). Ms. Saadi, of Sahrawi origin, is the wife of Mr. Fadel Breika1, of the El Khalil Ahmed Braih Coordination for the Defense of Human Rights in Western Sahara, whose detention and interrogation was addressed by special procedures (DZA 2/2019).2 2. On 1 November 2019, intimate photos of Ms. Saadi were posted on the “Sawt al Watan” website, which were allegedly obtained, without consent, from the confiscated phone of her husband while he was in detention. An article on this site referred to Ms. Saadi’s trip to Geneva, including a photo of her speaking at the Human Rights Council in September 2019. Mandate holders expressed concern that the publication of these photos appear to have aimed at tarnishing Ms. Saadi’s reputation and her efforts to advocate for the release of her husband with the UN (DZA 2/2020). 3. In June 2019, the International Labour Organization (ILO) Conference Committee on the Application of Standards (CAS) reported on its May 2019 high-level mission to Algeria, pertaining to the implementation of the conclusions of the 107th Session of CAS in June 2018 on the application of Convention No. 87 (Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention). 3 The Committee noted positively that the Government had accepted the high-level mission, but shared with the authorities its deep concern that many representatives with whom it met highlighted the risk of reprisals against them.4 The Committee stated that it counted on the Government’s full cooperation to ensure that those with whom they met, in any capacity whatsoever, will not be subject to reprisals.5 4. On 6 July 2020, the Government of Algeria responded to the note verbale in connection to the present report indicating that it cannot verify allegations pertaining to a citizen of another State, and invited OHCHR to address the allegations to the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic or to the Polisario Front by virtue of General Assembly resolutions 37/34 (21 November 1979), and resolution 19/35 (11 November 1980). 2. Andorra 5. On 20 and 29 November 2019, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) sent confidential letters to the State party expressing concern about what they considered to be disproportionate measures taken by the Government against Associació Stop Violències Andorra, a women’s rights organization which works on sexual and reproductive health and rights and access to abortion services, and its 1 2 3 4 5 20 Also spelled El Fadel Breica. A/HRC/WGAD/2020/7. Individual Case (CAS) – Discussion: 2019, Publication: 108th ILC session (2019), https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=normlexpub:13100:0::NO::P13100_Comment_id:4000010. C.87, Extraits du Rapport de la Mission de haut niveau en Algérie, 21–23 mai 2019, D (para. 1), https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/--relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_709385.pdf. Ibid. See also report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of the Conventions and Recommendations: https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=1000:13100:0::NO:13100:P13100_Comment_ID:4023463 https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=1000:13100:0::NO:13100:P13100_Comment_ID:4023581.