A/HRC/54/61 Nicaragua 96. Multiple United Nations actors have addressed reprisals for cooperation with the United Nations. OHCHR has received information about individuals requesting anonymity in their engagement with the United Nations due to fear of reprisals against them and their families. Names and details have been withheld. Multiple United Nations actors have raised concerns about the entry into force of General Law No. 1115 on the regulation and control of non-profit organizations and its arbitrary application, including the revocation of the legal personality of over 3,000 non-profit organizations. 97. The Committee against Torture decided to publish the report on the 2014 visit to Nicaragua of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, noting incidents of reprisals, and fear thereof, in connection with its visit.56 98. Annex II contains information on developments in the situations of the Comisión Permanente de Derechos Humanos and its staff, and of Mr. Félix Alejandro Maradiaga, Mr. Aníbal Toruño and Ms. Vilma Nuñez de Escorcia. Pakistan 99. Special procedure mandate holders have addressed allegations of reprisals against the Centre for Social Justice following its engagement in the fourth cycle of the universal periodic review of Pakistan, including the submission of a report and the participation of Mr. Suneel Nasir in the pre-session of the universal periodic review.57 100. Annex II contains developments in the situation of Mr. Fazal ur Rehman Afridi. Philippines 101. Annex II contains information on developments in the situation of the Karapatan Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights and its Secretary-General, Ms. Cristina Palabay. Qatar 102. Special procedure mandate holders addressed allegations of intimidation of and cyberattacks on Mr. Mark Somos of the NGO Just Access, based in Germany, following his engagement with various United Nations human rights mechanisms. 58 Russian Federation 103. Special procedure mandate holders addressed allegations of intimidation of Ms. Yana Tannagasheva, an Indigenous civil society representative, during the fifteenth session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by a representative of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations Office at Geneva and the subsequent removal of related content from the website of a partner organization.59 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination recommended that the State party conduct effective, thorough and impartial investigations into all reported cases of intimidation and reprisals.60 104. 105. Annex II contains information on developments in the incidents from previous periods concerning Ms. Tannagasheva and Mr. Vladislav Tannagashev, and on the effects that restrictive legislation has had on the willingness and ability of civil society actors to engage with the United Nations. 56 57 58 59 60 14 See CAT/C/75/2 and CAT/OP/NIC/ROSP/1. See communication PAK 1/2023. See communications QAT 1/2023, DEU 3/2022 and OTH 19/2023, and the reply from the Government of Germany at https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=37527. See communication RUS 15/2022. CERD/C/RUS/CO/25-26, para. 19. GE.23-15378

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