A/HRC/54/61 the Secretary-General 103 since 2018 on allegations of surveillance, the freezing of bank accounts under the FCRA and attempted killing of close relatives for his engagement with the United Nations in relation to uranium mining and cement factories in Meghalaya. 79. Special procedures mandate holders addressed 104 the case of Mr. Urikhimbam concerning the registration of the CSD. According to information received by OHCHR, CSD’s renewal of registration under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) has not been formally acknowledged or granted. On 23 March 2023, the Ministry of Home Affairs notified CSD that the validity of their registration certificate under the FCRA was extended until 23 September 2023. During the period, CSD and its staff have reportedly been under constant surveillance and periodically visited in their offices by individuals who ask about their activities and whereabouts. CSD has notified the Ministry of Interior about these visits, both in person and in writing, to no avail. 80. The case of the International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN), a Denmark-based non-governmental organization working against caste-based discrimination and for the rights of Dalits, has been included since 2020 in the reports of the Secretary-General105 related to its application for consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC). Since 2008, the IDSN application was repeatedly deferred by the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, the body mandated to consider applications for consultative status with ECOSOC, hence limiting its cooperation with United Nations bodies and mechanisms. In August 2021, the Government responded stating that the legitimate scrutiny of an application for a special status with the United Nations cannot be termed as reprisal.106 81. On 7 December 2022, a vote by ECOSOC member States 107 granted IDSN consultative status with the United Nations along with nine other civil society organizations (E/2023/L.6). This vote overturned a previous decision by the NGO Committee at its September 2022 session refusing to grant the same nine organizations consultative status and put an end to15 years of deferrals. 82. On 18 July 2023, the Government responded to the note verbale sent in connection with the present report expressing regret that previous responses concerning Mr. Khurram Parvez and the NGO-Centre for Social Development (CSD) had been ignored and that actions by the Government had been incorrectly considered reprisals or intimidation for cooperating with the UN system. The Government underlined its strong commitment to human rights and its active cooperation with the United Nations. It stressed that the preventive detention of Mr. Khurram Parvez was in accordance with the Code of Criminal Procedures, that law enforcement agencies had found that Mr. Parvez had instigated and executed violent acts and disturbances in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir since July 2016 and noted that a person under investigation should not try to leave the country until its is completed. Regarding the CSD, the Government clarified that it was suspended after being in violation of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act of 2010. 14. Indonesia 83. The case of Mr. Victor Mambor, affiliated with the newspaper Tabloid Jubi and The Jakarta Post, was included in the 2021 report of the Secretary-General108 on allegations of acts of harassment, intimidation and threats for reporting on the situation in West Papua and 103 104 105 106 107 108 60 A/HRC/51/47, para. 61, Annex II. paras. 80–81; A/HRC/48/28, Annex II. paras. 66–68; A/HRC/45/36, para. 76, Annex II. paras. 72–73; A/HRC/42/30, Annex II, para. 57; A/HRC/39/41, Annex I paras. 63–65. IND 18/2019. A/HRC/51/47, Annex II, paras. 86–87; A/HRC/48/28, Annex II para. 69; A/HRC/45/36, Annex I, paras. 58–59. A/HRC/48/28, Annex II, para. 70. 24 votes in favour, 17 votes against and 11 abstentions. A/HRC/48/28, para. 72, Annex I, paras. 48–49. GE.23-15378