A/HRC/30/29 Commission focal point on reprisals stated at its fifty-sixth ordinary session that there was a genuine need to pursue dialogue with all stakeholders and to put in place mechanisms that are both persuasive and deterrent, and indicated that a road map had been elaborated for that purpose and that a detailed report on cases of reprisals would be presented at each session.2 Both the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Commissioner on Human Rights of the Council of Europe have also publicly denounced acts of intimidation and reprisal against individuals and organizations cooperating with them.3 I encourage the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms and their regional counterparts to continue to strengthen cooperation and mutually reinforce each other’s efforts in addressing reprisals. III. Information received on cases of reprisal for cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights A. Methodological framework 11. The present report covers information gathered from 1 June 2014 to 31 May 2015 and, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 12/2, contains information on acts of intimidation or reprisal against those who: • Seek to cooperate, or have cooperated with, the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights, or who have provided testimony or information to them • Avail or have availed themselves of procedures established under the auspices of the United Nations for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and all those who have provided legal or other assistance to them for that purpose • Submit or have submitted communications under procedures established by human rights instruments, and all those who have provided legal or other assistance to them for that purpose • Are relatives of victims of human rights violations or of those who have provided legal or other assistance to victims 12. Information about acts of intimidation and reprisal has been received in relation to cooperation with OHCHR, including its field presences, the Human Rights Council, the universal periodic review mechanism, human rights treaty bodies, the special procedures, the commission of inquiry on Eritrea and the independent commission of inquiry on the 2014 Gaza conflict. The information was verified and corroborated by primary and other sources, where available, and in most cases reference was made to the United Nations publication in which the information included in the present report was first made public. The report also reflects public responses or reactions from Governments received by 31 July 2015. 13. Additional information received on cases included in my previous two reports has been included under the follow-up section (see annex). 2 3 Inter-session report of Commissioner Gansou, May 2014 – April 2015, African Commision on Human and Peoples’ Rights, fifty-sixth ordinary session. See Organization of American States, “IACHR wraps up its 154th session”, 27 March 2015, and annual activity report 2014 by Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights. 5