A/HRC/36/31 Annex II Information on alleged cases included in the previous report 1. Honduras 1. The Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, in her report following her mission to Honduras in November 2015, referred to the plight of indigenous leaders working on land issues, including the case of Berta Cáceres (see A/HRC/33/42/Add.2, paras. 21 and 22). She stressed that the murder of indigenous leaders who defend their lands, including a large number of leaders of the Tolupán, Garífuna, Lenca, Chortí and Pech peoples, give rise to the most complaints to the Office of the Special Prosecutor for Ethnic Groups and Cultural Heritage, in addition to cases of assault, attempted homicide and violence against indigenous women. 2. The murder of Ms. Cáceres, an influential member of the Lenca community who headed protests against hydroelectric projects in the Lenca region, drew the attention of the world to this problem. She further stated that “it is a matter of enormous concern that many of the indigenous leaders that have been killed, such as Ms. Cáceres, had been granted protective measures by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, with a view to protecting their lives and ensuring their personal safety. The murders have occurred despite a law on the protection of human rights defenders adopted in April 2015, which establishes mechanisms to provide an institutional response to requests for protection for human rights defenders, including early warning measures at times of particular danger. Moreover, given the strong presence of the army and the military police in the country, evidence received about collusion by the police and the armed forces with private or business interests, including organized crime groups in indigenous territories, is worrying. All this exacerbates the violence and impunity suffered by the indigenous peoples (ibid., para 21).” 3. During the thirty-third session of the Human Rights Council in September 2016, the mandate holder referred again to the plight of indigenous leaders defending their land rights and the implications of Ms. Cáceres’s death on the situation of indigenous rights defenders in the country, who are facing deaths, threats and violence in relation to their work. The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders also referred to the death of Ms. Cáceres in a press release on 6 October 2016 a and in his statement to the 34th session of the Human Rights Council. 2. Iraq 4. The cases of Imad Amara and Faisal Al-Tamimi were included in the report on cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights (see A/HRC/33/19, para. 24). The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders also expressed concern about the allegations of arrest and ill-treatment of both cases in his observations on communications report (see A/HRC/34/52/Add.1, para. 676) in retaliation for their legitimate human rights work at the Al Wissam Humanitarian Assembly, especially since these acts might be in reprisal for their cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights. 3. Japan 5. In the report on cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights (A/HRC/33/19, para. 25), reference was made to allegations of reprisals against Kazuko Ito. The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human a OHCHR, “Honduras: Experto de la ONU advierte sobre el riesgo de impunidad en el caso de Berta Cáceres”, 6 October 2016. 33