A/HRC/57/60 Annex II Information on alleged cases included in follow-up to previous reports 1. Algeria 1. The cases of Ms. Jamila Loukil and Mr. Kaddour Chouicha, both members of La Ligue Algérienne pour la Défense des Droits de l’Homme (LADDH), were included in the 2023 report of the Secretary-General1 on allegations of obstacles to and a ban on travelling abroad that prevented their in-person participation in the fourth cycle of Algeria’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in August 2022 (DZA 2/2023). 2. On 14 June 2023, mandate-holders addressed allegations of judicial harassment of Mr. Chouicha and Ms. Loukil since 2019 and listed the appeals lodged by Mr. Chouicha, including before the State Council (Conseil d’Etat) in February 2023 in relation to the interdiction to leave the national territory. 3. On 12 August 2023, the Government responded 2 to mandate holders noting that Mr. Chouicha was awaiting trial and as such was not permitted to travel. The Government informed that since 2021 Mr. Chouicha and his co-defendants were indicted under charges related to national security, which could result in a sentence of 20-years’ imprisonment if convicted (art. 95 bis of the Penal Code). The Government also informed that Mr. Chouicha’s appeal related to the interdiction to travel abroad was rejected on 14 June 2023. 4. According to information received by OHCHR, Mr. Chouicha and his lawyers had not been formally notified of the rejection of his appeal before the State Council. Mr. Chouicha’s lawyer was only able to obtain the decision from the Administrative Court of Appeal on 29 January 2024. The decision states that his appeal was rejected on two grounds, first the complainant had failed to demonstrate that he was prevented from travelling, and second the Ministry of Interior had never issued a travel restriction against him. 5. On 17 July the Government responded to the note verbale sent in connection to the present report clarifying that on 3 December 2023, the Assize first instance Court of Justice of Algiers had acquitted Mr. Kaddour Chouicha and his wife Ms. Jamila Loukil of all charges against them and noting that no order banning their travel outside of Algeria had been issued. 2. Andorra 6. The case of Ms. Vanessa Mendoza Cortés, from the NGO Associació Stop Violències Andorra, has been included since 2020 in the reports of the Secretary-General3 on allegations of a criminal investigation linked to her engagement with the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in October 2019 during its review of Andorra. The case of Ms. Mendoza Cortés has been addressed by various United Nations human rights mechanisms,4 to which the Government has responded.5 7. According to information received by OHCHR, the trial of Ms. Mendoza took place on 4 December 2023 where she faced charges of “crime against the reputation of the 1 2 3 4 5 36 A/HRC/54/61 para. 41, Annex I paras. 7–11. See Government reply at https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=37649. A/HRC/45/36, Annex I, paras. 5–7; A/HRC/48/28, Annex II paras. 1–4; A/HRC/51/47, Annex II paras. 1–3; A/HRC/54/61, Annex II paras. 1–5. AND 1/2020, A/HRC/46/11, paras. 20 and 60. See government reply at: https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=36025. GE.24-14259