A/HRC/57/60 Universal Periodic Review of Viet Nam. Additional details of those concerned have been withheld due to fear of reprisals. 178. On 10 July 2024, the Government responded to the note verbale sent in connection to the present report noting that Vietnamese law does not prevent citizens from cooperating with non-governmental organizations and United Nations human rights mechanisms. The Government also noted that it had enacted numerous legal documents to create conditions and legal frameworks for United Nations agencies and foreign nongovernmental organizations to operate in Viet Nam, such as Decree 58/2022/ND-CP and Decree 80/2020/ND-CP. The Government further stated that it had facilitated the visits of United Nations special procedures on human rights and they are permitted to meet and contact relevant individuals to assess the human rights situation in the country. 179. Regarding the cases of Mr. Y Khiu Nie and Mr. Y Sĩ Eban, the Government noted that the content of mandate holders’ communication VNM 2/2023 was not accurate, and the allegations concerning these two individuals were false. The Government stated that on 6 November 2022, Mr. Y Khiu Niê had not gone through procedures for departure at the airport, and that there had been no incident in which the authorities had prevented Mr. Y Khiu Niê from leaving the country. The Government further noted that Mr. Y Sĩ Êban’s case fell under the category of “Cases in which exit is postponed” for national defense and security reasons, as per Article 36 of the Law on Entry and Exit of Vietnamese Citizens. 26. Yemen 180. The case of the Mwatana Organization for Human Rights, a Sana’a-based civil society organization, and members of its staff, was included in the 2019 report of the Secretary-General and later in successive reports since 2021, 199 on allegations of detention and prevention of travel following engagement with the United Nations Security Council and United Nations human rights mechanisms (SAU 8/2018; YEM 4/2018). On 25 January 2022, the head of Mwatana, Ms. Radhya al-Mutawakel, briefed the Security Council on the situation in Yemen200 and was subjected to a smear campaign following her participation. 181. According to information received by OHCHR, on 30 Sep 2023, the Houthis-controlled Sana’a Airport authorities prevented five staff members of Mwatana Organization for Human Rights from flying to Amman, Jordan via Sana’a Airport including Ms. Radhya al-Mutawakel. The five were flying first to Jordan to participate in peacebuilding and human rights events, and then to Geneva, to participate in the Human Rights Council. Reportedly, they were asked about the reason for their travel and travel destination and were informed they were banned from travelling. Three of them traveled a few days later. Reportedly, 21 incidents against Mwatana’s field researchers and lawyers were documented during the reporting period including threats, intimidation, travel bans, investigative summonses, restrictions on freedoms, arbitrary arrests, attempted arbitrary detention, in ten governorates: Sana’a, Tai’zz, Hadramaut, Hudaydah, Lahj, Dhale’, Aden, Ibb, Sa’adah, Amran, and Hajjah. 27. State of Palestine 182. The case of several Palestinian and international women’s organizations and human rights defenders has been included in the reports of the Secretary General since 2020201 concerning allegations of online smearing, intimidation and threats, including death threats against them for their support for the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and for their actual or perceived engagement with the United 199 200 201 68 A/HRC/42/30, paras. 74, 85, Annex I, para. 94, 124 and A/HRC/48/28, Annex II, paras. 160–161 and A/HRC/54/61, Annex II, para. 143. https://media.un.org/en/asset/k19/k19ame0jq8. A/HRC/45/36, para. 128, Annex 1 paras. 159–61, A/HRC/48/28 paras. 162–165, A/HRC/51/47 paras. 160–161, A/HRC/54/61, Annex II, 144–147. GE.24-14259