A/HRC/57/60 waiting lists, the potential withdrawal or cancellation of his passport without possibility to receive a new passport, and the freezing of funds. 85. References to the impact of Egyptian legislation on the ability of individuals and civil society groups to cooperate with the United Nations has been included in the reports of the Secretary-General since 2017 noting allegations on the misuse of the Terrorist Entities Law (Law 8 of 2015) and the Anti-Terrorism Law (Law 94 of 2015) and the NGO Law 149/2019 and its regulations to hinder or punish cooperation with the United Nations and the use of travel bans. According to information received by OHCHR, on 20 March 2024 the investigative judge in case 173/2011 (known as the “foreign funding case”), an emblematic case under the NGO law and its regulations, closed the investigation against several human rights organizations and individuals, and ordered the travel bans and asset freezes to be lifted. 12. France 86. The case of Ms. Assa Traoré was included in the 2023 report of the Secretary-General2 on allegations of online libellous messages and online and offline threats to her and her close relatives, including from the Twitter accounts of two police professional unions, linked to her cooperation with the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination during the consideration of the 22nd and 23rd periodic reports of France. 87. Ms. Traoré is a woman human rights defender, founder of the organization Comité Verité et Justice pour Adama and the sister of Mr. Adama Traoré, who died in July 2016 while in police custody (FRA 1/2017 and 10/2021).3 The Government responded to the Committee4 noting that they are attentive to Ms. Taroré’s safety and that of her close relatives and informed that the Paris Office of the Public Prosecutor had started a criminal investigation. 88. According to information received by OHCHR, Ms. Traoré’s legal team has not received updates regarding the investigation of the Paris Office of the Public Prosecutor into the threats made against her in connection to her participation in the Committee’s session in November 2022. 89. On 20 June 2024, the Government responded to the note verbale sent in connection to the present report noting that on 19 December 2023 it had provided further information to the Committee84 indicating that, in view of the constitutional principles of the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary, it was not for the Government to give any instructions whatsoever on individual cases, nor to interfere in judicial proceedings. The Government confirmed that an investigation had been launched, under the guidance of the national online hate hub at the Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office, following a notification issued by the National Consultative Commission on Human Rights on the basis of article 40 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, concerning public insults on grounds of origin, ethnicity, nation, race or religion in the context of Ms. Traoré’s statement to the Committee. 13. Guatemala 90. Alleged acts of reprisals against judges and prosecutors who worked on cases investigated with the technical assistance of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) have been included since 2019 in the Secretary-General’s reports.85 During the reporting period, the High Commissioner for Human Rights 86 and mandate holders87 noted developments on ongoing cases or situations included in previous reports. 91. In its 2023 report to the Human Rights Council, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) noted with concern that the Attorney General’s 84 85 86 87 GE.24-14259 CERD/C/FRA/FCO/22-23, para. 23. A/HRC/42/30, Annex I, paras. 40–42; A/HRC/45/36, Annex II, paras. 56–59; A/HRC/48/28, Annex II, paras. 53–61; A/HRC/51/47, Annex I. paras. 27–30, Annex II, paras. 74–79. A/HRC/55/21. A/HRC/WGAD/2023/24; GTM 3/2023; GMT 4/2023; GTM 5/2023; GTM 7/2023. 51