A/HRC/51/47
Andorra
34.
Annex II contains information on developments in the situation of Ms. Vanessa
Mendoza Cortés from the Associació Stop Violències Andorra.
35.
On 1 July 2022 the Government responded to the note verbale sent in connection to
the present report.
Bahrain
36.
Annex II contains information on developments in the situation of Mr. Abdulhadi AlKhawaja, Mr. Abduljalil Al-Singace, Mr. Sayed Ahmed Al-Wadaei, Ms. Ebtisam Al-Saegh
and Mr. Hassan Mushaima.
37.
On 18 July 2022 the Government responded to the note verbale sent in connection to
the present report.
Bangladesh
38.
Special procedure mandate holders addressed alleged intimidation of relatives of
disappeared persons and representatives of some NGOs in relation to their work and
cooperation with the United Nations, including the Working Group on Enforced and
Involuntary Disappearances.35 The Government responded to mandate holders and clarified
efforts to trace missing persons, noting that information requests issued to relatives aimed at
providing legal protection.
39.
Several United Nations actors condemned the killing of Mr. Mohib Ullah, a Rohingya
human rights defender and refugee in the Kutupalong camp in Cox’s Bazar, following his
increased international advocacy, including with United Nations entities and at the Human
Rights Council.36 The Government responded to mandate holders37 informing them that 12
suspects had been arrested in the course of a prompt, independent and impartial investigation.
40.
Annex II contains information on developments in the situation of the human rights
organization Odhikar and of Mr. Adilur Rahman Khan and Mr. Nasiruddin Elan, Secretary
Advocate and Executive Director of Odhikar, respectively.
41.
On 22 July 2022, the Government responded to the note verbale sent in connection to
the present report.
Belarus
42.
United Nations actors addressed multiple raids, arrests of human rights defenders as
well as the dissolution of a large number of civil society organizations, including longstanding partners of the United Nations human rights bodies and mechanisms.38 Reportedly,
legislative changes during the period affecting the ability and willingness of civil society
actors to engage with the United Nations were also addressed.
43. The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus noted in her 2022
report to the Human Rights Council that she had withheld information about the civil society
organizations that contributed to it, noting the high risks of reprisals, and referred to reprisals
against two NGOs for their cooperation with the United Nations. 39 The dissolution of a
number of civil society organizations, including long-standing partners of the United
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See BGD 5/2021. All communications mentioned in the present report are available from
https:spcommreports.ohchr.org/Tmsearch/TMDocuments. See also https://www.ohchr.org/en/pressreleases/2022/03/un-experts-urge-bangladesh-end-reprisals-against-human-rights-defenders-and.
See BGD 5/2021; and A/HRC/49/76, paras. 11–15; see also
https://www.unhcr.org/asia/news/press/2021/9/61559c984/unhcr-condemns-killing-of-rohingyarefugee-leader.html, https://www.ohchr.org/en/2021/10/bachelet-shocked-killing-rohingya-humanrights-defender.
See https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=36723.
See https://www.ohchr.org/en/2021/09/interactive-dialogue-interim-oral-update-ohchr-situationhuman-rights-belarus.
A/HRC/50/58, paras. 93–96; the report covered the period from 1 April 2021 to 30 March 2022.