A/HRC/39/41 48. On 24 July 2017, the Human Rights Committee raised concern about reports that senior government officials made disparaging statements in the media about individuals and civil society organizations who had submitted information for the second periodic report of Honduras (see CCPR/C/HND/CO/2, para. 42). In July 2017 Honduran defenders from Coalición contra la impunidad travelled to Geneva to take part in the review of Honduras by the Human Rights Committee. The defenders provided information to the Committee regarding the murder of well-known environmental and human rights defender, Ms. Berta Cáceres in March 2016. In response the head of the Honduran delegation discredited the information and later made public statements, including to Honduran media outlets, that the information provided by civil society to the Human Rights Committee on the death of Ms. Cáceres was false and misleading. 49. On 6 July 2017, the President of the Supreme Court of Justice read a public statement on behalf of the Government, whereby it accused 50 civil society organizations11 of having delivered false information to experts of the Human Rights Committee on the progress in the investigation of Ms. Cáceres’ murder, and that it does not accept, “that bad Hondurans and national and foreign organizations…bring false or misrepresented information to damage the country with dangerous interests.” The same communication was delivered by the Ministry of the Presidency in Honduras on 6 July 2017. On 18 July 2018 the Chair of the Committee met with the Government, who assured the Chair that no reprisals would occur. 50. The Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights visited Honduras in July 2017 and raised allegations of reprisals with the Government. 12. Hungary 51. On 21 June 2017, three special procedures mandate holders addressed the alleged targeting of Budapest-based international disability rights non-governmental organisation Validity (formerly Mental Disability Advocacy Centre) following the release of a public report in May 2017 on allegations of human rights violations at the Topház social care institution (HUN 372017). Validity also brought these issues to the attention of OHCHR and to the Human Rights Committee when it considered the sixth periodic report of Hungary held in March 2018 (see CCPR/C/HUN/CO/6 para. 21 and CCPR/C/SR.3464 and 3465. Since the release of the report, the Government has reportedly tried to delegitimize the work conducted by Validity, threatening the organization that it would open criminal proceedings as well as intimidating its staff members. On 17 July 2017 a Validity representative was reportedly summoned by police in connection with the investigation. Validity are of the view that their targeting is related in large part to their advocacy with the United Nations human rights mechanisms. 52. Further, it was reported that among objections by Member States to nongovernmental organisations participation in the Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption in Vienna in November 2017, was an attempt to block the participation of K-Monitor, a Hungarian anti-corruption non-governmental organisation. There were reported efforts to place obstacles in the way of the participation by the conference of organizations working on issues related to corruption by authorities. The Bureau of States Parties of the Conference, voted against the objection of the State and 11 26 Coalición Contra la Impunidad integrated by: Asociación Arcoiris - Asociación de Jueces por la Democracia (AJD) - Asociación Intermunicipal de Desarrollo y Vigilancia Social de Honduras (AIDEVISH) - Asociación por una Ciudadanía Participativa (ACI-PARTICIPA) - Centro de Derechos de Mujeres (CDM) - Centro de Estudios de la Mujer Honduras (CEM-H) - Centro de Investigación y Promoción de Derechos Humanos (CIPRODEH) Colectivo Gemas - Colectivo Unidad Color Rosa - Comitéde Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos de Honduras (COFADEH) Comitépor la Libre Expresión C-Libre - Comunidad Gay Sampedrana para la Salud Integral Convergencia por los Derechos Humanos de la Zona Nor Occidental Crisálidas de Villanueva Equipo de Reflexión, Investigación y Comunicación (ERIC) - Feministas Universitarias Frente Amplio del COPEMH - Foro de Mujeres por la Vida - Foro Social de la Deuda Externa y Desarrollo de Honduras (FOSDEH) - Movimiento Amplio por la Dignidad y la Justicia (MADJ) - Movimiento de Mujeres por la Paz Visitación Padilla - Red de Mujeres Jóvenes de Cortés Red de Mujeres Unidas de Colonia Ramón Amaya Amador - Red Nacional de Defensoras - Tribuna de Mujeres contra los Femicidios. GE.18-13325