Tactics and tools for the protection
of Human Rights Defenders

A/HRC/13/22/Add.1

24 February 2010

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
Thirteenth session
Agenda item 3

PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Margaret Sekaggya

Addendum

Summary of cases transmitted to Governments and replies received

Introduction

1. The present document is submitted by the Special Rapporteur on the situation on human rights defenders, Ms Margaret Sekaggya, to the Human Rights Council, pursuant to resolutions 5/1 and 7/8 of the Human rights Council. The document provides summaries of the communications on specific cases addressed by the Special Rapporteur to States, as well as summaries of the replies by States received and their observations thereon.

2. The cases raised by the Special Rapporteur in this addendum include communications sent from 10 December 2008 to 15 December 2009. The addendum contains summaries of responses received from States until 10 February 2010. Although received before 10 February 2010, few replies are not included in the present report because translation is awaited. Most of the responses by States refer to cases raised by the Special Rapporteur during the period December 2008 to December 2009; however, some of the responses are to cases addressed by her in earlier reporting periods. While the summaries of these responses are included in this report, the summaries of the cases to which they refer will be found in the Special Rapporteur’s reports from preceding years (see A/HRC/4/37/Add.1, E/CN.4/2006/95/Add.1, and A/HRC/10/12/Add. 1 covering the previous three years).

3. For ease of reference, cases have been grouped by country, with countries listed alphabetically according to their names in English.