A/HRC/28/68/Add.1 precautelares genera un riesgo innecesario en la víctima que impediría proteger efectivamente a las mujeres y a su derecho de vivir libres de violencia o de amenaza de violencia de género, que inclusive pudiera conllevar su muerte. Nigeria (a) JAL 28/03/2014 Case No. NGA 2/2014 State Reply: None to date Allegations concerning attacks against a group of men on grounds of their actual or perceived sexual orientation, and police inaction with regards to these attacks, on 12 and 13 February 2014 in Gishiri village, Abuja. 400. The Special Rapporteur regrets that the Government of Nigeria has not replied to the present communication, thereby failing to cooperate with the mandate issued by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 25/13, and to comply with its obligation, under international customary law, to investigate, prosecute and punish all acts of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as codified, inter alia, in the Convention against Torture (CAT). 401. In the absence of information to the contrary, the Rapporteur concludes that there is substance in the allegations presented in the initial communication, reiterated above, and thus, that the Government of Nigeria failed to protect the physical and psychological integrity of the men in question, thereby paving the way for sexual violence. By its failure to investigate, prosecute and punish the perpetrators, the State has violated the right of the former to be free from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, as provided by articles 1 and 16 of the CAT. The State must conduct a fair and impartial investigation into the episode and prosecute and punish those responsible for the assault on these persons, as well as the policemen who failed to protect them from the violence. (b) JAL 22/08/2014 Case No. NGA 5/2014 State Reply: None to date Allegations of acts of torture and summary executions committed by members of the Nigerian military and the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in February, March and July 2014. 402. 1. The Special Rapporteur regrets that the Government of Nigeria has not replied to the present communication, thereby failing to cooperate with the mandate issued by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 25/13, and to comply with its obligation, under international customary law, to investigate, prosecute and punish all acts of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as codified, inter alia, in the Convention against Torture (CAT). 403. 2. In the absence of information to the contrary, the Rapporteur concludes that there is substance in the allegations presented in the initial communication, reiterated above, and thus, that the Government of Nigeria failed to protect the lives and the physical and mental integrity of detainees under control of its agents, and has thereby violated the right of these individuals to be free from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, as provided by articles 1 and 16 of the CAT. Pakistan (a) Case No JUA 14/02/2014. PAK 2/2014 State Reply: 18/02/2014 Allegations concerning the case of Mr. Mohammad Asghar, sentenced to death in Rawalpindi on charges of blasphemy, despite being diagnosed with psychosocial disabilities and whose execution is to take place in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 404. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government of Pakistan for its reply, dated 18.02.2014, acknowledign receipt of the present communication. 69

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