A/HRC/22/53/Add.4 (b) UA 19/06/2012 Case No. CYP 3/2012 State reply: None to date Alleged imminent deportation to the Islamic Republic of Iran 31. The Special Rapporteur regrets that the Government of Cyprus has not responded to the communication dated 19 June 2012, thereby failing to cooperate with the mandate issued by the Human Rights Council. The communication referred to the alleged deportation to Iran of Ms. Sadeghdoost and imminent deportation to Iran of Ms. Marjan Kazemian. The Special Rapporteur reiterates article 3 of the Convention against Torture, which provides that “no State party shall expel, return (“refouler”), or extradite a person to another State where there are substantial grounds for believing that the person would be in danger of being subjected to torture.” In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the Special Rapporteur determines that the rights of Ms. Sadeghdoost under the UN Convention against Torture have been violated, and that the rights of Ms. Kazemian under the UN Convention against Torture will be violated if she is deported to Iran. The Special Rapporteur calls on the Government not to deport Ms. Kazemian, and to undertake a prompt and independent investigation, leading to prosecution and punishment of the perpetrators of Ms. Sadedghdoost‟s deportation, as well as providing full redress to the victims. Democratic People‟s Republic of Korea (a) JAL 03/10/2012 Case No. PRK 1/2012 State reply: None to date Alleged use of labor camps for political prisoners and pattern of human rights violations committed therein. 32. The Special Rapporteur regrets that the Government of Democratic People's Republic of Korea has not responded to this communication dated 3 October 2012, thereby failing to cooperate with the mandate issued by the Human Rights Council. The communication referred to the alleged use of labour camps for thousands of prisoners where a pattern of human rights violations is committed. The Special Rapporteur expresses grave concern regarding all of the persons allegedly detained arbitrarily and subsequently subjected to torture in order to obtain false confessions. Moreover, the Special Rapporteur expresses further concern regarding the fact that detainees are not given a trial and are held incommunicado. Actual conditions at the labour camps, which include extrajudicial executions, torture, forced labour, lack of adequate food, and severe health conditions, also cause great concern. In view of these allegations, the Special Rapporteur reiterates that paragraph 8(b) of Human Rights Council Resolution 16/23 of 12 April 2011, which reminds States that “[p]rolonged incommunicado detention or detention in secret places can facilitate the perpetration of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and can in itself constitute a form of such treatment, and urges all States to respect the safeguards concerning the liberty, security and the dignity of the person and to ensure that secret places of detention and interrogation are abolished.” In light of the fact that no evidence has been provided to the contrary, the Special Rapporteur concludes that these practices violate the rights of the persons held in labour camps under international standards prohibiting torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. The Special Rapporteur calls on the Government of Democratic People's Republic of Korea to undertake a prompt, impartial, and effective investigation of the alleged acts of torture, leading to prosecution and punishment of the perpetrators, and to provide redress to the victims. Further, the Special Rapporteur urges the Government to end the practice of incommunicado detention and to end the practice of sending political prisoners not yet convicted of a crime to labour camps, especially given the dire conditions alleged. 18