A/HRC/34/54/Add.3 State is further urged to conduct a fair and impartial investigation into the allegations, to prosecute and punish those responsible, and to provide adequate redress to Mr. XXXXX. JUA 09/08/2016 Case No. EGY 10/2016 State Reply: None to date Allegations concerning the arbitrary detention and mistreatment of human rights defender Mr. Ahmed Abdallah Abou Elela Abdallah. 123. The Special Rapporteur regrets that the Government of Egypt 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. 124. In the absence of information to the contrary, the Special Rapporteur concludes that there is substance in the allegations presented in the initial communication, available via the link above, and is therefore of the view that the Government of Egypt, by arbitrarily detaining Mr. Abdallah, subjecting him to mistreatment, failing to bring him before any court for trial on the substance of the allegations against him, and subjecting him to inhumane conditions of detention in an overcrowded call in the New Cairo police station 1, has violated his right to be free from torture or cruel or degrading treatment as provided by Article 1, 2 and 16 of the Convention against Torture (CAT). 125. The Special Rapporteur would like to draw the Government’s attention to Rules 11–23 of the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the “Mandela Rules”) which mandate that appropriate accommodation, minimum cubic content of air and floor space, lighting and ventilation should be provided, with requirements to be met regarding the personal hygiene of prisoners. Failure to comply with the minimum conditions of detention amounts to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. 126. The Special Rapporteur urges the Government of Egypt to comply with its obligation, under CAT, to investigate, prosecute and punish all acts of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and to provide the victim with reparations in accordance with articles 12 and 14 of the CAT. El Salvador JAL 14/04/2016 Case No SLV 1/2016: State Reply: 06/07/2016 Alegaciones relativas a la salud sexual de las mujeres en El Salvador en el contexto de los riesgos del virus Zika. 127. El Relator Especial agradece al Gobierno de El Salvador por su respuesta a la comunicación conjunta con otros procedimientos especiales, de fecha 14 de abril de 2016, la cual versaba sobre la situación de los derechos a la salud sexual y reproductiva de las mujeres en El Salvador, en particular en el contexto de los riesgos del virus Zika para la salud de las mujeres. 128. El Relator Especial aprecia el esfuerzo del Gobierno en responder detalladamente a las inquietudes, obligaciones y preguntas presentadas en la comunicación inicial. Además, acoge con beneplácito las medidas tomadas por el Ministro de la Salud respecto a la difusión de información en la sociedad de El Salvador respecto del dengue, Chikungunya y Zika, tanto a hombres como a mujeres, así como su apoyo a la despenalización del aborto en El Salvador. 129. Sin embargo, reitera que en los casos en que el aborto es el único medio disponible para evitar un peligro contra la vida o la salud de la mujer, su criminalización constituye 26

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