A/HRC/25/60/Add.2 treatment or punishment.” The State’s response does not address most of the allegations of mistreatment, nor does it explain what investigation, if any, was conducted about them. The Special Rapporteur concludes that the State has failed to live up to its obligations under the international law governing torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. He also encourages the Government of the People’s Republic of China to continue its engagement with the mandate. (d) JUA 17/07/2013 Case No. CHN 6/2013 State reply: 23/09/2013 37. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government of the People’s Republic of China for its reply, dated 23 September 2013, to this communication and is awaiting translation of the respective reply. (e) JAL 22/07/2013 Case No. CHN 7/2013 State reply: 10/09/2013 38. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government of the People’s Republic of China for its reply, dated 10 September 2013, to this communication and is awaiting translation of the respective reply. (f) JUA 09/08/2013 Case No. CHN 8/2013 State reply: 11/11/2013 39. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government of the People’s Republic of China for its reply, dated 11 Novemeber 2013, to this communication and is awaiting translation of the respective reply. (g) JUA 14/11/2013 Case No. CHN 13/2013 State reply: 24/01/2014 Alleged on-going arbitrary detention and failure to provide medical care to a detained human rights defender. 40. The Special Rapporteur regrets that the Government of China has not responded to this communication, thereby failing to cooperate with the mandate issued by the Human Rights Council. The communication referred to the alleged harassment, interrogation and detention on numerous occasions of Ms. Cao Shunli, a high-profile human rights defender, who at the time of writing this observation, remained detained on charges of “unlawful assembly” and “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” The Special Rapporteur expresses grave concern for the physical and psychological integrity of Ms. Cao Shunli while in detention, particularly as it would appear she is being held with only intermittent access to legal advice and is at risk of ill-treatment due to the alleged deprivation of medical care. In this context, the Special Rapporteur draws the attention of the Government to the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners. Rule 22(2) provides that, “Sick prisoners who require specialist treatment shall be transferred to specialized institutions or to civil hospitals. Where hospital facilities are provided in an institution, their equipment, furnishings and pharmaceutical supplies shall be proper for the medical care and treatment of sick prisoners, and there shall be a staff of suitable trained officers.” Rule 25(1) provides that, “The medical officer shall have the care of the physical and mental health of the prisoners and should daily see all sick prisoners, all who complain of illness, and any prisoner to whom his attention is specially directed.” (Approved by the Economic and Social Council by resolutions 663 C (XXIV) of 31 July 1957 and 2076 (LXII) of 13 May 1977.) Furthermore, the Special Rapporteur refers to the Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners, adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 45/111, according to which “Prisoners shall have access to the health services available in the country without discrimination on the grounds of their legal situation” (Principle 9). In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the Special Rapporteur determines that the rights of Ms. Cao Shunli under the relevant standards have been violated, and calls on the Government to undertake all necessary measures to protect the right to physical and mental integrity of Ms. 27