A/HRC/28/68/Add.1 violated the farmers' right to be free from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, as provided by articles 1 and 16 of the CAT. (b) JAL 06/11/2014 Case No. MMR 7/2014 State Reply: 14/01/2015 Allegations concerning the death of Mr. Ko Aung Kyaw Naing, a journalist who died under the custody of the Myanmar Army. 385. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government of Myanmar for its reply, dated 14.01.2015, to the present communication. 386. The Rapporteur regrets that the Government, has not, as of the drafting of this report, submitted any substantive reply, addressing the concerns, legal obligations, and questions raised in the initial communication. The Government thus fails to cooperate fully and expeditiously with the mandate issued by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 25/13, as well as 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). 387. In the absence of any 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 Myanmar has failed to protect the life and the physical and mental integrity of Mr. Ko Aung Kyaw Naing and has violated his right to be free from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, as codified, inter alia in the articles 1 and 16 of the CAT Nepal JAL 03/07/2014 Case No. NPL 2/2014 State Reply: 12/12/2014 Allegations concerning the Nepal Act on the Commission on Investigation of Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation, 2071 (2014). 388. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government of Nepal for its reply, dated 12/12/14, to the present communication. 389. The Rapporteur acknowledges the comprehensive account of the Government in response to the concerns, legal obligations and questions raised in the initial communication. He welcomes the efforts by the Government to ensure that the Nepal Act on the Commission on Investigation of Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation, 2071 (2014) is compatible with the country’s international obligations. 390. The Special Rapporteur will continue to monitor the situation in Nepal and would like to encourage the Government of Nepal to provide more information and details on the implementation of the Act and the competences of the Commission. Nicaragua JAL 27/10/2014 Case No. NIC 1/2014 State Reply: 25/11/2014 Alegaciones de la emisión del Decreto Presidencial No. 42-2014 que establece el Reglamento a la Ley No. 779, Ley Integral contra la violencia hacia las mujeres y de reformas a la Ley No. 641 “Código Penal”, el cual limitaría el ámbito de aplicación y alcance de la mencionada ley en detrimento del derecho de las mujeres a vivir libres de violencia o de amenaza de violencia de género. 391. El Relator Especial agradece al Gobierno de Nicaragua por su respuesta, de fecha 25 de octubre del 2014, acusando recibo de la presente comunicación. 67