Staff or prisoners who spoke to members of the Subcommittee
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2019-008-002
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2019
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 9.30769
Longitude: 2.315834
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Benin
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Treaty Bodies: SPT
- Dates of prior UN action
- July 2018
- Type of record
- Preemptive statement made to ensure no reprisals will occur
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Type of rights defended
- Civil/political rights
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
The Subcommittee requested the authorities to ensure that no reprisals occur after its visit, and to provide it with detailed information on the steps taken to prevent reprisals against staff or prisoners who spoke to members of the Subcommittee (CAT/OP/BEN/3, paras. 107–108).
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Treaty Bodies: SPT
- Dates of engagement
- 11 to 15 January 2016
- Type of attempted engagement
- Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 0
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