Esther Omam Njomo
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2020-020-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2020
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 7.36972199999999
Longitude: 12.354722
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Cameroon
- From Region
- Type of record
- Named individual
- Gender
- Female
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
affiliated with Reach Out Cameroon and South West/North West Women Task Force (SNWOT), which advocates for the protection of women and children in the North-West and South-West regions.
- Type of rights defended
- Children’s rights
- Women’s rights
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
eprisals following her 13 May 2019 testimony before the Security Council in an Arria Formula meeting in New York on the humanitarian situation in Cameroon
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Security Council
- Dates of engagement
- 13 May 2019
- Type of attempted engagement
- Participation in meeting on UN premises
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- Following 13 May 2019 testimony; September 2019
- Reprisal information
In addition to the threats through texts and voicemail received by Ms. Omam Njomo, her co-workers were reportedly harassed and threatened on social media. Further, in September 2019, a group of unidentified men, believed to be low-ranking members of a faction of non-state armed groups in the region, allegedly tried to break into her house while she was inside with her children. In October 2019, unidentified armed men associated with non-state armed groups in the region reportedly abducted two of her children for a few hours and released them afterwards.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Family/friends/acquaintances targeted
- Property damage/raid/search/confiscation
- Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- Non-state actor(s)
- 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