Staff members of a Palestinian human rights organization
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2019-064-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2019
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 31.046051
Longitude: 34.851612
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Israel
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- Dates of prior UN action
- 31 May 2019
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Type of rights defended
- Caste/Ethnic minorities' rights/Racism
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
participating in side events and in private meetings with OHCHR staff during the Human Rights Council in March 2019
- Engagement with UN body
- OHCHR: OHCHR - General
- UN Human Rights Council: UN Human Rights Council - General
- Dates of engagement
- March 2019
- Type of attempted engagement
- Participation in meeting on UN premises
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- March 2019
- Reprisal information
The special procedures mandate holders note they were followed and photographed by staff members of an organization reportedly involved in discrediting members of Palestinian civil society.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Surveillance
- 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
- Government response dates
- 31 July 2019
- Government response content
Regarding the claims of intimidation at the March 2019 Human Rights Council, the Government stated that these are “unfounded accusations hidden behind the veil of anonymity” and it cannot respond to claims against an Israeli NGO whose identity is unknown.
- 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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