Human rights organizations working in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in particular those that cooperated with the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict

Cases
Location of case in SG report
2010-028-001
Relevant SG report
Year of the report
2010
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 Human Rights Council: UN Independent Investigation
Type of record
Unnamed individual/group/organization
Was the victim a foreign national?
No
Was the victim a minor?
No
Was the victim a civil servant, member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
No
Reported trigger of reprisal

those that cooperated with the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict

Engagement with UN body
  • UN Human Rights Council: UN Independent Investigation
Type of attempted engagement
  • Unclear
Dates of mentioned reprisals
Subsequent to Fact-Finding Mission's report
Reprisal information

efforts by the Government of Israel to decrease financial support available; increasing assaults on human rights organizations; senior Government officials and Israeli security authorities, subsequent to the submission of the report of the Fact-Finding Mission, have sought to undermine the legitimacy of and otherwise restrict the activities of civil society organizations working on human rights

Types of reprisals suffered
  • Administrative reprisal
  • Defamation / Defamation campaign
Alleged/likely perpetrators
State actors
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
March 2010
Government response content

denial

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