NGOs submitting reports to CEDAW

Cases
Location of case in SG report
2015-017-001
Relevant SG report
Year of the report
2015
Country Geolocation

Latitude: 35.86166

Longitude: 104.195397

Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
China
From Region
UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
  • UN Treaty Bodies: CEDAW
Dates of prior UN action
14 November 2014
Type of record
Unnamed individual/group/organization
Was the victim a foreign national?
No
Was the victim a minor?
No
Type of rights defended
  • Unclear in SG Report
  • Women’s rights
Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
No
Reported trigger of reprisal

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women expressed concern that some reports that it received from non-governmental organizations had been censored by State agents and that some organization representatives feared reprisals by the State party as a result of their submission (see CEDAW/C/CHN/CO/7-8, paras. 32-33); see also CEDAW/C/SR.1251, paras. 21, 33, 58 and 61).

Engagement with UN body
  • UN Treaty Bodies: CEDAW
Dates of engagement
Unclear
Type of attempted engagement
  • Submission of information to UN
Dates of mentioned reprisals
Unclear
Reprisal information

the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women expressed concern that some reports that it received from non-governmental organizations had been censored by State agents and that some organization representatives feared reprisals by the State party as a result of their submission (see CEDAW/C/CHN/CO/7-8, paras. 32-33); see also CEDAW/C/SR.1251, paras. 21, 33, 58 and 61)

Types of reprisals suffered
  • Other
  • Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
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
23 October 2014
Government response content

a member of the delegation of China stated that the Government welcomed the efforts of non-governmental and civil society organizations to promote women’s rights and that they were not subject to reprisals of any kind for their work (CEDAW/C/SR.1251, para. 61).

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