interlocutors with whom OHCHR interacted
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2025-001-078
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2025
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 21.916221
Longitude: 95.955974
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Myanmar (Burma)
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN General Assembly
- UN Human Rights Council: UN Human Rights Council - General
- Dates of prior UN action
- July and December 2024
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Individual's/organization's activity
During the reporting period, OHCHR conducted 126 consultations with 391 people in the context of its human rights work, including the documentation and research required for the Office’s reports to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly. Among those consulted were 176 women, 16 youth groups, 27 ethnic and minority religious groups, and representatives of professional categories such as union members, lawyers, and doctors. These included both victims and witnesses inside the country and those who had fled the country.
- Type of rights defended
- Caste/Ethnic minorities' rights/Racism
- Religious freedom
- 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
OHCHR conducted 126 consultations with 391 people in the context of its human rights work, including the documentation and research required for the Office’s reports to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly.
- Engagement with UN body
- OHCHR: OHCHR Field office
- Dates of engagement
- 1 May 2024-30 April 2025
- Type of attempted engagement
- Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Myanmar
- Reprisal information
The vast majority of the interlocutors with whom OHCHR interacted agreed to do so only under condition of confidentiality and anonymity, and with no public disclosure of personally identifying information or details. This consistent request for anonymity indicates fear of possible reprisals, including for engagement with OHCHR. 79. The OHCHR’s 2024 report to the Human Rights Council documented widespread human rights violations, including killings, arbitrary arrest and detention, torture and ill-treatment, deaths in custody, sexual violence, and forced recruitment. Continued exposure to violence and fear has had a devastating impact on the mental health and well-being of victims and communities in Myanmar (A/HRC/57/56, paras 8, 22, 30-47, 54, and 60).
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
- Further case development
- In July and December 2024, the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly adopted resolutions calling for full, unrestricted and unmonitored access for all United Nations mandate holders and human rights mechanisms, and to ensure that individuals can cooperate without hindrance with all United Nations mandate holders and human rights mechanisms, without fear of reprisals, intimidation or attack. (A/HRC/RES/56/1, para 17 and A/RES/79/182, para 14).
- 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?
- Yes