Ubai Al-Aboudi,
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2023-094-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2023
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 31.046051
Longitude: 34.851612
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Israel
- From Region
- Type of record
- Named individual
- Gender
- Male
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
the director of the Bisan Center for Research and Development
- Type of rights defended
- Unclear in SG Report
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
prevented from traveling to Amman, Jordan, to attend a two-day expert meeting with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia. Reportedly, Israeli authorities had imposed a travel ban against Mr. Al-Aboudi since 10 April 2022. In November 2022, due to the reported travel ban, Mr. Al-Aboudi was unable to participate in person in a public hearing organized in Geneva before the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and in Israel.119
- Engagement with UN body
- Other
- UN Human Rights Council: UN Independent Investigation
- Dates of engagement
- 1 June 2022, November 2022
- Type of attempted engagement
- Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
- Participation in meeting on UN premises
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- 10 April 2022, 1 June 2022, November 2022
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Israeli
- Reprisal information
On 1 June 2022, Mr. Ubai Al-Aboudi, the director of the Bisan Center for Research and Development, was prevented from traveling to Amman, Jordan, to attend a two-day expert meeting with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia. Reportedly, Israeli authorities had imposed a travel ban against Mr. Al-Aboudi since 10 April 2022. In November 2022, due to the reported travel ban, Mr. Al-Aboudi was unable to participate in person in a public hearing organized in Geneva before the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and in Israel.119
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Travel restriction
- 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
- 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