a lawyer from a legal aid coalition
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2023-067-002
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 26.3351
Longitude: 17.228331
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Libya
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- OHCHR: OHCHR Field office
- UN Peace Operation / Political mission
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Gender
- Gender unclear
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
lawyers cooperating with the Mission in providing legal aid to conflict-related victims.
- 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
lawyers cooperating with the Mission in providing legal aid to conflict-related victims. a lawyer from a legal aid coalition
- Engagement with UN body
- OHCHR: OHCHR Field office
- UN Peace Operation / Political mission
- Type of attempted engagement
- Unclear
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- April 2023
- Reprisal information
- UNSMIL also documented the intimidation of lawyers cooperating with the Mission in providing legal aid to conflict-related victims. In April 2023, a lawyer from a legal aid coalition received calls from unidentified state security actors stating that they were not pleased with coordination activities between the United Nations and his clients.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- 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?
- Yes
- 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
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