human rights defenders who had travelled to Geneva to participate in the review
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2024-116-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2024
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 6.42375
Longitude: -66.58973
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Venezuela
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Treaty Bodies: HRC
- Dates of prior UN action
- 10 October 2023
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Individual's/organization's activity
human rights defenders who had travelled to Geneva to participate in the review
- Type of rights defended
- Civil/political rights
- Reported trigger of reprisal
human rights defenders who had travelled to Geneva to participate in the review
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Treaty Bodies: HRC
- Dates of engagement
- October 2023
- Type of attempted engagement
- Participation in meeting on UN premises
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- October 2023
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Geneva
- Reprisal information
- On 10 October 2023, during the consideration of the fifth periodic report of Venezuela, experts of the Human Rights Committee noted that they had received reports that human rights defenders who had travelled to Geneva to participate in the review had been interrogated by the National Intelligence Service. The experts recalled that States parties should not engage in reprisals against civil society representatives who cooperated with the human rights treaty bodies and reminded the State party of its obligation to protect the freedom and safety of those individuals once they had returned home (CCPR/C/SR.4040, para. 13).
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Charge/Investigation/Prosecution: Charge/Investigation/Prosecution - General
- 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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