relatives of the disappeared
Cases- Case status
- Unknown
- Location of case in SG report
- 2021-105-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2021
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 34.8020749999999
Longitude: 38.996815
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Syria
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- Dates of prior UN action
- September 2020
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Individual's/organization's activity
inquiries about the fate and the whereabouts of their disappeared family members
- Type of rights defended
- Accountability & impunity
- Civil/political rights
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
legitimate inquiries about the fate and the whereabouts of their disappeared family members
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Special Procedures: thematic
- Type of attempted engagement
- UN raised case of person/organization
- Reprisal information
In its report pursuant to its 122nd Session, the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances noted that it continued to receive alarming reports concerning intimidation of and reprisals against relatives of the disappeared because of their legitimate inquiries about the fate and the whereabouts of their disappeared family members (A/HRC/WGEID/122/1, para. 144).
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
- Unclear
- 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
- Was the case raised by a State at the 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
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 0
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