Protestors demanding civil society participation in UPR
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2014-017-004
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2014
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 35.86166
Longitude: 104.195397
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- China
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- Dates of prior UN action
- Unclear
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
On 18 June 2013, approximately 150 activists demanding civil society participation in the review process started a sit-in outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Type of rights defended
- Civil/political rights
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
On 18 June 2013, approximately 150 activists demanding civil society participation in the review process started a sit-in outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Human Rights Council: UPR
- Dates of engagement
- 18 June 2013
- Type of attempted engagement
- Other
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- 1 July 2013
- Reprisal information
On 1 July 2013, the police detained many of the protestors.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Detention/Imprisonment: Detention/Imprisonment - General
- 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
- Government response content
Government of China had replied to three communications, sent on 23 September 2013, 7 January 2014 and 24 January 2014 respectively, indicating that careful investigations into those cases had shown that the information contained in the communications was not consistent with the facts
- 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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