38 Yukpa indigenous leaders and their relatives (20 men, 13 women, 15 boys and five girls)
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2023-120-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2023
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 6.42375
Longitude: -66.58973
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Venezuela
- From Region
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Gender
- Gender unclear
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- Yes
- Individual's/organization's activity
Indigenous leaders and their relatives
- Type of rights defended
- Indigenous peoples’ rights
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
- On the evening of 7 March 2023, at “El 104” checkpoint in Rosario del Perijá Municipality, Zulia State, members of the Guardia Nacional Bolivariana reportedly stopped a delegation of approximately 38 Yukpa indigenous leaders and their relatives (20 men, 13 women, 15 boys and five girls) traveling to Caracas to meet with OHCHR, among other interlocutors. A high-ranking public official reportedly obstructed their trip to the capital by stating they did not have the right to meet with OHCHR. That evening, members of the Guardia Nacional Bolivariana were reportedly deployed in the location causing fear among the delegation that they would be arrested, and they decided to return to Machiques that night.
- Engagement with UN body
- OHCHR: OHCHR Field office
- Dates of engagement
- 7 march 2023
- Type of attempted engagement
- Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- 7 March 2023
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- checkpoint in Rosario del Perijá Municipality, Zulia State,
- Reprisal information
- On the evening of 7 March 2023, at “El 104” checkpoint in Rosario del Perijá Municipality, Zulia State, members of the Guardia Nacional Bolivariana reportedly stopped a delegation of approximately 38 Yukpa indigenous leaders and their relatives (20 men, 13 women, 15 boys and five girls) traveling to Caracas to meet with OHCHR, among other interlocutors. A high-ranking public official reportedly obstructed their trip to the capital by stating they did not have the right to meet with OHCHR. That evening, members of the Guardia Nacional Bolivariana were reportedly deployed in the location causing fear among the delegation that they would be arrested, and they decided to return to Machiques that night.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Access denied to UN expert/representative
- 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?
- Yes
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