Rodion Sulyandziga

Cases
Location of case in SG report
2020-106-901
Relevant SG report
Year of the report
2020
Country Geolocation

Latitude: 61.52401

Longitude: 105.318756

Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
Russia
From Region
UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
  • UN Special Procedures: Thematic
Dates of prior UN action
October 2014
Type of record
Named individual
Gender
Male
Was the victim a foreign national?
No
Was the victim a minor?
No
Individual's/organization's activity

director of Center for Support of the Indigenous Peoples of the North (CSIPN) (see case 2020-102-001)

Type of rights defended
  • Indigenous peoples’ rights
Was the victim a civil servant, member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
No
Reported trigger of reprisal

prevention of travel to the UN World Conference on Indigenous Peoples

Engagement with UN body
  • UN thematic world conference
Dates of engagement
Unclear
Type of attempted engagement
  • Participation in meeting on UN premises
Dates of mentioned reprisals
Unclear
Reprisal information
  1. Alleged acts of intimidation and reprisal against CSIPN’s (see Annex I) director, Mr. Rodion Sulyandziga, in the form of confiscation of passport and prevention of travel to the UN World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, were addressed in October 2014 by special procedures mandate holders (RUS 8/2014; A/HRC/39/17, para. 69).
Types of reprisals suffered
  • Travel restriction
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 dates
29 July 2020
Government response content

On 29 July 2020, the Government responded to the note verbale in connection to the present report, stating that CSIPN and Mr. Sulyandziga had not been persecuted for cooperation with the UN (see Annex I). Previously the Government had confirmed that Mr. Sulyandziga’s passport was seized by the passport control unit of the Federal Security Service at Sheremetyevo International Airport because of cases against him for violating the borders regime. 67

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