Some of the inmates at Centro Nacional de Procesados Militares de Ramo Verde
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2019-112-002
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2019
- 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
- OHCHR: OHCHR - General
- 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
- 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 13 March 2019, OHCHR visited the Centro Nacional de Procesados Militares de Ramo Verde, a military detention center and a number of inmates approached the team and told them about detention conditions.
- Engagement with UN body
- OHCHR: OHCHR - General
- Dates of engagement
- 13 March 2019
- Type of attempted engagement
- Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- 16 March 2019
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Ramo Verde
- Reprisal information
A few days later, OHCHR was informed that family visits had been restricted for some of those who cooperated with the team.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Deterioration in detention conditions
- 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
- 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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