a witness of violence and abuse by the M23
Cases- Case status
- Unknown
- Location of case in SG report
- 2023-037-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2023
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: -4.038333
Longitude: 21.758664
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- OHCHR: OHCHR Field office
- UN Peace Operation / Political mission
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Gender
- Gender unclear
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Type of rights defended
- Accountability & impunity
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
- In November 2022, a witness of violence and abuse by the M23 when they took over an area in North Kivu received death threats after having shared information with the Mission. The witness managed to leave the area and has remained in hiding since then.
- Engagement with UN body
- OHCHR: OHCHR Field office
- UN Peace Operation / Political mission
- Type of attempted engagement
- Submission of information to UN
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- November 2022
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- North Kivu Province, DRC
- Reprisal information
- In November 2022, a witness of violence and abuse by the M23 when they took over an area in North Kivu received death threats after having shared information with the Mission.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- Non-state actor(s)
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- Further case development
The witness managed to leave the area and has remained in hiding since then.
- 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
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