Sawsan Hassan
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2016-030-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2016
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 12.862807
Longitude: 30.217636
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Sudan
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- Dates of prior UN action
- 9 May 2016
- Type of record
- Named individual
- Gender
- Female
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
members of Our Rights Group, a coalition of Sudanese civil society organizations that submitted a report on the situation of human rights in the country to the universal periodic review process
- Type of rights defended
- Unclear in SG Report
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
members of Our Rights Group, a coalition of Sudanese civil society organizations that submitted a report on the situation of human rights in the country to the universal periodic review process; intended to participate in meetings in Geneva relating to the universal periodic review of the Sudan, scheduled for May 2016
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Human Rights Council: UPR
- Dates of engagement
- May 2016
- Type of attempted engagement
- Participation in meeting on UN premises
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- 23 March 2016 until mid-April 2016
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Khartoum
- Reprisal information
were prevented from boarding their flights from Khartoum to Geneva by officers from the National Intelligence Security Services. After their passports were confiscated, both individuals were informed that a travel ban had been issued against them and they were told to report to the headquarters of the Security Services in Khartoum the following day. Their passports were eventually returned to them in mid-April 2016.
- 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
- 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