Preemptive statement made to ensure no reprisals will occur (2016, Venezuela)

Cases
Location of case in SG report
2016-035-002
Relevant SG report
Year of the report
2016
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
  • UN Treaty Bodies: HRC
Dates of prior UN action
14 August 2015
Type of record
Preemptive statement made to ensure no reprisals will occur
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

some persons who had cooperated with the Committee regarding the review of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Engagement with UN body
  • UN Treaty Bodies: HRC
Dates of engagement
Unclear
Type of attempted engagement
  • Unclear
Dates of mentioned reprisals
Unclear
Reprisal information

were subsequently “the target of disparaging statements made by the President of the National Assembly in the television programme ‘Con el Mazo Dando’” and that “those statements were made shortly after the Committee had drawn the delegation’s attention to previous statements by the same person regarding the contribution of civil society organizations to the work of other international human rights mechanisms”

Types of reprisals suffered
  • Defamation / Defamation campaign
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