Individuals who collaborate with the United Nations
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2018-073-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2018
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 17.570692
Longitude: -3.996166
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Mali
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Peace Operation / Political mission
- Dates of prior UN action
- 1 February 2018
- Type of record
- General situation addressed
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
collaborate with the United Nations
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Peace Operation / Political mission
- Unclear
- Type of attempted engagement
- Unclear
- Reprisal information
cases of reprisals perpetrated by state actors as well as non-state armed groups against individuals who collaborate with the United Nations.12 Intimidation and death threats are strategies that have been used by terrorist and extremist armed groups to threaten populations for any collaboration with national and international forces as well as State actors, including MINUSMA
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- Both state and non-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?
- 1
- In which SG report was this case followed up on? 0
- 2019
- Follow up information provided in SG report 0
Allegations of cases and trends of reprisals were included in the 2018 report of the Secretary-General (A/HRC/39/41, para. 56 and Annex, paras. 73–76) regarding retaliation by State actors and non-State armed groups against individuals who collaborated with the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). Individuals and organizations affected by intimidation and reprisals in the reporting period did not give consent to be named due to the fear of further reprisals. In January 2019, the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali, reported that the number of verified serious violations of children’s rights had significantly increased but that many were underreported for several reasons, including the difficulty of verification and access to some geographical areas, fear of reprisals, and the lack of protection and other services for victims and witnesses (A/HRC/40/77, para. 53).
- Followup Trends 0
- Stayed same
- Did the government respond? 0
- No
- Was this case followed up by a UN body? 0
- Unclear