chairperson of another NGO that works against sexual and gender-based violence in North Kivu province
Cases- Case status
- Unknown
- Location of case in SG report
- 2023-035-001
- 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
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Type of rights defended
- Accountability & impunity
- Women’s rights
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
information shared with the Mission on the rape of dozens of women and the massacre of hundreds of men allegedly committed by the M23.
- 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
- January 2023
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- North Kivu Province, DRC
- Reprisal information
- In January 2023, the chairperson of another NGO that works against sexual and gender-based violence in North Kivu province received anonymous threat calls in relation to information shared with the Mission on the rape of dozens of women and the massacre of hundreds of men allegedly committed by the M23. Both individuals and their families were relocated by UNJHRO for fear of further reprisals against them.
- 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
- Further case development
The individual and their family were relocated by UNJHRO for fear of further reprisals against them.
- 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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