participants, including civil society actors and indigenous peoples
Cases- Case status
- Unknown
- Location of case in SG report
- 2023-040-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2023
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 26.820553
Longitude: 30.802498
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Egypt
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- Dates of prior UN action
- 18 November 2022
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
CSOs, indigenous peoples attempting to engage in COP27
- Type of rights defended
- Indigenous peoples’ rights
- Land rights/environment
- 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
- On 18 November 2023, during COP27, mandate holders publicly addressed32 multiple reports and evidence of participants, including civil society actors and indigenous peoples, being stopped and interrogated by Egyptian security officers. They also addressed allegations of support staff repeatedly monitoring and photographing civil society actors inside the COP27 venue without their consent. Experts expressed concern at the chilling effect of these actions on civil society participating in COP27 as many groups had expressed concern about the need to self-censor to ensure their safety and security. Mandate holders also referred to reports of participants being subject to intrusive questioning at the airport when entering Egypt.
- Engagement with UN body
- UN thematic world conference
- Dates of engagement
- November 2022
- Type of attempted engagement
- Other
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- November 2022
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Egypt Sharm El Sheikh
- Reprisal information
- On 18 November 2023, during COP27, mandate holders publicly addressed32 multiple reports and evidence of participants, including civil society actors and indigenous peoples, being stopped and interrogated by Egyptian security officers. They also addressed allegations of support staff repeatedly monitoring and photographing civil society actors inside the COP27 venue without their consent. Experts expressed concern at the chilling effect of these actions on civil society participating in COP27 as many groups had expressed concern about the need to self-censor to ensure their safety and security. Mandate holders also referred to reports of participants being subject to intrusive questioning at the airport when entering Egypt.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Access to UN premises denied
- Surveillance
- Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
- 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
- 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?
- Yes
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