Center for Support of the Indigenous Peoples of the North (CSIPN)
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2020-102-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2020
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 61.52401
Longitude: 105.318756
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Russia
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- Dates of prior UN action
- 14 January 2020
- Type of record
- Named organization
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
indigenous peoples from Siberia and the Russian North and Far East; It was reportedly one of the last few indigenous organizations in the region with accreditation to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 74 and was accredited, held observer status or otherwise engaged with other UN entities. 75
- Type of rights defended
- Indigenous peoples’ rights
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
CSIPN and its director have reportedly been targeted for their engagement with the UN
- Engagement with UN body
- Unclear
- Dates of engagement
- Unclear
- Type of attempted engagement
- Participation in meeting on UN premises
- Unclear
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- 6 November 2019
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Moscow
- Reprisal information
raids, seizures of property, prosecution, dissolution and interdiction; On 6 November 2019, the Moscow City Court upheld the request of the Ministry of Justice for the dissolution of CSIPN, reportedly based on the organization’s failure to comply with certain administrative formalities, which mandate holders “considered to be disproportionate punishment for administrative irregularities of this kind (RUS/9/2019).”
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Administrative reprisal
- Property damage/raid/search/confiscation
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- Yes
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- Government response dates
- 30 March 2020; 27 July 2020
- Government response content
Government 76 indicated that the central directorate of the Ministry of Justice found a number of gross violations of the legislation on non-profit organizations. On this basis, on 12 August 2019, the central directorate filed an administrative action with the Moscow City Court calling for the organization to be disbanded. On 6 November 2019, the Court adopted a decision to dissolve the organization, which filed an appeal against the decision of the Moscow City Court. On 27 July 2020, the Government responded to the note verbale in connection to the present report, further noting that on 23 April 2020, the Ministry of Justice decided to exclude CSIPN from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities. The Gagarinsky District Court of Moscow on 22 June 2020 terminated administrative proceedings due to the liquidation of the administrative plaintiff. The Government refutes that CSIPN is persecuted for its cooperation with the UN, and notes that 60 organizations in the Russian Federation have ECOSOC status, including some working on indigenous rights
- 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