a civil society representative from the Russian Federation
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2025-114-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2025
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 61.52401
Longitude: 105.318756
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Russia
- From Region
- 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
- According to information received by OHCHR in another instance, during the reporting period, invitations extended to a civil society representative from the Russian Federation to participate in two United Nations events in the Asia Pacific region were reportedly withdrawn following the alleged involvement of a State actor from the Russian Federation.
- Type of rights defended
- 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
This followed incidents in connection with the representative’s previous role and participation in a previous regional United Nations event.
- Engagement with UN body
- Other
- Type of attempted engagement
- Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
- Reprisal information
- According to information received by OHCHR in another instance, during the reporting period, invitations extended to a civil society representative from the Russian Federation to participate in two United Nations events in the Asia Pacific region were reportedly withdrawn following the alleged involvement of a State actor from the Russian Federation. This followed incidents in connection with the representative’s previous role and participation in a previous regional United Nations event. Names and details of those concerned are withheld due to fear of reprisals for their cooperation with the United Nations.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Access denied to UN expert/representative
- 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?
- Yes
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