Selvakumar Krishnapillai

Cases
Location of case in SG report
2014-032-003
Relevant SG report
Year of the report
2014
Country Geolocation

Latitude: 7.87305399999999

Longitude: 80.7717969999999

Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
Sri Lanka
From Region
UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
  • UN Special Procedures: Thematic
Dates of prior UN action
10 February 2014
Type of record
Named individual
Gender
Male
Was the victim a foreign national?
No
Was the victim a minor?
No
Individual's/organization's activity

Member of National Fisheries Solidarity Movement

Type of rights defended
  • Economic/social rights
Was the victim a civil servant, member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
No
Reported trigger of reprisal

connection with the visit of the High Commissioner.

Engagement with UN body
  • UN (Dep.) High Commissioner on Human Rights
Dates of engagement
Unclear
Type of attempted engagement
  • Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
Dates of mentioned reprisals
3 September 2013; 5 September 2013
Reprisal information

questioned several times by two men about a petition presented to the High Commissioner; two days later he was asked to report to the Ministry of Defence

Types of reprisals suffered
  • 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
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