General situation addressed
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2019-076-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2019
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 21.916221
Longitude: 95.955974
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Myanmar (Burma)
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Country
- Dates of prior UN action
- 2 May 2019
- Type of record
- General situation addressed
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
against people and organizations who “damage the dignity” of Myanmar by cooperating with the United Nations
- Engagement with UN body
- Unclear
- Dates of engagement
- Unclear
- Type of attempted engagement
- Unclear
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- late February 2019
- Reprisal information
The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar expressed concern that in late February 2019 the Parliament decided to discuss a motion urging the Government to respond to the actions of the Human Rights Council on Myanmar. A member of Parliament threatened to take legal action against people and organizations who “damage the dignity” of Myanmar by cooperating with the United Nations, which the Special Rapporteur noted could further muzzle human rights defenders (A/HRC/40/68, para. 46). It had been reported in the media on 21 February 2019 that the member of Parliament stated that any organization or person providing information considered to be false and with the intent to cause deliberation in the United Nations General Assembly will face legal action and that voting in the United Nations causes great damage to the dignity of the country.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Defamation / Defamation campaign
- 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