Civil society organizations working in the field of human rights
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2016-032-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2016
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 6.42375
Longitude: -66.58973
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Venezuela
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Treaty Bodies: CESCR
- Dates of prior UN action
- 7 July 2015
- Type of record
- General situation addressed
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- 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
defamatory statements against some of those who publicly participate in the dialogues that the Committee, in accordance with its working methods, holds with civil society organizations
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Treaty Bodies: CESCR
- Dates of engagement
- Unclear
- Type of attempted engagement
- Participation in meeting on UN premises
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- Unclear
- Reprisal information
hich had, in some cases, resulted in their reputation being seriously undermined. The Committee urged the State “to put an end to defamatory statements against some of those who publicly participate in the dialogues that the Committee, in accordance with its working methods, holds with civil society organizations”
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Defamation / Defamation campaign
- 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
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