A/HRC/54/61
Nicaragua
96.
Multiple United Nations actors have addressed reprisals for cooperation with the
United Nations. OHCHR has received information about individuals requesting anonymity
in their engagement with the United Nations due to fear of reprisals against them and their
families. Names and details have been withheld. Multiple United Nations actors have raised
concerns about the entry into force of General Law No. 1115 on the regulation and control
of non-profit organizations and its arbitrary application, including the revocation of the legal
personality of over 3,000 non-profit organizations.
97.
The Committee against Torture decided to publish the report on the 2014 visit to
Nicaragua of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment, noting incidents of reprisals, and fear thereof, in
connection with its visit.56
98.
Annex II contains information on developments in the situations of the Comisión
Permanente de Derechos Humanos and its staff, and of Mr. Félix Alejandro Maradiaga,
Mr. Aníbal Toruño and Ms. Vilma Nuñez de Escorcia.
Pakistan
99.
Special procedure mandate holders have addressed allegations of reprisals against the
Centre for Social Justice following its engagement in the fourth cycle of the universal
periodic review of Pakistan, including the submission of a report and the participation of
Mr. Suneel Nasir in the pre-session of the universal periodic review.57
100.
Annex II contains developments in the situation of Mr. Fazal ur Rehman Afridi.
Philippines
101. Annex II contains information on developments in the situation of the Karapatan
Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights and its Secretary-General, Ms. Cristina
Palabay.
Qatar
102. Special procedure mandate holders addressed allegations of intimidation of and
cyberattacks on Mr. Mark Somos of the NGO Just Access, based in Germany, following his
engagement with various United Nations human rights mechanisms. 58
Russian Federation
103. Special procedure mandate holders addressed allegations of intimidation of Ms. Yana
Tannagasheva, an Indigenous civil society representative, during the fifteenth session of the
Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by a representative of the Permanent
Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations Office at Geneva and the subsequent
removal of related content from the website of a partner organization.59
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination recommended that the
State party conduct effective, thorough and impartial investigations into all reported cases of
intimidation and reprisals.60
104.
105. Annex II contains information on developments in the incidents from previous periods
concerning Ms. Tannagasheva and Mr. Vladislav Tannagashev, and on the effects that
restrictive legislation has had on the willingness and ability of civil society actors to engage
with the United Nations.
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See CAT/C/75/2 and CAT/OP/NIC/ROSP/1.
See communication PAK 1/2023.
See communications QAT 1/2023, DEU 3/2022 and OTH 19/2023, and the reply from the
Government of Germany at
https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=37527.
See communication RUS 15/2022.
CERD/C/RUS/CO/25-26, para. 19.
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