Members of NGOs with whom experts had met

Cases
Location of case in SG report
2016-021-001
Relevant SG report
Year of the report
2016
Country Geolocation

Latitude: -3.373056

Longitude: 29.918886

Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
Burundi
From Region
UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
  • UN Human Rights Council: UN Independent Investigation
Dates of prior UN action
22 March 2016
Type of record
Unnamed individual/group/organization
Was the victim a foreign national?
No
Was the victim a minor?
No
Was the victim a civil servant, member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
No
Reported trigger of reprisal

During their visit to Burundi, in March 2016, the independent experts of the United Nations Independent Investigation on Burundi received allegations of intimidation

Engagement with UN body
  • UN Human Rights Council: UN Independent Investigation
Dates of engagement
March 2016
Type of attempted engagement
  • Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
Dates of mentioned reprisals
March 2016
Reprisal information

received allegations of intimidation and reprisals by the National Intelligence Services against members of NGOs with whom they had met. Feeling threatened, several human rights defenders fled the country and afterwards reported that they remained concerned for the safety of their family members remaining in the country (see A/HRC/33/32, BDI 5/2016).

Types of reprisals suffered
  • Family/friends/acquaintances targeted
  • 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