victims and/or witnesses of violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law

Cases
Location of case in SG report
2025-071-001
Relevant SG report
Year of the report
2025
Country Geolocation

Latitude: 31.046051

Longitude: 34.851612

Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
Israel
From Region
Individual's/organization's activity

at least four Palestinian individuals, allegedly victims and/or witnesses of violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law, such as Palestinians released from Israeli detention both in the West Bank and Gaza, Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem and Palestinians in Gaza, who had initially agreed to be interviewed by OHCHR

Type of rights defended
  • Unclear in SG Report
Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
No
Engagement with UN body
  • OHCHR: OHCHR Field office
Type of attempted engagement
  • Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
Reprisal information

According to information received by OHCHR, at least four Palestinian individuals, allegedly victims and/or witnesses of violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law, such as Palestinians released from Israeli detention both in the West Bank and Gaza, Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem and Palestinians in Gaza, who had initially agreed to be interviewed by OHCHR, later reversed this decision for fear of reprisals from Israeli authorities. Several released detainees told OHCHR that, prior to their release, Israeli forces had warned them not to give interviews about their detention to journalists and human rights organisations, including the United Nations.

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