Other employees of Al Wissam
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2016-024-003
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2016
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 33.223191
Longitude: 43.679291
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Iraq
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- Dates of prior UN action
- 13 April 2016
- Type of record
- Named organization
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
documents cases of enforced disappearances in Iraq and submits them to the United Nations human rights mechanisms
- Type of rights defended
- Civil/political rights
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
reprisals relating to the submission of cases to the Committee on Enforced Disappearances,
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Treaty Bodies: CED
- Dates of engagement
- Unclear
- Type of attempted engagement
- Submission of information to UN
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- "previously"
- Reprisal information
concerns over reports that other employees of Al Wissam had previously been subjected to intimidation and reprisals relating to the submission of cases to the Committee on Enforced Disappearances, and some had left the country out of fear for their security
- 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
- 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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