Some defence lawyers and civil society activists
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2020-130-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2020
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 41.377491
Longitude: 64.585262
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Uzbekistan
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- Dates of prior UN action
- 25 September 2019; April 2020
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- 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
- Reported trigger of reprisal
Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, at the end of his visit to Uzbekistan, regretted that some defence lawyers and civil society activists had reported being subject to intimidation prior to or following their meetings with him.
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Special Procedures: thematic
- Dates of engagement
- September 2019
- Type of attempted engagement
- Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- September 2019
- Reprisal information
He “denounce[d] any form of reprisal and intimidation against individuals and institutions as a result of their lawful cooperation with [his] mandate”
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
- Unclear
- 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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