United Nations Voluntary Fund’s grantees & organizations working for victims of torture

Cases
Location of case in SG report
2017-091-001
Relevant SG report
Year of the report
2017
Country Geolocation

Latitude: 41.36362019887259

Longitude: -16.875000000000004

Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
Multiple/other
From Region
UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
  • Other
Dates of prior UN action
21 October 2016
Type of record
Unnamed individual/group/organization
Was the victim a foreign national?
No
Was the victim a minor?
No
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

external funding from the Voluntary Fund.

Engagement with UN body
  • UN Voluntary fund / torture victims
Dates of engagement
Unclear
Type of attempted engagement
  • Other
Dates of mentioned reprisals
Unclear
Reprisal information

freezing the banking assets of human rights organizations working for victims of torture, in order to impede external funding, including from the Voluntary Fund

Types of reprisals suffered
  • Administrative 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
Further case development

On 1 November 2016, the High Commissioner in his response expressed concern about the feedback provided on situations of reprisals against a number of the Fund’s grantees, and stated that he would share these observations with the Assistant Secretary-General.

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