International Committee of Indigenous Peoples of Russia
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2025-111-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2025
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 61.52401
Longitude: 105.318756
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Russia
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Country
- Dates of prior UN action
- 13 September 2024
- Type of record
- Named organization
- Type of rights defended
- Indigenous peoples’ rights
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
cooperation with the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and other human rights mechanisms (A/HRC/57/59 para 134-135).
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Human Rights Council: EMRIP
- Other
- Type of attempted engagement
- Unclear
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Russia
- Reprisal information
- In another instance, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation reported to the Human Rights Council that the designation of the International Committee of Indigenous Peoples of Russia as “extremist” may constitute a possible reprisal for its cooperation with the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and other human rights mechanisms (A/HRC/57/59 para 134-135). She further reported that reprisals were used as another way to attack civil society and that many Russian civil society members had sought anonymity when engaging with her, citing fear of intimidation and reprisals from the Government (A/HRC/57/59, para 131).
- 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
- Government response dates
- 17 July 2025
- Government response content
- On 17 July 2025, the Government responded to the note verbale sent in connection to the present report, asserting that, with regard to the Russian Federation, the report does not accurately reflect the facts and the allegations should not be included. Specific allegations included in the report were not otherwise addressed. The Government provided additional information unrelated to allegations of intimidation and reprisals for cooperation with the United Nations.
- 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?
- Yes
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