Several detainees who participated in interviews with OHCHR

Cases
Location of case in SG report
2019-125-001
Relevant SG report
Year of the report
2019
Country Geolocation

Latitude: 31.898043

Longitude: 35.204269

Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
Palestine
From Region
Dates of prior UN action
Unclear
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

after participating in interviews with staff from the OHCHR office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory who documented cases of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment that may amount to torture in Palestinian detention centres.

Engagement with UN body
  • OHCHR: OHCHR Field office
Dates of engagement
Unclear
Type of attempted engagement
  • Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
Dates of mentioned reprisals
From July to October 2018
Reprisal information

reported to OHCHR having faced reprisals

Types of reprisals suffered
  • 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?
1
In which SG report was this case followed up on? 0
2020
Follow up information provided in SG report 0
  1. In the 2019 report of the Secretary-General (A/HRC/42/30, para. 86 and Annex I, para. 125) it was noted that in the West Bank several detainees reported to OHCHR having faced reprisals in 2018 after participating in interviews with the OHCHR office in the occupied Palestinian territory. Some detainees declined to speak to OHCHR regarding their treatment due to fear of reprisals. From August to November 2019, OHCHR continued to receive information about actions against detainees in the West Bank and Gaza who had been interviewed by OHCHR staff members. OHCHR has raised these concerns with the relevant authorities.
Followup Trends 0
Deterioration/further reprisals
Did the government respond? 0
No