Some of those who met with SR on Myanmar

Cases
Location of case in SG report
2017-058-001
Relevant SG report
Year of the report
2017
Country Geolocation

Latitude: 21.916221

Longitude: 95.955974

Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
Myanmar (Burma)
From Region
UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
  • Assistant Secretary-General
  • Unclear
Dates of prior UN action
24 January 2017; 21 June 2016; June 2017
Type of record
Unnamed individual/group/organization
Was the victim a foreign national?
No
Was the victim a minor?
No
Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
No
Reported trigger of reprisal

reported reprisals against some of those with whom she met. She drew attention to her alarm that security forces, after a brief lull in activity, had resumed military counter operations in villages nearby to those she had visited in June 2016, with allegations of arbitrary detention and arrest in relation to these raids.

Engagement with UN body
  • UN Special Procedures: country
Dates of engagement
June 2016
Type of attempted engagement
  • Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
Dates of mentioned reprisals
June 2016; and after
Reprisal information

reported reprisals against some of those with whom she met. She drew attention to her alarm that security forces, after a brief lull in activity, had resumed military counter operations in villages nearby to those she had visited in June 2016, with allegations of arbitrary detention and arrest in relation to these raids.

Types of reprisals suffered
  • Property damage/raid/search/confiscation
  • 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