Migrants and refugees interviewed in connection with airstrikes targeting Daman building complex
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2020-072-002
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2020
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 26.3351
Longitude: 17.228331
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Libya
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- OHCHR: OHCHR - General
- UN Peace Operation / Political mission
- Dates of prior UN action
- July 2019
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Type of rights defended
- Accountability & impunity
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
interview with UNSMIL
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Peace Operation / Political mission
- Dates of engagement
- Unclear
- Type of attempted engagement
- Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- Unclear
- Reprisal information
UNSMIL noted it was denied entry to interview survivors and regretted the obstruction of its work despite assurances provided by the Government of National Accord Deputy Minister of Interior for Migration (para. 4). It reported that migrants and refugees interviewed in connection to the incident confirmed their fears of reprisals and, therefore, did not provide names of victims during interviews (para.7). Further, several witnesses interviewed in connection to alleged shootings of migrants and refugees trying to escape from the building of the Tajoura Detention Centre did not provide the names of the victims or any other details, noting their fear of reprisals by Tajoura personnel (para. 21).
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- Unclear
- 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