two women human rights defenders
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2025-123-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2025
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 12.862807
Longitude: 30.217636
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Sudan
- From Region
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Gender
- Female
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
two women human rights defenders who publicly cooperated with the United Nations
- Type of rights defended
- Women’s rights
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
- According to information received by OHCHR, in two different incidents, two women human rights defenders who publicly cooperated with the United Nations faced intimidation and reprisals, following their respective engagements with the United Nations. Both reported fear of reprisals against family members. One of them reportedly limited her public engagement and visibility to mitigate risks.
- Engagement with UN body
- OHCHR: OHCHR Field office
- Type of attempted engagement
- Unclear
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Sudan
- Reprisal information
- According to information received by OHCHR, in two different incidents, two women human rights defenders who publicly cooperated with the United Nations faced intimidation and reprisals, following their respective engagements with the United Nations. Both reported fear of reprisals against family members. One of them reportedly limited her public engagement and visibility to mitigate risks.
- 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?
- Yes
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