Persons coming to visit the UN team of joint human rights officers, accompanied by their MONUSCO military escort

Cases
Location of case in SG report
2018-028-001
Relevant SG report
Year of the report
2018
Country Geolocation

Latitude: -4.038333

Longitude: 21.758664

Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
From Region
UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
  • UN Peace Operation / Political mission
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, member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
No
Reported trigger of reprisal

coming to visit the United Nations team of joint human rights officers, accompanied by their MONUSCO military escort

Engagement with UN body
  • UN Peace Operation / Political mission
Dates of engagement
28 October 2017
Type of attempted engagement
  • Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
Dates of mentioned reprisals
28 October 2017
Location of mentioned reprisals
Luebo, Kasai province
Reprisal information

United Nations team of joint human rights officers, accompanied by their MONUSCO military escort, was threatened by soldiers of the Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo (FARDC) soldiers. FARDC soldiers and Police Nationale Congolaise agents were posted outside the hotel where the United Nations team stayed, presumably to monitor the team’s movement and to identify persons coming to visit the team.

Types of reprisals suffered
  • Surveillance
  • Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of 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
Further case development

two persons who wanted to speak with the United Nations team were arrested by FARDC soldiers and released the following day (coded separately)

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