Lamberti Faan
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2025-053-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2025
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: -0.789275
Longitude: 113.921327
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Indonesia
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- Dates of prior UN action
- 7 October 2024
- Type of record
- Named individual
- Gender
- Female
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
indigenous West Papuan human rights defender
- Type of rights defended
- Indigenous peoples’ rights
- Migrants’/refugees’/IDP’s rights
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
participation in the 56th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
On 21 June 2024, Ms. Faan gave a statement at the 56th Session of the Human Rights Council about the situation of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Maybrat Regency of West Papua, and the following day she returned to Jakarta. A video of her statement was shared on social media, and authorities in Maybrat reportedly started approaching IDPs in the area and asking for Ms. Faan and her relatives. Between 25 June and 15 July 2024, Ms. Faan’s siblings were allegedly approached on different occasions by the Maybrat Police Chief, Maybrat Military Chief and an individual suspected to be an intelligence officer, seeking information about Ms. Faan, her whereabouts, her family and religion, occupation and residence, among others. On 15 July 2024, a close relative of Ms. Faan was reportedly approached by two men who showed him a video of her statement at the Human Rights Council and asked questions about her. The following day, drones were reportedly spotted flying over Ms. Faan’s house in Sorong, Papua Barat Daya Province, where she had returned on 1 July. Because of these reported incidents, Ms. Faan relocated to a different town for safety purposes (IDN 5/2024).
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Human Rights Council: UN Human Rights Council - General
- Dates of engagement
- 21 June 2024
- Type of attempted engagement
- Participation in meeting on UN premises
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- 25 June - 15 July 2024
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Maybrat Regency of West Papua, Indonesia
- Reprisal information
- On 21 June 2024, Ms. Faan gave a statement at the 56th Session of the Human Rights Council about the situation of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Maybrat Regency of West Papua, and the following day she returned to Jakarta. A video of her statement was shared on social media, and authorities in Maybrat reportedly started approaching IDPs in the area and asking for Ms. Faan and her relatives. Between 25 June and 15 July 2024, Ms. Faan’s siblings were allegedly approached on different occasions by the Maybrat Police Chief, Maybrat Military Chief and an individual suspected to be an intelligence officer, seeking information about Ms. Faan, her whereabouts, her family and religion, occupation and residence, among others. On 15 July 2024, a close relative of Ms. Faan was reportedly approached by two men who showed him a video of her statement at the Human Rights Council and asked questions about her. The following day, drones were reportedly spotted flying over Ms. Faan’s house in Sorong, Papua Barat Daya Province, where she had returned on 1 July. Because of these reported incidents, Ms. Faan relocated to a different town for safety purposes (IDN 5/2024).
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Family/friends/acquaintances targeted
- Surveillance
- Further case development
- On 7 October 2024, special procedure mandate holders addressed allegations of harassment and intimidation of indigenous West Papuan human rights defender Ms. Lamberti Faan following her participation in the 56th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Mandate holders expressed grave concern at the alleged intimidation and harassment by security forces against Ms. Faan in reprisal for her engagement with United Nations human rights mechanisms, to the extent that she had been forced to relocate for her safety (IDN 5/2024).
- Government response dates
- 18 December 2024
- Government response content
On 18 December 2024, the Government responded to the mandate holders noting that the Police had not received information nor reports regarding allegations of intimidation against Ms. Faan by security forces. The reply added that claims of repeated telephone calls, surveillance using drones and visits by unidentified individuals were clarified with the Police, who confirmed that no such incidents had occurred. 56. In a separate incident, and according to information received by OHCHR, a woman human rights defender was under surveillance and interrogated in connection to her advocacy with the United Nations during the reporting period. Names and additional details are withheld due to fear of further reprisals.
- 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