Woman human rights activist intending to brief CEDAW
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2015-017-002
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2015
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 35.86166
Longitude: 104.195397
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- China
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Treaty Bodies: CEDAW
- Dates of prior UN action
- Before 14 November 2014
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Gender
- Female
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Type of rights defended
- Unclear in SG Report
- Women’s rights
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
The Committee also expressed concern at reports of travel restrictions imposed on at least one woman human rights activist who intended to brief the Committee, and recommended that the Government take all necessary measures to protect women human rights defenders and to ensure that no such travel estrictions would be placed on anyone in the future. It also recommended that allegations that State agencies censored reports submitted by non-governmental organizations be investigated, and that preventive measures for non-occurrence be taken
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Treaty Bodies: CEDAW
- Dates of engagement
- October 2014
- Type of attempted engagement
- Participation in meeting on UN premises
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- Before 23 October 2014
- Reprisal information
reports of travel restrictions imposed on at least one woman human rights activist who intended to brief the Committee
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Travel restriction
- 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
- Government response dates
- 23 October 2014
- Government response content
a member of the delegation of China stated that the Government welcomed the efforts of non-governmental and civil society organizations to promote women’s rights and that they were not subject to reprisals of any kind for their work (CEDAW/C/SR.1251, para. 61).
- 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