Human rights defenders
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2017-071-002
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2017
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 6.87699189999999
Longitude: 31.3069788
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- South Sudan
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- Assistant Secretary-General
- Dates of prior UN action
- February 2017; July 2017
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
specific incident in September 2016 in which human rights defenders were threatened following their meeting with members of the Security Council during their visit to South Sudan.
- Type of rights defended
- Unclear in SG Report
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
specific incident in September 2016 in which human rights defenders were threatened following their meeting with members of the Security Council during their visit to South Sudan.
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Security Council
- Dates of engagement
- Unclear
- Type of attempted engagement
- Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- September 2016
- Reprisal information
specific incident in September 2016 in which human rights defenders were threatened following their meeting with members of the Security Council during their visit to South Sudan.
- 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?
- Yes
- 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