Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2018-069-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2018
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 41.20438
Longitude: 74.766098
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Kyrgyzstan
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- Assistant Secretary-General
- UN Treaty Bodies: CMW
- Dates of prior UN action
- 25 June 2018; May 2018; 14 August 2018; 7 September 2018; 10 September 2018
- Type of record
- Named organization
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Type of rights defended
- 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
submission of an alternative report to the Committee ahead of its review of Kyrgyzstan in April 2015. The report addressed the obligations of the Government to protect the rights of Kyrgyz migrant workers.
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Treaty Bodies: CMW
- Dates of engagement
- April 2015
- Type of attempted engagement
- Submission of information to UN
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- January 2017
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Bishkek
- Reprisal information
designation as extremist material of a submission by civil society organizations Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial and Bir Duino Kyrgyzstan. The decision came from the Oktyabrsky District Court in Bishkek.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Administrative reprisal
- Charge/Investigation/Prosecution: Conviction
- 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
the court decision refers to the alternative report as extremist material, and mere possession of such material constitutes a criminal offence punishable by up to five years in prison.
- 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?
- 1
- In which SG report was this case followed up on? 0
- 2019
- Follow up information provided in SG report 0
The situation of civil society organizations Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial and Bir Duino Kyrgyzstan was included in the 2018 report of the Secretary-General (A/HRC/39/41, para. 54 and Annex I, paras. 69–70) regarding the designation as extremist material of an alternative report they submitted to the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW) in April 2015. The report addressed the obligations of the Government to protect the rights of Kyrgyz migrant workers. The CMW Chair and Focal Point for Reprisals addressed the Government for further clarification on 25 June 2018, 14 August 2018 and 10 September 2018. 142 It was reported that Kyrgyz authorities had failed to notify either organization of the decision, leaving Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial and Bir-Duino without the right to defend themselves in court or appeal the decision. 67. On 22 October 2018, the Supreme Court reportedly lifted the ‘extremist materials’ designation, at least temporarily, reinstating the right of ADC Memorial to carry out its activities in Kyrgyzstan. The matter was remanded to the Oktyabrski Court which, on 16 January 2019, considered the case again but did not make a decision. As of May 2019, ADC Memorial is reportedly able to act legally in the country.
- Followup Trends 0
- Improvement
- Did the government respond? 0
- No