Preemptive statement made to ensure no reprisals will occur

Cases
Location of case in SG report
2020-138-002
Relevant SG report
Year of the report
2020
Country Geolocation

Latitude: 6.42375

Longitude: -66.58973

Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
Venezuela
From Region
UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
  • UN (Dep.) High Commissioner on Human Rights
Dates of prior UN action
9 September 2019
Type of record
Preemptive statement made to ensure no reprisals will occur
Was the victim a foreign national?
No
Was the victim a minor?
No
Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
No
Engagement with UN body
  • HC-mandated reports
Dates of engagement
Unclear
Type of attempted engagement
  • Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
  • Submission of information to UN
Dates of mentioned reprisals
Unclear
Reprisal information

members of the political opposition, human rights activists and journalists, among others, are frequently labelled as “traitors” and “destabilizing agents” including by high-level authorities, and stated that this rhetoric is widely disseminated through pro-government media such as the weekly television programme “Con el Mazo Dando” (see Annex II) presented by the President of the National Constituent Assembly

Types of reprisals suffered
  • Defamation / Defamation campaign
  • 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?
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