Victims and witnesses

Cases
Location of case in SG report
2020-083-001
Relevant SG report
Year of the report
2020
Country Geolocation

Latitude: 21.916221

Longitude: 95.955974

Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
Myanmar (Burma)
From Region
UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
  • UN Human Rights Council: UN Independent Investigation
Dates of prior UN action
August 2019
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

following the publication of the Mission’s previous report” (A/HRC/42/50, para. 38; A/HRC/42/CRP.5, para. 35) in September 2018 when it had verified instances of reprisals for engagement with the UN

Type of rights defended
  • Caste/Ethnic minorities' rights/Racism
  • Religious freedom
Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
No
Engagement with UN body
  • UN Human Rights Council: UN Independent Investigation
Dates of engagement
before September 2018
Type of attempted engagement
  • Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
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?
No
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