one allegation related to cooperation with the Committee on Enforced Disappearances
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2025-120-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2025
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 7.87305399999999
Longitude: 80.7717969999999
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Sri Lanka
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Treaty Bodies: CED
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Gender
- Gender unclear
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
relative of a disappeared person
- Type of rights defended
- Civil/political rights
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
- Since March 2024, the Committee on Enforced Disappearances’ rapporteur on reprisals received one allegation related to cooperation with the Committee in the context of an urgent action request that had been closed after the disappeared person had been located in Sri Lanka. At the time of writing, the State party had not replied to the allegation. In view of the situation and the inability to further undertake follow -up on the case in the context of the Urgent Action procedure, the rapporteur on reprisals brought the case to the attention of the State party, expressing the Committee’s concern that the family’s submission to the Committee, along with the other activities they had undertaken to search for their loved one, may have contributed to the alleged acts of intimidation and reprisals, including by State officials.
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Treaty Bodies: CED
- Other
- Type of attempted engagement
- UN raised case of person/organization
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- March 2024
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Sri Lanka
- Reprisal information
- Since March 2024, the Committee on Enforced Disappearances’ rapporteur on reprisals received one allegation related to cooperation with the Committee in the context of an urgent action request that had been closed after the disappeared person had been located in Sri Lanka. At the time of writing, the State party had not replied to the allegation. In view of the situation and the inability to further undertake follow -up on the case in the context of the Urgent Action procedure, the rapporteur on reprisals brought the case to the attention of the State party, expressing the Committee’s concern that the family’s submission to the Committee, along with the other activities they had undertaken to search for their loved one, may have contributed to the alleged acts of intimidation and reprisals, including by State officials.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- 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?
- No
- Further case development
- The Committee requested the State party to adopt protection measures in favour of the alleged victims, ensuring differential approaches that take into account their specific needs.
- 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
sorted by
Date added
3 relationships, 3 entities