Organizers of the SR meeting in Barranquilla
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2010-020-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2010
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 4.570868
Longitude: -74.297333
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Colombia
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- Dates of prior UN action
- 4 March 2010
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Type of rights defended
- Unclear in SG Report
- Was the victim a civil servant, member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders visited Colombia from 7 to 18 September 2009, to assess the situation of human rights defenders in the country. She met with senior Government officials and a broad range of defenders in the capital and in four regions.
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Special Procedures: thematic
- Dates of engagement
- Between 7 and 18 September 2009
- Type of attempted engagement
- Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- Between 7 and 18 September 2009
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Barranquilla
- Reprisal information
In her mission report, the Special Rapporteur stated that she “was notably very disturbed to learn that, in Barranquilla, just a few hours prior to the meeting she held with local defenders, threats were reportedly sent to the organizers of the meeting”
- 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
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