General situation addressed
Cases- Case status
- Unknown
- Location of case in SG report
- 2022-035-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2022
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 31.046051
Longitude: 34.851612
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Israel
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- Other
- UN (Dep.) High Commissioner on Human Rights
- Dates of prior UN action
- 9 November 2021, 23 February 2022
- Type of record
- General situation addressed
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
rights defenders and civil society actors engaged in documenting violations and advocating for accountability.
- Type of rights defended
- Accountability & impunity
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
human rights and humanitarian work, including by United Nations partners.
- Engagement with UN body
- Other
- Unclear
- Type of attempted engagement
- Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
- Submission of information to UN
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Israel
- Reprisal information
During the reporting period, multiple UN actors addressed allegations of new restrictive measures and actions taken against human rights defenders and civil society actors engaged in documenting violations and advocating for accountability. This included the use of counter-terrorism legislation, military orders and online surveillance to halt, restrict or criminalize legitimate human rights and humanitarian work, including by United Nations partners.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Charge/Investigation/Prosecution: Charge/Investigation/Prosecution - General
- Surveillance
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- Yes
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- Yes
- Was the case raised by a State at the 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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