Henrique Capriles
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2017-090-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2017
- From Country
- 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
- 19 May 2017
- Type of record
- Named individual
- Gender
- Male
- 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 or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
was scheduled to meet the High Commissioner in New York
- Engagement with UN body
- UN (Dep.) High Commissioner on Human Rights
- Dates of engagement
- 19 May 2017
- Type of attempted engagement
- Participation in meeting on UN premises
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- before/on 19 May 2017
- Reprisal information
He was scheduled to meet the High Commissioner in New York on the same day but was prevented from leaving the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to do so.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Travel restriction
- 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?
- Yes
- 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?
- 1
- In which SG report was this case followed up on? 0
- 2018
- Follow up information provided in SG report 0
62.The 2017 report of the Secretary-General contains information about alleged acts of intimidation and reprisals against Mr. Henrique Capriles, former governor of Miranda state (see A/HRC/36/31, paras. 29 and . 88).In a press briefing on 19 May 2017, the spokesperson of the High Commissioner for Human Rights referred to the case of Mr. Henrique Capriles, who was scheduled to meet the High Commissioner in New York, on the same day, but was prevented from leaving Venezuela to do so.On 19 January 2018, the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights wrote to the Government about allegations of further reprisals against Mr. Capriles, expressing concern that subsequent attempts by him to renew his travel documents to participate in international events have been thwarted.On 11April 2018 it was reported that Mr. Capriles was issued a passport to travel abroad to visit a sick relative.
- Followup Trends 0
- Significant positive and negative developments
- Did the government respond? 0
- No
- Was this case followed up by a UN body? 0
- Assistant Secretary-General