reprisal, threat intimidation; Measures taken/current situation Situation during the visit A/HRC/33/51/Ad d.2 or OMP See response to recommendation 77(a). Amnesty Amnesty International is not aware of any efforts on this front. Centre for Justice and Change Those who met the working group along with other families had held several protests and campaign calling for accountability. During these protest, they had been intimidated and threatened. The families still continue their fasting campaign. Families of the Disappeared In the South no one faced any threat or intimidation who met the working group. Some of our members met with the WG and nothing happened. The WG visited our memorial “Monument for the disappeared “and some media carried the news. But nothing reprisal happened. But in North some incidents of threat reported but not sure whether they were related to the meetings with WG. ICJ Reprisals against families of the disappeared who attended the UNHRC sessions in March and June 2018 session have been documented by Adayalam Centre for Policy Research.11 Level of implementation and observations (to be completed by the WGEID) faced intimidation and threats and, additionally, that individuals attending the UNHRC sessions in March and June 2018 faced reprisals. It reminds the Government that Human Rights Council Resolution 36/21 condemns all acts of intimidation or reprisal by States and non-State actors against individuals and groups who seek to cooperate, cooperate or have cooperated with the United Nations and urges States to take all appropriate measures to prevent the occurrence of acts of intimidation or reprisals and to ensure accountability. It calls on the Government to investigate these cases and take measures to ensure there are no further incidents. The members of the North-East Coordination Committee, most of whom who work on enforced disappearance, were intimidated en route to Geneva for the 40th Session of the UNHRC at the Colombo and Abu Dhabi airports. Government - September 2019 See response to 77 (a) above 11 Dharsha Jegatheeswaran, Situation Brief No. 2: Surveillance, Harassment and Intimidation of Families of the Disappeared in the North and East, Adayalam Centre for Policy Research, August 2018 http://adayaalam.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ACPR-Situation-Brief-No.-2-Surveillance-Harassment-and-Intimidation-ofFamilies-of-the-Disappeared-in-the-North-East.pdf A/HRC/42/40/Add.1 14 Recommendations A/HRC/33/51/Add.2

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