Freedom of opinion and expression 2009, para. 1(a)

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[Expresses its continuing concern that:] Violations of the rights referred to in paragraph 1 above continue to occur, often with impunity, including extrajudicial killing, arbitrary detention, torture, intimidation, persecution and harassment, threats and acts of violence and of discrimination, including gender-based violence and discrimination, increased abuse of legal provisions on defamation and criminal libel as well as on surveillance, search and seizure, and censorship against persons who exercise, seek to promote or defend these rights, including journalists, writers and other media workers, Internet users and human rights defenders;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Activists
Year
2009
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
HRC resolution, Freedom of opinion and expression (2009), A/HRC/RES/12/16, OP 1(a).
Paragraph info
OP
Paragraph number
1(a)