Violations committed against defenders by non-State actors 2010, para. 31
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- As the Declaration on human rights defenders contains a series of principles and rights that are based on human rights standards enshrined in other legally binding international instruments such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the State's duty to protect all human rights includes the protection of the rights of human rights defenders. Thus, for instance, the right to life, the right to privacy, and the rights to freedom of association and expression should be protected from violations not only by State agents, but also by private persons or entities. This duty, which should apply at all times, is provided for in the preamble to the Declaration as well as in its articles 2, 9 and 12.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Human Rights Defenders, Report to the UNGA (2010), A/65/223, para. 31.
- Paragraph number
- 31
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