Workplan and Future Activities of the Special Rapporteur 2015, para. 57
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Human rights defenders are often exposed to the same threats and attacks, but some are more exposed or more threatened, or are subjected to particular attacks, in the form of smear campaigns, intimidation, stigmatization, threats to their families, defamation, accusations, ridicule or red tape.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Civil & Political Rights
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
Activists
Families
Year
2015
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Other
Reference
SR Human Rights Defenders, Report to the HRC (2015), A/HRC/28/63, para. 57.