A/HRC/34/52
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
23 January 2017
English
Original: French
Human Rights Council
Thirty-fourth session
27 February-24 March 2017
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights,
civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human
rights defenders
Note by the Secretariat
In his report, prepared pursuant to General Assembly resolutions 66/164 and 68/181
and Human Rights Council resolutions 16/5 and 25/18, the Special Rapporteur on the
situation of human rights defenders, Michel Forst, provides a detailed summary of the
activities he carried out during his first mandate, including statistics and trends based on the
communications that he sent to States, his visits to a number of countries, the dialogues
established with the authorities of various States, and the close cooperation developed with
key stakeholders in the protection of human rights worldwide. The Special Rapporteur also
presents the work in progress and the challenges and issues on which he plans to focus
during his next mandate. The report includes suggestions for diversifying working methods,
broadening the scope of cooperation with other key actors, and enhancing the visibility and
accessibility of his mandate. Human rights defenders and the promotion of their work and
their protection will remain at the core of the Special Rapporteur’s work.
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