A/HRC/34/52 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Contents Page I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 II. The Special Rapporteur’s mission and working methods ............................................................. 4 III. Projects undertaken between 2014 and 2017: implementation and outlook ................................. 4 A. Detailed analysis of trends and challenges ........................................................................... 4 B. Identification of the challenges faced by the human rights defenders who are most at risk with a view to providing for more effective protection.............................................. 6 C. Closer cooperation with other mandate holders .................................................................... 8 D. Improved follow-up of communications and country visits ................................................. 8 E. Promotion of closer cooperation with all the parties concerned ........................................... 10 F. Wider dissemination of good practices ................................................................................. 14 G. Greater visibility for the situation of defenders and the continued dissemination of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders ................................................................... 15 Action against impunity and reprisals ................................................................................... 16 IV. Conclusions ................................................................................................................................... 17 V. Recommendations ......................................................................................................................... 18 H. 2 GE.17-00986

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