Violations committed against defenders by non-State actors 2010, para. 39
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This duty should also be reflected in any existing guidelines on human rights defenders. For example, the objective of the European Union of influencing third countries to carry out their obligations to respect the rights of human rights defenders and to protect them from attacks and threats from non-State actors should be accompanied, as a corollary, with the objective of influencing companies within their jurisdictions to respect the rights of human rights defenders.
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)
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. 39.