Environmental human rights defenders 2016, para. 92
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Environmental human rights defenders are at the heart of our future and the future of our planet. They play a critical part in ensuring that development is sustainable, inclusive, non-discriminatory and beneficial for all, and does not cause harm to the environment. The Special Rapporteur stresses that empowering and protecting environmental human rights defenders is part and parcel of the overall protection of the environment.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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Environment
Person(s) affected
Activists
Year
2016
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Conclusion / Recommendation
Reference
SR Human Rights Defenders, Report to the UNGA (2016), A/71/281, para. 92.