A/HRC/28/63
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
29 December 2014
English
Original: French
Human Rights Council
Twenty-eighth session
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, Michel Forst
Summary
This report is the first submitted to the Council by the Special Rapporteur on the
situation of human rights defenders and the fifteenth thematic report on the situation of
human rights defenders submitted since 2000. In the present report, submitted pursuant to
Council resolutions 7/8 and 16/5, the Special Rapporteur provides an account of his
activities during the reporting period and draws the attention of Member States to the
communications sent to governments under the mandate during the past year. The Special
Rapporteur submits his strategic workplan and explains how he intends to carry out his
mandate. The Special Rapporteur outlines his conclusions and recommendations.
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