Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 47
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Repressive laws can also restrict space for civil society actors to operate, thus hindering efforts towards the realization of basic rights and freedoms. Laws prohibiting non-governmental organizations and human rights defenders from working without official registration and limiting or altogether banning access to foreign funding have chilled the efforts to promote the rights of marginalized populations across the globe.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
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Governance & Rule of Law
Health
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Activists
Year
2016
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Other
Reference
SR Health, Report to the UNGA (2016), A/71/304, para. 47.