A/HRC/22/47
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
16 January 2013
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty second 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, Margaret Sekaggya
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Summary
In the present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 7/8
and 16/5, the Special Rapporteur provides an account of her activities during the reporting
year and draws the attention of Member States to the 252 communications sent under the
mandate during the past year.
The main focus of the report is the role of national human rights institutions in the
promotion and protection of human rights, highlighting the fact that they can be considered
as human rights defenders.
The Special Rapporteur elaborates on the potential role national institutions can play
in the protection of human rights defenders. She outlines a number of measures currently in
practice in institutions in various Member States which could be replicated in other
contexts. She also points to a number of areas where national institutions need
strengthening in order to effectively protect human rights defenders.
The Special Rapporteur provides her conclusions and recommendations.
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GE.13-10179
Late submission.