Environmental human rights defenders 2016, para. 58
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The fulfilment of the international community's commitment to the protection of the environment is premised on the empowerment of environmental human rights defenders. Existing processes of good governance are similarly premised on the existence of a safe and enabling environment for those 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)
Environment
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
Activists
Year
2016
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Human Rights Defenders, Report to the UNGA (2016), A/71/281, para. 58.