Global trends in risks and threats facing human rights defenders 2015, para. 47
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Defenders also underscored the growing use of laws to punish and discredit their work. A recurrent concern emerging during the consultations was the use of the law by certain States today to restrict or even criminalize the activities of defenders: a development already highlighted by the previous Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders in 2012.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
Activists
Year
2015
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Other
Reference
SR Human Rights Defenders, Report to the UNGA (2015), A/70/217, para. 47.