Protecting human rights defenders, whether individuals, groups or organs of society, addressing economic, social and cultural rights 2016, para. 18
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Original document
Document type
Resolution
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Deploring the use of policies and legislation that restrict, hinder or limit the activities of human rights defenders in contravention of relevant provisions of international human rights law, and judicial harassment or threat thereof against human rights defenders, including those addressing economic, social and cultural rights, and underlining the obligation of States to prevent and stop such practices,
Document legal status
Negotiated soft law
Document body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document means of adoption
Vote
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Activists
Document year
2016
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
HRC resolution, Protecting human rights defenders, whether individuals, groups or organs of society, addressing economic, social and cultural rights (2016), A/HRC/RES/31/32, PP 18.