On the Declaration on human rights defenders 2011, para. 18b
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[Specific situations impeding the work of human rights defenders and leading to a highly insecure environment include:] Prosecution of defenders and criminalization of their activities. Defenders are arrested and prosecuted on false charges. Others are detained without charge, often without access to a lawyer, medical care or a judicial process, and without being informed of the reason for their arrest;
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)
Civil & Political Rights
Governance & Rule of Law
Health
Person(s) affected
Activists
Year
2011
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Other
Reference
SR Human Rights Defenders, Report to the UNGA (2011), A/66/203, para. 18b.