Protection of human rights defenders 2010, para. 6
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Urges States to take timely and effective action to prevent and protect against attacks on and threats to persons engaged in promoting and defending human rights and fundamental freedoms in accordance with the Declaration and their relatives, when they are attacked or threatened as a result of these activities, including through the possibility of developing, in consultation with human rights defenders, an early warning system to facilitate broader awareness of imminent risks and to enable effective responses;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
Activists
Families
Year
2010
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
HRC resolution, Protection of human rights defenders (2010), A/HRC/RES/13/13, OP 6.