Violations committed against defenders by non-State actors 2010, para. 45
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- This right to an effective remedy is reflected in other human rights instruments, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Article 2(3) of the latter provides that States parties should ensure that "any person whose rights or freedoms as herein recognized are violated shall have an effective remedy, notwithstanding that the violation has been committed by persons acting in an official capacity". It further states that States parties should ensure that "any person claiming such a remedy shall have his right thereto determined by competent judicial, administrative or legislative authorities, or by any other competent authority provided for by the legal system of the State, and to develop the possibilities of judicial remedy". This obligation includes providing defenders with reparations.
- 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)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Human Rights Defenders, Report to the UNGA (2010), A/65/223, para. 45.
- Paragraph number
- 45
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