Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders 2017, para. 12
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Gravely concerned that, in some instances, national security and counter-terrorism legislation and other measures, such as laws regulating civil society organizations, have been misused to target human rights defenders or have hindered their work and endangered their safety in a manner contrary to international law,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
Activists
Year
2017
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
HRC resolution, Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders (2017), A/HRC/RES/34/5, PP 12.