Work in progress, challenges and the way forward 2017, para. 16
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The Special Rapporteur has also initiated a series of regional consultations on the impunity enjoyed by those who attack defenders. All too often, the perpetrators of such attacks are not convicted. The distress of victims and families who seek justice and reparation meets with indifference and even hostility on the part of law enforcement and judicial officers. It is therefore important to have a sharper understanding of the situation and to better identify the factors behind impunity so that specific recommendations can be made to States and other actors involved.
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
Violence
Person(s) affected
Activists
Families
Year
2017
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Human Rights Defenders, Report to the HRC (2017), A/HRC/34/52, para. 16.