On the Declaration on human rights defenders 2011, para. 38
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The mandate on human rights defenders has underscored how the United Nations human rights treaty bodies and the various special procedures of the Human Rights Council depend to a great extent on the information provided to them by human rights defenders. This can be used as a valuable early warning system to alert the international community to a developing or imminent threat to peace.
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)
Environment
Governance & Rule of Law
Humanitarian
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Activists
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2011
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Other
Reference
SR Human Rights Defenders, Report to the UNGA (2011), A/66/203, para. 38.