Violations committed against defenders by non-State actors 2010, para. 41
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Pursuant to article 8 of the draft articles on State responsibility, acts and omissions committed by non-State actors under the instructions, control or direction of the State can, under certain circumstances, give rise to State responsibility. One example of a situation might be the case of a State creating or equipping armed groups, such as paramilitaries or armed bands, and instructing them to attack human rights defenders. In this instance, paramilitaries could be considered de facto State organs, and the commission of acts in breach of international law against defenders could be attributed to the State.
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)
Governance & Rule of Law
Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
Activists
Year
2010
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Human Rights Defenders, Report to the UNGA (2010), A/65/223, para. 41.