Large-scale development project and human rights defenders 2013, para. 18

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Since 2007, the situation with regard to that group of defenders seems to have worsened. In 2010, the Special Rapporteur reported on the violations committed by private corporations and businesses, which were among the non-State actors she identified as committing violations against human rights defenders. She pointed to instances in which security guards employed by oil and mining companies had allegedly threatened to kill, harassed and attacked human rights defenders protesting against the perceived negative impact of corporate activities on the enjoyment of human rights by local communities. She also highlighted cases in which local authorities had allegedly colluded with the private sector and cases in which private companies had aided and abetted the commission of violations against human rights defenders (A/65/223, paras. 10 and 11).
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)
  • Economic Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Activists
Year
2013
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Human Rights Defenders, Report to the UNGA (2013), A/68/262, para. 18.
Paragraph number
18