Work in progress, challenges and the way forward 2017, para. 35
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These 693 communications concerned the cases of 1,293 persons, including 278 women human rights defenders. Women were the subject of roughly 22 per cent of communications in 2014 and 21 per cent of communications in 2015. The figure for 2016 has not yet been established.
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)
Gender
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
Activists
Women
Year
2017
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Other
Reference
SR Human Rights Defenders, Report to the HRC (2017), A/HRC/34/52, para. 35.