Urges States to acknowledge publicly the important and legitimate role of human rights defenders in the promotion of human rights, democracy and the rule of law as an essential component of ensuring their protection, including by respecting the independence of their organizations and by avoiding the stigmatization of their work;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Civil & Political Rights
Equality & Inclusion
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
Activists
Year
2013
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
HRC resolution, Protecting human rights defenders (2013), A/HRC/RES/22/6, OP 5.