Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders 2017, para. 13
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Recognizing the urgent need to address, and to take concrete steps to prevent and stop, the use of legislation to hinder or limit unduly the ability of human rights defenders to exercise their work, including by reviewing and, where necessary, amending relevant legislation and its implementation in order to ensure compliance with international human rights law,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
Activists
Year
2017
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
HRC resolution, Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders (2017), A/HRC/RES/34/5, PP 13.