Large-scale development project and human rights defenders 2013, para. 59
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- As the Special Rapporteur has argued in her 2011 and 2012 reports, law enforcement officials need to be properly trained in order to apply a proportionate use of force and provide protection to peaceful protesters during assemblies (A/66/203, paras. 21-27, and A/67/292, para. 22). In cases of threats made against human rights defenders, the State is required under articles 2 and 12 (2) of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders to implement protection measures. The Special Rapporteur has also emphasized on previous occasions that such measures need to be designed and implemented in close cooperation with those they are intended to protect, whether they are organized on an ad hoc basis or form part of a broader protection programme (A/HRC/13/22, paras. 68-91). In the context of large-scale development projects, the Special Rapporteur recommends making the protection of those affected by such projects and those acting on their behalf an integral part of an overall strategy, in order to ensure that those affected can effectively participate in the process without fear of retaliation. The Special Rapporteur notes that ensuring the effective participation of rights holders in projects can contribute significantly to defusing tensions among duty bearers and that defusing tensions would constitute a first step towards enhancing the protection of rights holders.
- 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
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Human Rights Defenders, Report to the UNGA (2013), A/68/262, para. 59.
- Paragraph number
- 59
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