[Further calls upon States to ensure that measures to combat terrorism and preserve national security:] Allow appropriate access for relevant international bodies, non-governmental organizations and national human rights institutions, where such exist, to persons detained under anti-terrorism and other legislation relating to national security, and to ensure that human rights defenders are not harassed or prosecuted for providing legal assistance to persons detained and charged under legislation relating to national security;
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
2013
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
HRC resolution, Protecting human rights defenders (2013), A/HRC/RES/22/6, OP 10d.