Civil society space 2016, para. 14(b)

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Paragraph text: [Also urges States to create and maintain, in law and in practice, a safe and enabling environment for civil society, and in this regard encourages States to use good practices such as, inter alia, those compiled in the report of the High Commissioner on practical recommendations for the creation and maintenance of a safe and enabling environment for civil society, based on good practices and lessons learned 2 by, inter alia:] Contributing to a public and political environment conducive to civil society work, including by strengthening the rule of law, the administration of justice, social and economic development, access to information, the promotion of the rights to freedom of opinion and expression online and offline, and of peaceful assembly and association, and by participating in public affairs and promoting the real and effective participation of the people in decision-making processes, and taking steps to ensure that all domestic legal provisions with an impact on civil society actors, including counter-terrorism measures, comply with relevant international human rights obligations and commitments, including the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, maintaining accessible domestic procedures for the establishment or registration of organizations and associations, and access to national, regional and international human rights mechanisms;

Legal status: Negotiated soft law

Body: United Nations Human Rights Council

Document type: Resolution

Means of adoption: Vote

Topic(s)

Civil & Political Rights
Governance & Rule of Law

Person(s) affected

Year: 2016

Paragraph type: OP

Reference: HRC resolution, Civil society space (2016), A/HRC/RES/32/31, OP 14(b).

Paragraph info: OP

Paragraph number: 14(b)