Elements of a safe and enabling environment for human rights defenders 2014, para. 63
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The Special Rapporteur concurs with the view that, in countries where human rights are specifically recognized and protected in domestic law, those rights are more likely to be respected and realized in practice. Beyond their normative value, she further believes that human rights laws can have an important educational role in that such laws signal the values for which a particular society stands. The adoption of laws that explicitly guarantee the rights contained in the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders is crucial in that it could contribute to building an enabling environment and give these rights legitimacy. Furthermore, such laws could contribute to building wider societal support for the demand of fulfilling these rights.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
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Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
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Education
Governance & Rule of Law
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Activists
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2014
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Other
Reference
SR Human Rights Defenders, Report to the HRC (2014), A/HRC/25/55, para. 63.