Emphasizes the importance of civil society space for empowering persons belonging to minorities and vulnerable groups, as well as persons espousing minority or dissenting views or beliefs, and in that regard calls upon States to ensure that legislation, policies and practices do not undermine the enjoyment by such persons of their human rights or the activities of civil society in defending their rights;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Vote
Topic(s)
Civil & Political Rights
Equality & Inclusion
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Ethnic minorities
Year
2016
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
HRC resolution, Civil society space (2016), A/HRC/RES/32/31, OP 5.