Global trends in risks and threats facing human rights defenders 2015, para. 44
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Some defenders also mentioned the numerous reprisals against them since they began cooperation with the United Nations or with international and regional organizations for the promotion and defence of human rights. Such reprisals may take different forms, varying from harassment or defamation campaigns to physical assault, but they all have in common is intent to intimidate and silence defenders.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Violence
Person(s) affected
Activists
Year
2015
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Other
Reference
SR Human Rights Defenders, Report to the UNGA (2015), A/70/217, para. 44.