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The safety of journalists (2016), para. 34
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- (f) The establishment of an early warning and rapid response mechanism to give journalists, when threatened, immediate access to the authorities and protective measures;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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The safety of journalists and the issue of impunity (2016), para. 06
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- Taking note with appreciation of the United Nations Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity, endorsed by the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination on 12 April 2012, in which United Nations agencies, funds and programmes were invited to work with Member States towards a free and safe environment for journalists and media workers in both conflict and non-conflict situations, with a view to strengthening peace, democracy and development worldwide,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Protection of human rights defenders 2010, para. 8
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- Calls upon States to fully support the role of human rights defenders in situations of armed conflict and provide them with the protection due to all civilians in such situations;
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Year
- 2010
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Protection of human rights defenders 2010, para. 6
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- Urges States to take timely and effective action to prevent and protect against attacks on and threats to persons engaged in promoting and defending human rights and fundamental freedoms in accordance with the Declaration and their relatives, when they are attacked or threatened as a result of these activities, including through the possibility of developing, in consultation with human rights defenders, an early warning system to facilitate broader awareness of imminent risks and to enable effective responses;
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Families
- Year
- 2010
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Protection of journalists and associated media personnel in armed conflict 2015, para. 17
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- Expressing deep concern at the growing threat to the safety of journalists, media professionals, and associated personnel posed by terrorist groups and strongly condemning incidents of killings, kidnapping and hostage taking committed by terrorist groups for any purpose, including raising funds or gaining political concessions, and expressing its determination to prevent kidnapping and hostage taking committed by terrorist groups and to secure the safe release of hostages without ransom payments or political concessions, in accordance with applicable international law,
- Body
- United Nations Security Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Year
- 2015
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Protection of journalists and associated media personnel in armed conflict 2015, para. 19
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- Requests the Secretary-General to include consistently as a sub-item in his reports on the protection of civilians in armed conflict the issue of the safety and security of journalists, media professionals and associated personnel, including the existence of measures to protect such individuals facing an imminent threat, and to ensure that information on attacks and violence against journalists, media professionals and associated personnel and preventative actions taken to prevent such incidents is included as a specific aspect in relevant country specific reports.
- Body
- United Nations Security Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Year
- 2015
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Protection of journalists and associated media personnel in armed conflict 2015, para. 18
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- Stressing the contribution that peacekeeping operations and special political missions, where mandated, can make to international efforts to promote and protect human rights, and the protection of civilians, including journalists, media professionals, and associated personnel including through monitoring and reporting on violations and abuses as well as providing support for national governments’ efforts to promote and protect human rights, and in order to strengthen the fight against impunity for crimes committed against civilians, including journalists, media professionals, and associated personnel,
- Body
- United Nations Security Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Year
- 2015
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (2012), para. 13
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- 4. Strongly condemns the continued widespread and systematic gross violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms by the Syrian authorities and the Government- controlled militia Shabbiha, such as the use of heavy weapons and force against civilians, massacres, arbitrary executions, extrajudicial killings, the killing and persecution of protestors, human rights defenders and journalists, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, interference with access to medical treatment, torture, sexual violence and ill-treatment, including against children, as well as any human rights abuses by armed opposition groups;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Children
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (2019), para. 10
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- Recalling that, amid expressions of popular discontent over restrictions on the enjoyment of civil, political, economic and social rights, civilian protests erupted in Dar’a in March 2011, and noting that the violent oppression of civilian pr otests by the Syrian authorities, which later escalated to the direct shelling of civilians, fuelled the escalation of armed violence and violent extremist groups, and terrorist groups, including so-called ISIL (also known as Da’esh), Nusrah Front (also known as Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham), Al-Qaida-affiliated terrorist groups, and all other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with Al-Qaida or ISIL so designated by the Security Council, and other violent extremist groups,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (2017), para. 07
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- Recalling that, amid expressions of popular discontent over restrictions on the enjoyment of civil, political, economic and social rights, civilian protests erupted in Dar’a in March 2011, and noting that the excessive and violent oppression of civilian protests by the Syrian authorities, which later escalated to the direct shelling of civilians, fuelled the escalation of armed violence and extremist groups, including so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL-Da’esh),
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Declaration on the Right and Responsibilityof Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (2008), para. 29
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- 13. Requests that the Office of the High Commissioner as well as other relevant United Nations bodies, offices, departments and specialized agencies, within their respective mandates, consider ways in which they can assist States in strengthening the role and security of human rights defenders, including in situations of armed conflict and peacebuilding;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Strengthening of international cooperation andcoordination of efforts to study, mitigate and minimize the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster (2014), para. 21
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- 7. Also welcomes the activities of the United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador, star tennis player Ms. Maria Sharapova, who serves as an advocate for post-Chernobyl recovery efforts, and praises her personal commitment in supporting a number of recovery projects that aid local communities in Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (2018), para. 08
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- Recalling that, amid expressions of popular discontent over restrictions on the enjoyment of civil, political, economic and social rights, civilian protests erupted in Dar’a in March 2011, and noting that the violent oppression of civilian protests by the Syrian authorities, which later escalated to the direct shelling of c ivilians, fuelled the escalation of armed violence and violent extremist groups, and terrorist groups, including so-called ISIL (also known as Da’esh),
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Human rights situation in Yemen (2018), para. 14
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- Concerned by the allegations of violations of international humanitarian law and of violations and abuses of human rights law in Yemen, including those involving grave violations against children, attacks on humanitarian workers, civilians and civilian infrastructure, including medical facilities and missions and their personnel, as well as schools, the prevention of access for humanitarian aid, the use of import and other restrictions as a military tactic, the severe restrictions on freedom of religion or belief, including for minorities, such as members of the Baha’i faith, and the harassment of and attacks against journalists and human rights defenders, including women human rights defenders,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights (2016), para. 23
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- 7. Strongly condemns the serious and systematic violations and abuses perpetrated against members of the civilian population, including women, children, journalists, parliamentarians and human rights defenders, by Al-Shabaab and its affiliates, and calls for the immediate cessation of these violations and abuses and for perpetrators to be held accountable;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Children
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (2014), para. 21
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- 2. Also strongly condemns the continued widespread and systematic gross violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms and all violations of international humanitarian law by the Syrian authorities and the Government- affiliated shabbiha militias, including those involving the use of heavy weapons, aerial bombardments, cluster munitions, ballistic missiles and other force against civilians, attacks on schools, hospitals and places of worship, massacres, arbitrary executions, extrajudicial killings, the killing and persecution of protestors, human rights defenders and journalists, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, violations of women’s rights, unlawful interference with access to medical treatment, failure to respect and protect medical personnel, torture, systemic sexual and gender-based violence, including rape in detention, and ill-treatment, and further strongly condemns all human rights abuses or violations of international humanitarian law by armed extremists, as well as any human rights abuses or violations of international humanitarian law by armed anti-Government groups;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (2019), para. 48
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- 21. Calls upon Israel to end all harassment, threats, intimidation and reprisals against human rights defenders and civil society actors who peacefully advocate for the rights of Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including by cooperating with United Nations human rights bodies, and underscores the need to investigate all such acts, to ensure accountability and effective remedies, and to take steps to prevent any further such threats, attacks, reprisals or acts of intimidation;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Afghanistan (1999), para. 11
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- 5. Condemns also the killing of Iranian diplomats and the correspondent of the Islamic Republic News Agency by Taliban combatants, as well as the attacks on and the killing of United Nations personnel in Taliban-held territories of Afghanistan, and calls upon the Taliban to fulfil their stated commitment to cooperate in urgent investigations of these heinous crimes, with a view to bringing those responsible to justice;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights (2010), para. 19
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- 5. Strongly condemns the attacks and other acts of violence perpetrated by terrorist groups, especially Al-Shabab, against the Transitional Federal Government, the Somali people and the African Union Mission in Somalia, and also condemns the ongoing takeover by force of several private media houses, especially in Mogadishu, by Al-Shabab and its affiliates;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (2015), para. 10
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- Expressing grave concern also at the spread of extremism and extremist groups, terrorism and terrorist groups, and strongly condemning all violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law committed in the Syrian Arab Republic by any party to the conflict, in particular the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, militias fighting on behalf of the regime, Al-Qaida-affiliated terrorist groups and other extremist groups,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The safety of journalists and the issue of impunity (2014), para. 15
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- Recalling in this regard that journalists, media professionals and associated personnel engaged in dangerous professional missions in areas of armed conflic t shall be considered as civilians and shall be respected and protected as such, provided that they take no action adversely affecting their status as civilians,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (2019), para. 58
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- 40. Also expresses grave concern that, according to the Commission of Inquiry, a vast body of evidence suggested that chlorine had been dropped by helicopter on a residential building, and that it had received information on the death of at least 49 individuals and the wounding of up to 650 others in Duma on 7 April 2018, and at the findings of the Commission in the same report that, in a series of ground attacks in Duma on 22 January and 1 February 2018, the Syrian authorities and/or affiliated militias had committed the war crime of using prohibited weapons, following a pattern previously documented by the Commission concerning the use of chemical weapons;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (2013), para. 18
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- 1. Strongly condemns the continued widespread and systematic gross violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms by the Syrian authorities and the Government-controlled shabbiha militias, such as the use of heavy weapons, aerial bombardments and force against civilians, massacres, arbitrary executions, extrajudicial killings, the killing and persecution of protestors, human rights defenders and journalists, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, interference with access to medical treatment, torture, sexual violence and ill-treatment, including against children, as well as any human rights abuses by armed opposition groups;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Children
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights (2012), para. 15
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- 2. Also strongly condemns all attacks against civilians, including the heinous terrorist attack targeting the new President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, and the visiting Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kenya, Sam Ongeri, and his delegation on 12 September 2012, for which responsibility was claimed by Al-Shabaab;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests (2013), para. 15
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- Expressing its concern at the number of attacks targeting journalists in the context of peaceful protests,
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (2006), para. 29
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- 14. Requests that the Office of the High Commissioner as well as other relevant United Nations bodies, offices, departments and specialized agencies consider ways in which they can assist States to strengthen the role and security of human rights defenders, including in conflict situations and peacebuilding;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of association (2019), para. 23
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- 4. Calls upon all States to ensure that the same rights that individuals have offline, including the rights to freedom of expression, of peaceful assembly and of association, are also fully protected online, in accordance with human rights law, particularly by refraining from Internet shutdowns and content restrictions on the Internet that violate international human rights law, by ending attacks by States and taking steps to end attacks by non-State actors against journalists and other media workers covering demonstrations and protests and by ending government shutdowns of media outlets for attempting to report on such protests, and condemns unequivocally and calls for an end to all attacks and violence by State and non -State actors against journalists and media workers, including through attacks on, or the forced closure of, their offices and media outlets, in both conflict and non -conflict situations, in particular for journalists and media outlets covering or attempting to cover demonstrations and protests;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (2020), para. 43
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- 12. Condemns unequivocally all attacks and violence against journalists and media workers by the Syrian regime, the government-affiliated militias and non-State armed groups, urges all parties to respect the professional independence and rights of journalists, and recalls in this regard that journalists and media workers engaged in dangerous professional missions in areas of armed conflict shall be considered civilians and shall be protected as such, provided that they take no action adversely affecting their status as civilians;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka (2014), para. 32
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- 5. Calls upon the Government of Sri Lanka to release publicly the results of its investigations into alleged violations by security forces, including the attack on unarmed protesters in Weliweriya on 1 August 2013, and the report of 2013 by the court of inquiry of the Sri Lanka Army;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests (2013), para. 32
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- 13. Recognizes the important role played by national human rights institutions, civil society, including non-governmental organizations, journalists and other media workers, Internet users and human rights defenders, and other relevant stakeholders, in documenting human rights violations or abuses committed in the context of peaceful protests;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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