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Title | Date added | Template | Original document | Paragraph text | Body | Document type | Thematics | Topic(s) | Person(s) affected | Year |
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Technical assistance and capacity-building to improve human rights in Libya, para. 30 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | 14. Condemns all attacks, intimidation, harassment and violence against journalists, media workers, members of civil society and human rights defenders, especially given their role in documenting protests and human rights violations and abuses, and restrictions on freedom of expression; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
Ensuring accountability and justice for all violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, para. 28 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | 7. Denounces all acts of intimidation, threats and delegitimization directed at civil society actors and human rights defenders involved in documenting and countering violations of international law and impunity in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and calls upon all States to ensure their protection; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, para. 50 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | 20. 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, ensure accountability and effective remedies, and to take steps to prevent any further such threats, attacks, reprisals or acts of intimidation; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
Situation of human rights in Myanmar, para. 43 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | 25. Also calls upon the Government of Myanmar to immediately release journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, and to allow unhindered access of journalists throughout Myanmar, in particular in Rakhine, Kachin and Shan States; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
Situation of human rights in Myanmar, para. 42 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | 24. Calls upon the Government of Myanmar to accelerate its efforts to ensure thorough, independent and impartial investigations into the killings of constitutional legal expert and senior National League for Democracy adviser Ko Ni, in January 2017, land and environmental activist Naw Chit Pan Daing, in November 2016, and journalist Soe Moe Tun, in December 2016, the rape and murder of Kachin school teachers Maran Lu Ra and Tangbau Hkawn Nan Tsing in January 2015, as well as other cases, and that those responsible are held accountable; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
Situation of human rights in Myanmar, para. 38 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | 21. Calls upon the Government of Myanmar to fulfil its commitment to release unconditionally all remaining political prisoners and to provide for the full rehabilitation of former political prisoners, and to amend restrictive laws and to end remaining curbs on exercising the rights to the freedoms of religion or belief, expression, association and peaceful assembly, which are essential to ensure a safe and enabling environment, notably for civil society, journalists, human rights defenders, lawyers, environmental and land rights activists and civilians, and expresses concern at reports of the arrest of individuals in relation to the exercise of those rights; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
Situation of human rights in Myanmar, para. 37 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | 20. Welcomes the release of political prisoners in accordance with the obligation of the Government of Myanmar, and calls upon the Government to ensure that no one remains in prison because of his or her political or religious beliefs, including those recently detained or convicted, human rights defenders and students; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
Situation of human rights in Myanmar, para. 36 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | 19. Notes with deep concern that charges for criminal defamation and other offences have increasingly been used to target journalists, politicians, students and social media users for their peaceful expression, online as well as offline, in particular under section 66 (d) of the Telecommunications Act, the Electronic Transactions Law and provisions of the Penal Code, including section 505 (b), and that the Official Secrets Act, Unlawful Associations Act and the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law continue to be abused to arbitrarily arrest and detain individuals for exercising their rights to freedom of religion or belief, freedom of expression, and peaceful assembly and association, including on the basis of their ethnicity or political beliefs, and calls for open and participatory legislative processes to repeal or reform those laws in line with the international human rights law obligations of the Government of Myanmar; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, para. 47 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | 25. Recalls the reports of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism of 26 October 2017, and expresses grave concern at its findings that the Syrian authorities were responsible for the use of chemical weapons in attacks in the Syrian Arab Republic, including sarin in one attack — in Khan Shaykhun on April 2017 — and chlorine in three attacks — in Tallmannis in 2014 and in Qaminas and Sarmin in 2015 — and that the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Daesh) was responsible for two sulphur mustard attacks in the Syrian Arab Republic, in Marea in 2015 and in Umm Hawsh in September 2016; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
Cultural rights and the protection of cultural heritage, para. 32 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | 10. Calls for the safety and security of cultural rights defenders involved in the protection of cultural heritage to be protected, including by investigating and, where appropriate, bringing to justice anyone alleged to have harmed them; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
Protection of human rights defenders 2010, para. 11 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also calls upon States to allocate resources for the effective implementation of necessary protection measures, including specific training for persons involved in their implementation; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2010 | ||
Promotion of 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: protecting women human rights defenders 2013, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Further calls upon States to ensure that the promotion and protection of human rights are not criminalized or met with limitations in contravention of their obligations and commitments under international human rights law and that women human rights defenders are not prevented from enjoying universal human rights owing to their work, including by ensuring that all legal provisions, administrative measures and policies affecting women human rights defenders, including those aimed at preserving public morals, are clearly defined, determinable, non-retroactive and compatible with relevant provisions of international human rights law; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
Preventing and eliminating sexual harassment in the workplace 2017, para. 2d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Encourages Member States to:] Cooperate with civil society, including women’s and community-based organizations, feminist groups, women human rights defenders, girls’ and youth-led organizations, and unions, in preventing and eliminating sexual harassment, including in the workplace; | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders 2017, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Decides to continue consideration of this issue in accordance with its annual programme of work. | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders 2014, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Decides to continue consideration of this issue in accordance with its annual programme of work. | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
Protecting human rights defenders 2013, para. 14b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Strongly calls upon all States:] To fulfil the duty to end impunity for any such acts of intimidation or reprisals by bringing the perpetrators to justice and by providing an effective remedy for their victims; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
Protecting human rights defenders 2013, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges States to create a safe and enabling environment in which human rights defenders can operate free from hindrance and insecurity, in the whole country and in all sectors of society, including by extending support to local human rights defenders; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders 2011, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Decides to continue consideration of this issue in accordance with its annual programme of work. | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2011 | ||
Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders 2011, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Takes note with appreciation of the work conducted by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2011 | ||
Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders 2008, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Decides to continue consideration of this issue in accordance with its annual programme of work. | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
Elimination of discrimination against women and girls 2017, para. 5d | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Calls upon States to take steps:] To provide training on a rights-based gender analysis for duty holders in all spheres and meaningful collaboration with civil society, including women’s and community-based organizations, feminist groups, women human rights defenders and girls’ and youth-led organizations; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders 2017, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide the Special Rapporteur with all the assistance necessary for the effective fulfilment of his or her mandate; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders 2017, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges all States to cooperate with and assist the Special Rapporteur in the performance of his or her tasks, to provide all information and to respond to the communications transmitted to them by the Special Rapporteur without undue delay; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders 2017, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders for a period of three years in the same terms as provided for by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 16/5; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders 2017, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcomes the work and takes note with appreciation of the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, and strongly urges all States to take concrete steps to create, in law and in practice, a safe and enabling environment in which human rights defenders can operate free from hindrance and insecurity; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Equal participation in political and public affairs 2016, para. 6j | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Urges all States to ensure the full, effective and equal participation of all citizens in political and public affairs, including by, inter alia:] Creating a safe and enabling environment for human rights defenders and civil society organizations, which together with other actors play a key role in the effective promotion and protection of all human rights; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Protecting human rights defenders, whether individuals, groups or organs of society, addressing economic, social and cultural rights 2016, para. 18 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages business enterprises of all categories to avoid, identify, assess and address any adverse human rights impact related to their activities through meaningful consultation with potentially affected groups and other relevant stakeholders in a manner consistent with the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework, and underlines the importance of accountability, including of all business enterprises, both transnational and others, including their provision of or cooperation in remedial action, and also encourages all business enterprises to share and exchange best practices, and to communicate externally in an accessible form on how they address their adverse human rights impacts, including with information that is sufficient to evaluate the effectiveness and adequacy of the response to the particular human rights impact involved, particularly when concerns are raised by or on behalf of affected stakeholders, including by human rights defenders; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Equal participation in political and public affairs 2015, para. 7j | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Urges all States to ensure the full, effective and equal participation of all citizens in political and public affairs, including by, inter alia:] Creating a safe and enabling environment for human rights defenders and civil society organizations, which together with other actors play a key role in the effective promotion and protection of all human rights; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders 2014, para. 5 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide the Special Rapporteur with all the assistance necessary for the effective fulfilment of his/her mandate; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders 2014, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Urges all States to cooperate with and assist the Special Rapporteur in the performance of his/her tasks, to provide all information and to respond to the communications transmitted to them by the Special Rapporteur without undue delay; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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