A/HRC/RES/56/7
14.
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights, in consultation with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the
right to freedom of opinion and expression and the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization, to conduct a study and to prepare a report on the impact of the use
of strategic lawsuits against public participation on the enjoyment and realization of human
rights, in particular the right to freedom of opinion and expression, published in formats
accessible to persons with disabilities, and to present it to the Human Rights Council at its
sixty-third session, and to convene before the fifty-ninth session of the Council a half-day
expert workshop, with webcasting and fully accessible to persons with disabilities, that is
open to the participation of States, members of civil society, academia, the private sector,
journalists, other media workers, United Nations experts and all relevant stakeholders, on the
impact of the use of strategic lawsuits against public participation on the enjoyment and
realization of human rights and to exchange good practices and promote approaches to
counter these challenges while protecting and reinforcing human rights standards;
15.
Invites the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the working
groups, representatives and special procedures of the Human Rights Council and the treaty
bodies to pay attention, within the framework of their mandates, to the situation of persons
whose right to freedom of opinion and expression has been violated;
16.
Reminds States of the possibility of seeking technical assistance upon their
request if needed, including from the Office of the High Commissioner, to better promote
and protect the right to freedom of opinion and expression;
17.
Decides to continue its consideration of the issue of the right to freedom of
opinion and expression in accordance with its programme of work.
34th meeting
10 July 2024
[Adopted without a vote.]
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