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Environmental human rights defenders 2016, para. 39
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- The increased scale of acts of reprisal against environmental human rights defenders protesting against environmental harms caused by projects funded by international financial institutions is disquieting. The submissions received revealed large gaps between professed commitments to participation and accountability and the situation on the ground, pointing to an overwhelming failure by those institutions to assess risks and respond to reprisals effectively. One report documented case studies in Cambodia, Ethiopia, India, Uganda and Uzbekistan of reprisals taking a variety of forms. The critics of projects funded by the World Bank Group were reportedly the target of threats, intimidation tactics and baseless criminal charges. Some women faced sexual harassment or gender-based threats, attacks, or insults when they spoke out. Security forces responded violently to peaceful protests, physically assaulting community members and arbitrarily arresting them. In other cases, critics or their family members were threatened with the loss of their jobs or livelihoods. In many countries, such reprisals often occurred within a broader effort to demonize critics as unpatriotic or "anti-development".
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Environment
- Gender
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- Families
- Women
- Año
- 2016
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Compendium of good practices in the elimination of discrimination against women 2017, para. 107
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- A key area of concern to the Working Group is the profound level of backlash against women’s human rights gains, which is on the rise both within States and in international spheres. In a climate of rising populism, xenophobia and fundamentalisms, long-established women’s human rights norms are being undermined, heightening the fragility of good practices in this context. In addition, a concurrent attack on women’s organizations, women’s human rights defenders and civil society movements — including feminist, environmental and human rights movements — creates an atmosphere in which these key actors are criminalized, de-funded and even killed, making the question of good practices moot. The Working Group emphasizes the importance of maintaining the autonomy of local and national movements and other civil society actors — including national human rights institutions, public interest lawyers and scholars — as an essential means of protecting and sustaining good practices. Backlashes within intergovernmental forums, as well as at the national level, must be challenged head-on by the international community.
- Organismo
- Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and practice
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Environment
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- Women
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Global trends in risks and threats facing human rights defenders 2015, para. 64
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- Finally, women defenders complained about women being depicted first as victims, and not as fully fledged actors bringing about change. The role of women defenders is still little known or recognized. They come up against numerous hurdles in their own family, their community and the organizations they work in. Women defenders described national contexts in which they were still perceived as second class players, whose expertise applied only to certain areas and whose contribution to the observance and promotion of human rights remained for the most part invisible. They complained that they were not fully brought into consultation processes, particularly as regards development projects. It should also be pointed out that, in their separate sessions with the Special Rapporteur, women defenders described the situation within non-governmental organizations, where stereotypes favouring men persist. They reported difficulties in being recognized by their male colleagues, in management or decision-making positions. Several women personally invited by the Special Rapporteur to take part in the regional consultations had found themselves replaced by a male colleague.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- Women
- Año
- 2015
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Challenges faced by groups most at risk when exercising or seeking to exercise the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and/or of association 2014, para. 46
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- In other cases, inaction by authorities may prevent some groups from exercising their right to freedom of peaceful assembly. The Special Rapporteur has received numerous reports from India regarding the disruption of public assemblies of Dalit individuals - members of the country's traditional "untouchable" caste. This includes one case in 2009 in which members of another caste obstructed a funeral procession and beat members of the Dalit community. Police reportedly failed to intervene, despite being present. In Egypt, peaceful female demonstrators were sexually assaulted repeatedly in Tahir Square, largely due to the inaction of law enforcement authorities. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, unidentified individuals violently disrupted LGBTI events in 2008 and 2014. In both cases, the police failed to provide protection to the organizers and participants. In several countries, stigmatization and counter-demonstrations against LGBTI pride parades and marches have also dissuaded organizers from holding such events.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Gender
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- LGBTQI+
- Women
- Año
- 2014
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Challenges faced by groups most at risk when exercising or seeking to exercise the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and/or of association 2014, para. 42
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- The Special Rapporteur is deeply concerned about the use of police violence, harassment and judicial intimidation against assemblies held by women in many parts of the world. In Cambodia, for example, female land-rights activists have been targeted for violence, harassment and arrest on numerous occasions. In India, in the State of Orissa, 42 women human rights defenders were arrested and detained for peacefully protesting against the building of a dam. In Sri Lanka, women advocating for investigations into the enforced disappearance of their loved ones face considerable opposition from the Government. In Cuba, women defenders promoting and protecting human rights (Damas de Blanco) have repeatedly been targeted by security forces when peacefully demonstrating for the rights of detainees. Similarly, in Zimbabwe, members of a local women's group, Women of Zimbabwe Arise, were beaten and arrested in September 2013 after staging a peaceful demonstration outside Parliament.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Gender
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- Women
- Año
- 2014
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Adequacy of the international legal framework on violence against women 2017, para. 34
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- Civil society organizations called for more support for women’s organizations on the ground, underlining that women human rights defenders faced daily threats and harassment, and needed greater protection. At the same time, more regulations addressing violence against particular groups of women, such as women belonging to minority groups; migrants; lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons; elderly women; women with disabilities; and widows, were also supported.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- LGBTQI+
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Embrace diversity and energize humanity 2017, para. 24
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- The Independent Expert took part in a lecture at a seminar for human rights defenders in Manila, highlighting in particular the channels for activating communications through the United Nations special procedures to seek protection and redress. He attended various European activities in relation to the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia in Brussels, calling for strategic action to overcome violence and discrimination, including the need for human rights-sensitive laws, policies, programmes, case enforcement in the courts, accessible mechanisms and personnel, resources, education and monitoring, data generation, accountability provisions, and networking and mobilization for national reforms to comply with international standards. During the regular session of the Human Rights Council in March 2017, he contributed to a panel on transgender persons, mental health and human rights and advocated the need to engage more strongly with the health sector, particularly on such issues as conversion therapy, forced sterilization, medical diagnosis and counselling, all of which might be interlinked with violence and discrimination, as well as the need for comprehensive health care for all. Concurrently, he helped to train human rights defenders from several parts of the world on the issue of sexual orientation and gender identity in a session organized by a non-governmental organization.
- Organismo
- Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- LGBTQI+
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Violence against women as a barrier to the effective realization of all human rights 2014, para. 58
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- The Special Rapporteur is deeply concerned about the weakening of the women's rights sector resulting from funding cuts for core service provision, including legal, policy and advocacy work. Cuts in funding to non-governmental organizations (NGOs), as a form of reprisal against the work of women human rights defenders, are also of concern. This issue has been raised in numerous reports of treaty bodies and NGOs.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- Women
- Año
- 2014
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Work in progress, challenges and the way forward 2017, para. 88b
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- [The Special Rapporteur encourages civil society to:] Participate actively in promoting gender equality and combating all forms of discrimination against women human rights defenders, including in their own organizations;
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- Women
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Work in progress, challenges and the way forward 2017, para. 35
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- These 693 communications concerned the cases of 1,293 persons, including 278 women human rights defenders. Women were the subject of roughly 22 per cent of communications in 2014 and 21 per cent of communications in 2015. The figure for 2016 has not yet been established.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- Women
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Good practices in the protection of human rights defenders 2016, para. 112b
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that all stakeholders engaged in the protection of human rights defenders:] Continuously develop good practices, critically reflecting on any gaps, gender-specific inequalities or cases of inequitable distribution of protection resources that may arise;
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- Año
- 2016
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Environmental human rights defenders 2016, para. 59
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- Protection practices should contribute to the full respect of the rights of environmental human rights defenders and strengthen their security. The Special Rapporteur outlined seven principles that undergird effective protection practices for human rights defenders: they should be rights-based, inclusive, gender-sensitive, focused on "holistic security"', oriented to individuals and collectives, participatory and flexible (A/HRC/31/55).
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Environment
- Gender
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- Año
- 2016
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Global trends in risks and threats facing human rights defenders 2015, para. 94b
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- [The Special Rapporteur encourages defenders and civil society to:] Play an active part in promoting gender equality and combating all forms of discrimination against women defenders, including within their own organizations;
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- Women
- Año
- 2015
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Global trends in risks and threats facing human rights defenders 2015, para. 93k
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that States adopt the following measures:] Develop, with the support of United Nations country teams, national programmes for implementing General Assembly resolution 68/181 on protecting women human rights defenders/defenders of women's rights;
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- Women
- Año
- 2015
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Elements of a safe and enabling environment for human rights defenders 2014, para. 131f
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- [Member States should:] Publicly acknowledge the particular and significant role played by women human rights defenders, and those working on women's rights or gender issues, and make sure that they are able to work in an environment free from violence and discrimination of any sort;
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- Women
- Año
- 2014
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Elements of a safe and enabling environment for human rights defenders 2014, para. 125
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- The Special Rapporteur believes that it is crucial that defenders strive for high standards of professionalism and ethical behaviour when carrying out human rights activities. They should also recognize the important work of women human rights defenders and those working on women's rights and gender issues, and strive towards empowering them.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- Women
- Año
- 2014
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Selected groups of defenders at risk: journalists and media workers, defenders working on land and environment issues; and youth and student defenders 2012, para. 87
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- Two communications concerning women defenders working on land and environmental issues were sent to the African region namely to Angola and Nigeria.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Environment
- Gender
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- Women
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Selected groups of defenders at risk: journalists and media workers, defenders working on land and environment issues; and youth and student defenders 2012, para. 86
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- All of the communications sent to countries in the Asia Pacific region related to women defenders working on these issues indicated State actors as the alleged perpetrators of the violations (6). Of these communications, one dealt with death threats (Philippines) and five dealt with arrest and detention (India 3, China, Nepal).
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- Women
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Selected groups of defenders at risk: journalists and media workers, defenders working on land and environment issues; and youth and student defenders 2012, para. 81
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- Women human rights defenders working on land and environmental rights issues have been the subject of a number of communications (25) sent during the reporting period to countries in the Americas (17), Asia Pacific (6) and Africa (2).
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Environment
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- Women
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Selected groups of defenders at risk: journalists and media workers, defenders working on land and environment issues; and youth and student defenders 2012, para. 24
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- In 2011, the Special Rapporteur presented her third report to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/16/44) where she focused on the situation, risks and challenges faced by women human rights defenders and those working on women's rights and gender issues.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- Women
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Use of legislation to regulate activities of human rights defenders 2012, para. 91
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- States should repeal all legislation that, with the declared objective of preserving public morals, criminalizes the activities of human rights defenders working on sexual orientation and gender identity issues, including laws that have not been applied for a significant period.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Use of legislation to regulate activities of human rights defenders 2012, para. 35
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- The Special Rapporteur emphasizes that the Human Rights Committee has found adult consensual sexual activity in private to be part of a person's privacy, which is protected under article 17 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR/C/50/D/488/1992, para. 8.2). Laws criminalizing consensual homosexual acts conducted in private violate a person's rights to privacy and to freedom from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, in breach of applicable international human rights law (A/HRC/19/41, para. 41). Defenders working on these issues are advocating human rights standards that are internationally recognized. States should therefore ensure that defenders working to promote lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights can do so in a conducive and open environment without fear of persecution. Given that it is the right of human rights defenders to develop and discuss new human rights ideas and principles and to advocate their acceptance under article 7 of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, it is the responsibility of the State to ensure that its legislation relating to public morals caters to this right and does not compromise the rights of defenders to freedom of expression, freedom of association and freedom of peaceful assembly.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- LGBTQI+
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Use of legislation to regulate activities of human rights defenders 2012, para. 32
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- With regard to freedom of expression, these laws have an equally detrimental effect, given that publishing an article or expressing an opinion in favour of equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people may expose someone to criminal prosecution. This leads to self-censorship among defenders working on issues relating to sexual orientation and gender identity.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- LGBTQI+
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Women human rights defenders and those working on women’s rights or gender issues 2011, para. 112
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that national and international NGOs:] Continue the development and dissemination of tools and materials for the protection of women defenders and those working on women's rights or gender issues; and
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- Women
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Women human rights defenders and those working on women’s rights or gender issues 2011, para. 112
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that national and international NGOs:] Promote campaigns to address the prejudices against the work and activities of women defenders and those working on women's rights or gender issues;
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- Women
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Women human rights defenders and those working on women’s rights or gender issues 2011, para. 112
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that national and international NGOs:] Strengthen informal and formal networks to support women defenders and those working on women's rights or gender issues in case of attacks since they can be instrumental in ensuring their immediate safety when needed;
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- Women
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Women human rights defenders and those working on women’s rights or gender issues 2011, para. 111
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that regional protection mechanisms:] Promote projects to improve and further develop the documentation of cases of violations against women defenders and those working on women's rights or gender issues.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- Women
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Women human rights defenders and those working on women’s rights or gender issues 2011, para. 111
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that regional protection mechanisms:] Ensure that the programmes supported for the security and protection of human rights defenders integrate a gender perspective and address the specific risks and security needs of women defenders and those working on women's rights or gender issues; and
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- Women
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Women human rights defenders and those working on women’s rights or gender issues 2011, para. 110
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that national human rights institutions:] Support the documentation of cases on violations against women defenders and those working on women's rights or gender issues.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- Women
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Women human rights defenders and those working on women’s rights or gender issues 2011, para. 110
- Paragraph text
- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that national human rights institutions:] Integrate a gender dimension in the planning and implementation of all programmes and other interventions related to human rights defenders, including through consultation with the relevant organizations; and
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo