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Ensuring accountability and justice for all violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (2018), para. 27
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- 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;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The safety of journalists and the issue of impunity (2016), para. 16
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- Noting the good practices of different countries aimed at the protection of journalists, as well as, inter alia, those designed for the protection of human rights defenders that can, where applicable, be relevant to the protection of journalists,
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The safety of journalists (2018), para. 13
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- Recognizing the crucial role of journalists and media workers in the context of elections, including to inform the public about candidates, their platforms and ongoing debates, and expressing serious concern that attacks against journalists and media workers increase during election periods,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Promoting reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka (2013), para. 15
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- Expressing concern at the continuing reports of violations of human rights in Sri Lanka, including enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, torture and violations of the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly, as well as intimidation of and reprisals against human rights defenders, members of civil society and journalists, threats to judicial independence and the rule of law, and discrimination on the basis of religion or belief,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Question of enforced or involuntary disappearances (2005), para. 17
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- (a) To take steps to protect witnesses of enforced disappearances, human rights defenders acting against enforced disappearances, and the lawyers and families of disappeared persons against any intimidation or ill-treatment to which they may be subjected;
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Families
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The safety of journalists and the issue of impunity (2020), para. 31
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- Acknowledging the particular risks with regard to the safety of journalists in the digital age, including the particular vulnerability of journalists to becoming targets of unlawful or arbitrary surveillance or interception of communications, in violation of their rights to privacy and to freedom of expression,
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Independence and impartiality of the judiciary, jurors and assessors and the independence of lawyers (2010), para. 16
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- 3. Requests the Special Rapporteur to carry out, within existing resources and with the support of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, a global thematic study to assess the human rights education and continuing training of judges, prosecutors, public defenders and lawyers, with recommendations for appropriate follow-up, and to present it to the Council at its twentieth session;
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Recognizing the contribution of environmental human rights defenders to the enjoyment of human rights, environmental protection andsustainable development (2019), para. 32
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- 9. Also urges States to develop and appropriately resource protection initiatives for human rights defenders, to ensure that human rights defenders are meaningfully consulted in the provision and implementation of protection measures, and also to ensure that the measures are holistic, including both individual and collective protection aspects, and that these measures also function as early warning and rapid response mechanisms that enable human rights defenders, when threatened, to have immediate access to authorities that are competent and adequately resourced to provide effective protective measures, taking into account the intersectional dimensions of violations and abuses against women human rights defenders, indigenous peoples, children, persons belonging to minorities, and rural and marginalized communities;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia: violations of human rights in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) (1994), para. 42
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- (c) Arbitrary imprisonment of ethnic Albanian journalists, the closure of Albanian-language mass media and the discriminatory removal of ethnic Albanian staff from local radio and television stations;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date added
- Feb 25, 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 (2005), para. 15
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- Emphasizing the need for strong and effective measures for the protection of human rights defenders,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Human rights defenders in the context 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 (2016), para. 23
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- 2. Calls upon all States to take all measures necessary to ensure the rights and safety of human rights defenders who exer cise the rights to freedom of opinion, expression, peaceful assembly and association, which are essential for the promotion and protection of human rights;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Recognizing the contribution of environmental human rights defenders to the enjoyment of human rights, environmental protection andsustainable development (2019), para. 16
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- Taking note of the report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, 1 and noting with concern her findings with regard to attacks against and the criminalization of indigenous human rights defenders, and calling upon all States to consider the recommendations contained in the report,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Ethnic minorities
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Technical assistance to Côte d’Ivoire in the field of human rights (2012), para. 11
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- 2. Condemns and deplores in particular the killing of seven United Nations peacekeepers on 8 June 2012 in the town of Para while they were assisting the civilian population under attack by unidentified armed elements;
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The safety of journalists and the issue of impunity (2016), para. 10
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- Commending the role and the activities of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization with regard to the safety of journalists and the issue of impunity, and their facilitation of the commemoration of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, in consultation with relevant entities within the United Nations system, Governments and relevant stakeholders,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The situation in the Syrian Arab Republic (2012), para. 24
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- 2. Strongly condemns the continued widespread and systematic gross violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms by the Syrian authorities and pro-Government militias, such as the use of force against civilians, massacres, arbitrary executions, 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 added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Recognizing the contribution of environmental human rights defenders to the enjoyment of human rights, environmental protection andsustainable development (2019), para. 17
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- Alarmed by the increasing rate of killings, violent acts, including gender-based violence, threats, harassment, intimidation, smear campaigns, criminalization, judicial harassment, forced eviction and displacement of environmental human rights defenders, including indigenous and women human rights defenders, and human rights defenders addressing issues relating to land rights, their family members, communities, associates and legal representatives, as reported by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders and other special procedures,
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Ethnic minorities
- Families
- Women
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2010), para. 30
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- (h) To end the harassment, intimidation and persecution of political opponents and human rights defenders, students, academics, journalists, other media representatives, bloggers, clerics and lawyers, including by releasing persons imprisoned arbitrarily or on the basis of their political views, including those detained following the presidential election of 12 June 2009;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Implementing the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and FundamentalFreedoms through providing a safe and enabling environment for human rights defenders and ensuring their protection (2020), para. 47
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- 23. Urges non-State actors, including transnational corporations and other business enterprises, to assume their responsibility to respect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all persons, including human rights defenders, and underlines the need to ensure human rights due diligence and the accountability of, and the provision of adequate remedies by, transnational corporations and other business enterprises, while also urging States to adopt relevant policies and laws in this regard, including to hold all companies to account for involvement in threats or attacks against human rights defenders;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Declaration on the Right and Responsibility ofIndividuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (2004), para. 17
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- Emphasizing the need for strong and effective measures for the protection of human rights defenders,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The safety of journalists and the issue of impunity (2018), para. 05
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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)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Independence and impartiality of the judiciary, jurors and assessors and the independence of lawyers (2010), para. 12
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- Noting with concern the increasingly frequent attacks on the independence of judges, lawyers, prosecutors and court officials,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Technical assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and accountability concerning the events in the Kasai regions (2017), para. 08
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- Strongly condemning the killing of two members of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1533 (2004) of 12 March 2004, Ms. Zaida Catalán and Mr. Michael Sharp, who were killed in Central Kasai while discharging their mandate,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The safety of journalists and the issue of impunity (2018), para. 22
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- Bearing in mind that impunity for attacks against journalists remains one of the greatest challenges to the safety of journalists and that ensuring accountability for crimes committed against journalists is a key element in preventing future attacks,
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date added
- Feb 25, 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. 11
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- Gravely concerned that, in some instances, national security and counter- terrorism legislation and other measures have been misused to target human rights defenders or have hindered their work and safety in a manner contrary to international law,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and girls (2019), para. 25
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- (c) To consider reviewing all proposed and existing legislation in accordance with international human rights obligations and a gender- and age-responsive perspective, and repealing discriminatory laws with a view to preventing retrogression, involving, when necessary, independent experts, national human rights institutions, women human rights defenders, women’s and girls’ community-based organizations, feminist groups, youth-led organizations and other relevant stakeholders;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2017), para. 33
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- 20. Encourages the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to provide greater protection for all political actors, members of civil society, journalists and human rights defenders during elections, and to ensure respect for all human rights;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The safety of journalists and the issue of impunity (2020), para. 50
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- 18. Calls upon States to cooperate with relevant United Nations entities, in particular the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, as well as international and regional human rights mechanisms, including the relevant special procedures of the Human Rights Council, and invites States to share information on a voluntary basis on the status of investigations into attacks and violence against journalists, including in response to requests by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization through the mechanism operated by its International Programme for the Development of Communication;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2018), para. 09
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- Noting with concern the report published on 19 March 2018 by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which documented killings and other serious human rights violations owing to the excessive use of force against protest movements between January 2017 and January 2018,
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Technical assistance and capacity-building for Yemen in the field of human rights (2018), para. 20
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- 8. Urges the Government of Yemen to take measures to protect civilians, and to take appropriate measures with a view to ending impunity for all cases involving violations and abuse of human rights and international humanitarian law, including cases of violence against journalists and the detention of journalists and political activists;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Myanmar (2017), para. 22
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- 15. Notes with concern that charges for criminal defamation 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 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 expression, peaceful assembly and association, including on the basis of their ethnicity or political beliefs, and calls for open and participatory legislative processes to reform those laws in line with the international human rights law obligations of the Government of Myanmar;
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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