Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, Margaret Sekaggya

Sekaggya, Margaret; UN. Human Rights Council. Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, Margaret Sekaggya

Sekaggya, Margaret; UN. Human Rights Council. Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders

2009

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A/HRC/10/12

Title

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, Margaret Sekaggya

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English: A_HRC_10_12-EN - PDF ; Español: A_HRC_10_12-ES - PDF ; Français: A_HRC_10_12-FR - PDF ; Русский: A_HRC_10_12-RU - PDF ; العربية: A_HRC_10_12-AR - PDF ; 中文: A_HRC_10_12-ZH - PDF ;

Summary

Gives an account of activities of the new Special Rapporteur and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General during 2008, drawing attention to communications sent under the mandate during the past year; focuses on the potential of the Universal Periodic Review mechanism in enhancing the protection of human rights defenders; and outlines recommendations to the UN, States, non-governmental organizations and defenders regarding the enhancement of the potential of the UPR in improving the situation of human rights defenders.

Authors

Sekaggya, Margaret
UN. Human Rights Council. Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders

Agenda information

A/HRC/10/1 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development.

Series

Report of the Special Procedure of the Human Rights Council
Report of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders

Date

Geneva : UN, 12 Feb. 2009

Description

23 p.

Notes

Submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 7/8.
Includes bibliographical references.