[PDFlist] World Report on Human Rights Defenders - Shrinking Space & Increased Risks - UN SR

[Soloveni Vitoso]

Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders - Website: https://www.ohchr.org/en/issues/srhrdefenders/pages/srhrdefendersindex.aspx



WORLD REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS - SHRINKING SPACE & INCREASED RISKS



https://www.forum-asia.org/?p=27902



On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the United Nations (UN) Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders<https://www.ohchr.org/en/issues/srhrdefenders/pages/srhrdefendersindex.aspx> Michel Forst published a world report presenting the recent developments in 140 countries.



The World Report documents the much discussed closing of civic space and suggests that it has become, in too many locations, a war on human rights defenders.



In relation to current widespread challenges, the World Report reveals the following three key issues facing human rights defenders globally:

1. The evolution of the use of the term "human rights defenders";

2. The development of mechanisms and practices to support human rights defenders;

3. The use of legal and administrative frameworks to both protect and persecute defenders

Direct Link to the full 494-Page December 2018 Publication of the World Report on Human Rights Defenders: https://www.forum-asia.org/uploads/wp/2018/12/UNSR-HRDs-World-report-2018-compressed.pdf - Scroll Down to Report Pages.

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