Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders

A/HRC/RES/43/16View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, published in 2020.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 2008–2020

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2020	A/HRC/RES/43/16	Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders	837	97%Compare
2017	A/HRC/RES/34/5	Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders	813	95%Compare
2014	A/HRC/RES/25/18	Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders	816	48%Compare
2011	A/HRC/RES/16/5	Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders	621	91%Compare
2008	A/HRC/RES/7/8	Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders	632	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 subjects

Human Rights Activists Special Rapporteurs

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the work and takes note with appreciation of the reports of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders,² and strongly urges all States to take concrete steps to create, in law and in practice, a safe and enabling environment in which human rights defenders can operate free from hindrance and insecurity;

²A/HRC/43/51 and Adds. 1 and 2.

Decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders for a period of three years in the same terms as provided for by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 16/5;

Urges all States to cooperate with and assist the Special Rapporteur in the performance of his or her tasks, to provide all information and to respond to the communications transmitted to them by the Special Rapporteur without undue delay;

Calls upon States to give serious consideration to responding favourably to the requests of the Special Rapporteur to visit their countries, and urges them to enter into a constructive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur with respect to the follow-up to and implementation of his or her recommendations so as to enable him or her to fulfil the mandate even more effectively;

Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide the Special Rapporteur with all the assistance necessary for the effective fulfilment of his or her mandate;

Encourages all concerned United Nations agencies and organizations, within their mandates, to provide all possible assistance and support to the Special Rapporteur for the effective fulfilment of his or her mandate, including in the context of country visits and through suggestions on ways and means of ensuring the protection of human rights defenders;

Decides to continue consideration of this issue in accordance with its annual programme of work.

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