ANNEX
Selected reference materials and
resources
1. SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTS AND STANDARDS CONCERNING THE
PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
• United Nations: Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals,
Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized
Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (UN Declaration on Human Rights
Defenders), adopted unanimously by UN General Assembly Resolution A/
RES/53/144 on 9 December 1998, <http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/
Defenders/Declaration/declaration.pdf>.
• Council of Europe: Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on Council of
Europe action to improve the protection of human rights defenders and promote
their activities, adopted on 6 February 2008, <https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.
jsp?id=1245887&Site=CM>.
Key resolutions and recommendations concerning the protection of human
rights defenders
United Nations:
• General Assembly Resolution on the protection of women human rights defenders, UN Doc. A/RES/68/181, adopted on 18 December 2013, <http://www.
un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/68/181>.
• General Assembly Resolution on the promotion of the UN Declaration on Human
Rights Defenders, UN Doc. A/RES/66/164, adopted on 11 December 2011,
<http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/66/164>.
• Human Rights Council Resolution on the protection of human rights defenders,
UN Doc. A/HRC/RES/22/6, adopted on 21 March 2013, <http://www.un.org/ga/
search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/HRC/RES/22/6>.
• Human Rights Council Resolution on the protection of human rights defenders,
UN Doc. A/HRC/RES/13/13, adopted 25 March 2010, <http://www.un.org/ga/
search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/HRC/RES/13/13>.
(All previous General Assembly and Human Rights Council Resolutions on the protection of human rights defenders can be accessed through: <http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?m=70&m=166>).
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