25/L.45 Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Document Type: Amendment Resolution
Date: 2014 Mar
Session: 25th Regular Session (2014 Mar)
Agenda Item: Item3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development
GE.14-12536
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Human Rights Council Twenty-fifth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development
Algeria, Bahrain,* Belarus,* China, Cuba, Ecuador,* Egypt,* Ethiopia, India, Namibia, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam: amendment to draft resolution A/HRC/25/L.24
25/… Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
After the fourth preambular paragraph, insert a new paragraph reading
Recalling also that the primary responsibility for promoting and protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms rests with the State, and reaffirming that national legislation consistent with the Charter and other international obligations of the State in the field of human rights and fundamental freedoms is the juridical framework within which human rights defenders conduct their activities,
* Non-member State of the Human Rights Council.