27/L.38 Civil society space

GE.14-17210 (E)

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Human Rights Council Twenty-seventh session

Agenda item 3

Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,

political, economic, social and cultural rights,

including the right to development

Bahrain,Non-member State of the Human Rights Council. China, Egypt,Non-member State of the Human Rights Council. Russian Federation, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela

(Bolivarian Republic of): amendment to draft resolution A/HRC/27/L.24

27/… Civil society space

Paragraph 2 should read

2. Reminds States of their obligation to respect and fully protect the civil,

political, economic, social and cultural rights of all individuals, inter alia, the rights to

freedom of expression and opinion and to assemble peacefully and associate freely, online

as well as offline, including for persons espousing minority beliefs, and that respect for all

such rights, in relation to civil society, contributes to addressing and resolving challenges

and issues that are important to society, such as addressing financial and economic crises,

responding to public health crises, responding to humanitarian crises, including in the

context of armed conflict, promoting the rule of law and accountability, achieving

transitional justice goals, protecting the environment, realizing the right to development,

empowering persons belonging to national, ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities and

persons in vulnerable situations, combating racism and racial discrimination, supporting

crime prevention, countering corruption, promoting corporate social responsibility and

accountability, combating human trafficking, empowering women and youth, advancing

social justice and consumer protection, and the realization of all human rights;