27/L.41 Civil society space

GE.14-17234 (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, Cuba, Egypt,Non-member State of the Human Rights Council. India, Russian Federation, United Arab Emirates,

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

27/… Civil society space

Paragraph 12 should read

12. Emphasizes the essential role of civil society in subregional, regional and

international organizations, including in support of the organizations’ work, and in sharing

experience and expertise through effective participation in meetings in accordance with

relevant rules and modalities, and in this regard reaffirms the right of everyone, individually

and in association with others, to unhindered access to and communication with

subregional, regional and international bodies, in particular the United Nations, its

representatives and mechanisms, in accordance with the relevant provisions and rules of the

United Nations;