UN Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

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United Nations declaration human rights instrument

The UN Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms is a landmark 1998 United Nations instrument that affirms and protects the rights of human rights defenders and those who work to uphold fundamental freedoms worldwide.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations declaration ⓘ human rights instrument ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionDate	1998-12-09 ⓘ
adoptionMethod	consensus ⓘ
adoptionResolution	UN General Assembly resolution 53/144 NERFINISHED ⓘ
aimsToProtect	rights of groups to promote human rights ⓘ rights of individuals to promote human rights ⓘ rights of organs of society to promote human rights ⓘ
articleCount	20 ⓘ
basedOn	International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights NERFINISHED ⓘ International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights NERFINISHED ⓘ Universal Declaration of Human Rights NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedBy	International Human Rights Defenders Day NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemorationDate	December 9 ⓘ
definesTerm	human rights defender ⓘ
emphasizes	duty of everyone to promote and protect human rights ⓘ importance of civil society in human rights protection ⓘ
geographicalScope	worldwide ⓘ
imposesObligationOn	States NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalNature	soft law instrument ⓘ
legalStatus	non-binding ⓘ
monitoredBy	UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders NERFINISHED ⓘ
preamblePresent	true ⓘ
recognizes	right to communicate with international bodies ⓘ right to form associations and non-governmental organizations ⓘ right to peaceful activities against human rights violations ⓘ right to promote and strive for the protection and realization of human rights ⓘ right to publish and disseminate information on human rights ⓘ right to seek, obtain, receive and hold information on human rights ⓘ
region	United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
requires	States to ensure a safe environment for human rights work ⓘ States to prevent and investigate violations against human rights defenders ⓘ States to protect human rights defenders ⓘ
scope	groups ⓘ individuals ⓘ organs of society ⓘ
shortName	Declaration on Human Rights Defenders NERFINISHED ⓘ UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	fundamental freedoms ⓘ human rights defenders ⓘ protection of human rights ⓘ
yearOfAdoption	1998 ⓘ

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