Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders

The  present  report  highlights  the  situation  of  environmental  human  rights  defenders. In his report, the Special Rapporteur  raises alarm about the increasing and intensifying  violence  against  them.  He  makes  recommendations  to  various stakeholders  in  order  to  reverse  this  worrying  trend  and  to  empower  and  protect those  defenders,  for  the  sake  of  our  common  environment  and  sustainable development.

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