For the record, the Resolution on the protection of human rights defenders was adopted by the plenary of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday 17 December 2015, with 127 States voting in favour (i.e 10 more than in the Third Committee!). See: https://thoolen.wordpress.com/2015/12/05/follow-up-on-the-human-rights-defenders-resolution-in-the-un/.
127 States supported the resolution, including South Africa, which had voted against it in the Third Committee, while 14 States (Burundi, Cambodia, China, Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Sudan, Syria and Zimbabwe) continue to vote against it. This list is not surprising (they figure regularly in this blog), although one would have hoped that Myanmar (after the elections) would have had a change of heart while Nigeria’s position remains a mystery.
As the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OMCT/FIDH) commented:” It is high time for all to respect and implement commitments under 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” (the ridiculously long official title of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders).
Source: United Nations General Assembly adopts resolution on the protection of human rights defenders by increased majority
This entry was posted on December 18, 2015 at 17:06 and is filed under FIDH, human rights, Human Rights Defenders, Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, OMCT, UN.
Tags: diplomacy, Human Rights Defenders, Observatory for the Protection of HRDs, Protection of Human Rights Defenders, South Africa, UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, UN Resolution, United Nations General Assembly
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