Report of the Secretary-General, Human rights defenders, E/CN.4/2005/68, August 11, 2000
7. Some human rights defenders are at greater risk because of the nature of the rights that they are seeking to protect. This is particularly true with regard to women who are human rights defenders. In many situations, women are at the front line of the struggle, not...
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