Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders

Annual Reports

The annual reports to the Human Rights Council and to the General Assembly, required under the mandate, provide a record of the year’s activities, describe the primary trends and concerns identified during the year, and make recommendations for how these should be addressed. Some reports examine major themes of concern, for example the impact of security legislation on human rights defenders and their work or the challenges faced by defenders working on economic, social and cultural rights. The reports are useful indicators of the problems confronted by defenders in specific countries and regions, as well as of particular themes of global concern. The recommendations outlined in each report provide a basis for action by States, United Nations agencies, human rights defenders themselves, the private sector and a range of other actors.

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Annual Reports by the Special Rapporteur and the Special Representative and to the UN Human Rights Council and the Commission on Human Rights

Year	Document Code	Content of Report
2009	A/HRC/10/12	Universal Periodic Review (UPR): enhancing the protection of human rights defenders
2009	A/HRC/10/12/Add.1	Summaries of individual cases raised by the SR during 2008 and summaries of Government responses
2008	A/HRC/7/28	From action to impact: follow-up to the activities of the special representative
2008	A/HRC/7/28/Add.1	Summaries of individual cases raised by the SRSG during 2007 and summaries of Government responses
2007	A/HRC/4/37	The work of human rights defenders in the field of economic, social and cultural rights
2007	A/HRC/4/37/Add.1	Summaries of individual cases raised by the SRSG with Governments during 2006 and summaries of Government responses
2006	E/CN.4/2006/95	1)Implementation of the mandate since its creation in 2000 2)Key developments and major constraints in the implementation of the declaration
	E/CN.4/2006/95/Add.1	Summaries of individual cases raised by the SRSG during 2005 and summaries of government responses
	E/CN.4/2006/95/Add.5	Compilation of developments for the situation of human rights defenders 2000 - 2006
2005	E/CN.4/2005/101	1) Trends in the situation of human rights defenders 2) Human rights defenders and peace and security
2005	E/CN.4/2005/101/Add.1	Summaries of individual cases raised by the SRSG during 2004 and summaries of government responses
2004	E/CN.4/2004/94	1) Trends in the situation of human rights defenders 2) Follow-up of cases and trends in government responses
2004	E/CN.4/2004/94/Add.3	Summaries of individual cases raised by the SRSG during 2003 and summaries of government responses
2003	E/CN.4/2003/104	The role and situation of defenders in key contexts, including the UN.
2003	E/CN.4/2003/104/Add.1	Summaries of individual cases raised by the SRSG during 2002 and summaries of government responses
2002	E/CN.4/2002/106	Analysis of trends affecting human rights defenders. Summary of cases sent to Governments.
2001	E/CN.4/2001/94	Analysis of trends affecting human rights defenders. Summary of cases sent to Governments.

Annual Reports by the Special Rapporteur and the Special Representative to the UN General Assembly

Year	Document Code	Content of Report
2009	A/64/226	Meeting the standards of the right to the freedom of association; analysis of NGO laws
2008	A/63/288	Vision and priorities of the Special Rapporteur
2007	A/62/225	The right to protest in the context of freedom of assembly
2006	A/61/312	Analysis of methodology of work and the right of freedom of assembly
2005	A/60/339	The contribution of human rights defenders to peace and security
2004	A/59/401	Applying the Declaration on human rights defenders. Meeting the standards of the right to association
2003	A/58/380	Analysis of impact of security legislation and of emergency situations on defenders
2002	A/57/182	Results of regional consultations with States and defenders in Africa, Latin America, Asia, the middle East and the Euro-Mediterranean.
2001	A/56/341	Impunity, legal actions, intelligence activities and smear campaigns against defenders. Impact of militarism on the Declaration; compatibility of national legislation.