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Women Human Rights

Defenders-WHRDs

In 2013, the United Nations General Assembly (UN GA)

adopted the first GA resolution on women human rights defenders
(resolution 68/181).

The resolution expresses concerns over discrimination and
structural and systematic violence facing women human rights
defenders.

Besides, the resolution 68/181 urges the member states to
utilize necessary measures and mechanisms to ensure safety and

gender dimension in their efforts to create a supportive environment
for the protection of human rights of women.
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

to which Thailand is a signatory, guarantees rights to freedom of
peaceful assembly, freedom of expression, freedom of association
and prohibition of arbitrary arrest and detention.

The UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders affirms the
right to peacefully demonstrate against human rights violations.
The declaration prohibits acts of retaliation, intimidation

and other forms of harassments against anyone who pursues
nonviolent actions against human rights violations whether during

or after their professional involvement. A great number of human
rights defenders are women. Women human rights defenders are
for example:

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