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Motion · S5M-13659 · 28 Aug 2018

The UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders and Peace Brigades International

Lodged by Linda Fabiani Standard Motion 16 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament notes that 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of 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, which is generally referred to as the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders; notes what it sees as the important work that Peace Brigades International (PBI) does to protect organisations, communities and human rights defenders who might be at risk as they provide life-saving support in some of the most dangerous countries in the world; notes that trained PBI field volunteers are currently providing protection to human rights defenders in Central and South America, East Africa and East Asia; acknowledges that PBI International promotes nonviolence and protection of human rights, based on the principles of non-partisanship and non-interference in the internal affairs of the organisations that they accompany; understands that it does so in the belief that lasting transformation of conflicts cannot be imposed from the outside and must be based on the capacity and desires of local people; recognises the principles of the UN declaration, and praises the commitment of the people who work to uphold these.

Supporters (16)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.