This paper provides details and links for ministerial statements and parliamentary debates (from both Houses of Parliament) that cover international affairs and defence.
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Protecting civil society space across the world (208 KB, PDF)
The UN, in its ‘Practical guide for civil society: Civil society space and the United Nations human rights system’, explains:
“Freedoms of expressions, association and peaceful assembly, and the right to participate in public affairs, are human rights that enable people to share ideas, form new ones, and join together with others to claim their rights. It is through the exercise of these public freedoms that we make informed decisions about our economic and social development. It is through these rights that we can take part in civic activiry and build democratic societies. To restrict them undermines our collective progress.”
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Protecting civil society space across the world (208 KB, PDF)
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