WUNRN
OSCE - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Direct Link to Full 153-Page 2014 Publication: http://www.osce.org/odihr/119633?download=true
Protection policies, programmes and mechanisms: 19. States should develop, in consultation with civil society and with technical advice from relevant international agencies, appropriate protection policies, programmes and mechanisms to ensure the safety and security of human rights defenders at risk. These should include the provision of physical protection, temporary relocation and other protection measures and support services as may be required.
20. States should ensure that any protection programmes, policies and mechanisms have the capacity and means to provide gender-sensitive protection and support that meet the needs of women human rights defenders. Protection programmes, policies and mechanisms should also be reflective of and able to respond to the specific protection requirements of other particularly vulnerable categories of human rights defenders in accordance with the needs identified by affected individuals and groups. Human rights defenders should also be involved in developing Guidelines on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders 5 protection systems that take into account the risks for their family members and in determining concrete protection measures to mitigate such risks when required.