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To submit to governmental bodies and agencies and organizations
concerned with public affairs criticism and proposals for improving their
functioning and to draw attention to any aspect of their work that may
impede the realization of human rights;
•
To make complaints about official policies and acts relating to human
rights and to have such complaints reviewed;
•
To offer and provide professionally qualified legal assistance or other
advice and assistance in defence of human rights;
•
To attend public hearings, proceedings and trials in order to assess their
compliance with national law and international human rights obligations;
•
To unhindered access to and communication with non-governmental and
intergovernmental organizations;
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To benefit from an effective remedy;
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To the lawful exercise of the occupation or profession of human rights
defender;
•
To effective protection under national law in reacting against or
opposing, through peaceful means, acts or omissions attributable to the
State that result in violations of human rights;
•
To solicit, receive and utilize resources for the purpose of protecting
human rights (including the receipt of funds from abroad).
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(b)
The duties of states
and
States have a responsibility to implement and respect all the provisions of
the Declaration. However, articles 2, 9, 12, 14 and 15 make particular reference
to the role of States and indicate that each State has a responsibility and duty:
with
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To protect, promote and implement all human rights;
•
To ensure that all persons under its jurisdiction are able to enjoy all social,
economic, political and other rights and freedoms in practice;
•
To adopt such legislative, administrative and other steps as may be
necessary to ensure effective implementation of rights and freedoms;
•
To provide an effective remedy for persons who claim to have been
victims of a human rights violation;
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