A/HRC/44/50/Add.2 discriminatory or threating statements in public discourse, including those by public figures; (g) Ensure that the security and safety of civil society actors, including human rights defenders, when reasonably required, is provided without unduly restricting their right to freedom of association; (h) Increase efforts to promote the rights to form and join strong trade unions that could assist workers in claiming rights and better working conditions, and ensure the full implementation of the recommendations laid out in the reports of the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, the Conference Committee on the Application of Standards and the Motlanthe Commission. 126. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the representatives of the international presence in Zimbabwe and donors continue to support the work of the Government and civil society organizations in creating an enabling civic space. 127. The Special Rapporteur encourages the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission to continue its important and remarkable work in the promotion and protection of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. 128. The Special Rapporteur calls on civil society organizations to engage actively in monitoring the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; 129. The Special Rapporteur also calls on the United intergovernmental organizations and other stakeholders to: Nations, other (a) Advocate with the relevant authorities on respect for and the protection and fulfilment of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; (b) Contribute to strengthening the capacities of the relevant authorities, the independent constitutional institutions and civil society organizations; (c) Monitor the implementation of the recommendations contained in the present report. 130. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the resources available for the future work of Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Zimbabwe be increased to support the establishment of a country office to support the Government’s efforts to promote and protect human rights during this critical transition. 20

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