A/HRC/27/L.38 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: Limited 25 September 2014 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-seventh session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Bahrain,* China, Egypt,* Russian Federation, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): amendment to draft resolution A/HRC/27/L.24 27/… Civil society space Paragraph 2 should read 2. Reminds States of their obligation to respect and fully protect the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of all individuals, inter alia, the rights to freedom of expression and opinion and to assemble peacefully and associate freely, online as well as offline, including for persons espousing minority beliefs, and that respect for all such rights, in relation to civil society, contributes to addressing and resolving challenges and issues that are important to society, such as addressing financial and economic crises, responding to public health crises, responding to humanitarian crises, including in the context of armed conflict, promoting the rule of law and accountability, achieving transitional justice goals, protecting the environment, realizing the right to development, empowering persons belonging to national, ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities and persons in vulnerable situations, combating racism and racial discrimination, supporting crime prevention, countering corruption, promoting corporate social responsibility and accountability, combating human trafficking, empowering women and youth, advancing social justice and consumer protection, and the realization of all human rights; * Non-member State of the Human Rights Council. GE.14-17210 (E) 