A/HRC/27/33 Contents Page I. Introduction............................................................................................................. 1–5 3 II. Statements by the Secretary-General and the Deputy United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and contributions by the moderator and panellists........................................................................................................... 6 – 35 3 A. Secretary-General ........................................................................................... 6–8 3 B. Deputy United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights .................... 9 – 13 4 C. Moderator of the panel discussion.................................................................. 14 5 D. Member of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Member of the Parliament of Turkey ............................................................. 15 – 20 5 Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression............................................................................... 21 – 27 6 F. Film, music and arts producer ........................................................................ 28 – 31 7 G. Human rights lawyer and Honorary President of the Tunisian League for Human Rights................................................................................................. 32 – 35 8 Summary of the discussion ..................................................................................... 36 – 79 9 A. Importance of the promotion and protection of civil society space ................ 39 – 45 9 B. Challenges faced by States in their efforts to ensure space for civil society .. 46 – 51 10 C. Experiences, lessons learned and good practices with regard to space for civil society.................................................................................................... 52 – 66 12 Strategies and steps that could be adopted to ensure a safe and enabling environment for civil society .......................................................................... 67 – 79 13 Comments and responses by panellists and the moderator ..................................... 80 – 87 15 E. III. D. IV. 2 Paragraphes