A/HRC/26/34 3. The right to international solidarity shall be drawn from the freedoms and entitlements already codified in international human rights treaties reflecting core economic, social and cultural rights, civil and political rights, the right to development and international labour standards, complemented by other responsibilities arising from voluntary commitments and decisions in the various relevant fields at the bilateral, multilateral, regional and international levels. Article 6 1. The rights-holders of the right to international solidarity shall include individuals, peoples, such as indigenous peoples and minorities, and civil society groups and organizations within the population who are either self-identified and/or identified as such by others, including States. 2. Rights-holders shall also include those who are outside dominant paradigms, but who nevertheless share similar values and concerns and are structured in some way,15 such as: (a) Local and grass-roots communities which are unable to represent themselves or are underrepresented in and isolated from larger civil societies and organizations; (b) Groups in social spheres that transcend national borders, such as transnational and diaspora communities; (c) Transnational advocacy networks, including those that simultaneously participate in both domestic and international activities, that are bound by shared values and discourses and that engage in dense exchanges of information and services;16 (d) Virtual communities of individuals that may be geographically separated, but are nevertheless connected through the Internet and digital media and who together develop similar world views. Article 7 Peoples and individuals, regardless of sex, age, ethnicity, disability or other status, shall have the right, individually and in association with others within or beyond their territories and national boundaries, and as provided for in human rights and other applicable international instruments: (a) To seek, obtain, receive and impart to others, information about their right to international solidarity, and to have access to knowledge about how this right and its related freedoms are given effect in domestic and international legislative, judicial or administrative systems; (b) To establish forums and platforms, domestically or transnationally, in which actors in different situations and geographic locations can peacefully share, discuss and disseminate information, interact with each other, negotiate – formally or informally – and advance their social, cultural and political interests, in order to foster respect, protection and fulfilment of all human rights for all on the basis of equality and non-discrimination; (c) To form, join, interact with and participate in organizations, associations, networks and groups, on the local, regional and international levels, for the purposes of 15 16 20 Newman, D. As cited in De Feyter, K., Towards a Framework Convention on the Right to Development (Geneva, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 2013). Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink, Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics (New York, Cornell University Press, 1998).

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