A/HRC/31/L.47 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: Limited 22 March 2016 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-first session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development China, Cuba, Egypt,* Pakistan,* Russian Federation: amendment to draft resolution A/HRC/31/L.28 31/… Protecting human rights defenders addressing economic, social and cultural rights The sixteenth preambular paragraph should read Mindful that domestic law and administrative provisions and their application should not hinder but enable the work of individuals, groups and organs of society engaged in the promotion and protection of human rights, including by avoiding any criminalization or stigmatization of their lawful activities and important role and that of the communities of which they are a part or on whose behalf they work, as well as by avoiding impediments, obstructions, restrictions or selective enforcement thereof contrary to States’ obligations under international human rights law, * Non-member State of the Human Rights Council. GE.16-04616(E) *1604616*