A/HRC/41/41/Add.4 139. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Human Rights Defender and his office continue their important and remarkable efforts in the promotion and protection of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. 140. The Special Rapporteur also calls upon civil society organizations to: (a) Use every opportunity to participate in decision-making processes and continuously engage in the monitoring of assemblies and of judicial processes when activists and protesters are brought before the courts; (b) Seize all opportunities for training offered to members and strengthen networks with civil society groups not based in the capital; (c) Engage with various stakeholders, including community, and intensify cooperation with trade unions; the international (d) Enhance engagement with United Nations complaints mechanisms, including through the human rights treaty bodies and the special procedures; (e) Follow up and monitor the implementation of the recommendations contained in the present report. 141. The Special Rapporteur calls on the United Nations, other intergovernmental organizations, and other stakeholders to: (a) Advocate with the relevant authorities concerning respect for the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; (b) Build the capacities of the relevant authorities, the national human rights institution and civil society organizations; (c) Monitor the implementation of the recommendations contained in the present report. 142. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the resources available for the future work of OHCHR in Armenia be increased to allow it to conduct activities related to the promotion and protection of human rights. 19

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