A/HRC/27/L.39 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 4 should read 4. Emphasizes the importance of civil society space for empowering persons belonging to national, ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities and persons in vulnerable situations, as well as persons espousing minority beliefs, and in that regard calls upon States to ensure that legislation, policies and practices do not undermine the enjoyment of their human rights or the activities of civil society in defending their rights; * Non-member State of the Human Rights Council. GE.14-17222 (E) 