A/HRC/31/L.74 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, Egypt,* Russian Federation: amendment to draft resolution A/HRC/31/L.21 31/… The promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests Paragraph 1 should read 1. Calls upon all States to promote a safe and enabling environment for individuals and groups to exercise their rights to freedom of peaceful assembly, of expression and of association, recalls that all States have the responsibility in all circumstances, including in the context of peaceful assemblies, to promote, respect and protect human rights and to prevent all human rights violations, and calls upon States to avoid the abuse of criminal and civil proceedings or threats of such acts at all times; GE.16-04674(E) *1604674*