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"Member States should: a. ensure an enabling legal framework and a conducive political and public environment for human rights defenders, enabling individuals, groups, civil society organisations and national institutions for the protection and promotion of human rights (NHRIs) to freely carry out activities, on a legal basis, consistent with international law and standards, to strive for the protection and promotion of all human rights and fundamental freedoms."

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CoE (Committee of Ministers): Recommendation Rec(2018)11 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the Need to Strengthen the Protection and Promotion of Civil Society Space in Europe, para. I.a

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Recommendation Rec(2018)11 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the Need to Strengthen the Protection and Promotion of Civil Society Space in Europe

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States should create, in law and practice, an enabling environment for civil society organizations to operate free from hindrance and insecurity.