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30A - Every citizen has the right to establish and to participate in the activities of political parties.
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CEDAW - 29 The State party should: (a) Conduct awareness-raising activities for politicians and community leaders, in particular men, as well as the general public, on the importance of the full and equal participation of women in leadership and decision-making with a view to eliminating social and patriarchal attitudes; (b) Increase the role and visibility of women in politics with a view to translating their engagement into leadership roles, targeting in particular current and potential women candidates, and provide incentives for political parties to nominate equal numbers of women and men as candidates; (c) Adopt programmes to provide financial resources, technical advice on campaign management, targeted capacity-building and mentoring on leadership and negotiating skills for women who aim to gain access to public positions; (d) Adopt and implement temporary special measures in the form of quotas, with benchmarks and specific timetables, to increase the representation of women in, among others, decision-making positions, the parliament, government positions, the judiciary and all local governance bodies at the atoll and island levels. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 
UPR - 143.62 Ensure an enabling environment for the activities of journalists, human rights defenders and the other civil society actors Universal Periodic Review
UPR - 143.63 Create and maintain, in law and in practice, a safe and enabling environment, in which human rights defenders and civil society can operate free from hindrance and insecurity, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolutions 22/6 and 27/31 Universal Periodic Review
UPR - 143.66 Take urgent action to protect human rights defenders, non-governmental organizations and journalists, and to investigate and prosecute all who threaten them Universal Periodic Review
133.208 Strengthen efforts to improve the constitutional and policy framework with a view to ensuring women’s participation at all levels of decision-making Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle
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