Given the importance of the role that human rights defenders play in democratic societies, the free and full exercise of this right places a duty on States to create legal and real conditions in which they can freely carry out their activities.
鉴于人权维护者在民主社会中所起的重要作用，为自由和充分地行使这一权利，国家有责任创造他们可以自由开展活动的法律环境和实际条件。