EHAHRDP together with its partners: FIDH, CIVICUS, ISHR and ARTICLE 19, will be hosting a side event today, 13th March 2015 at 12.30pm in room 24, Palais des Nations, Geneva to discuss what measures can be taken to ensure greater participation of civil society groups and human rights defenders to achieve transparent and representative elections in Africa.
From Exile to Influence: Kamau Ngugi’s Journey with DefendDefenders
“It is interesting that we are talking about 20 years of DefendDefenders. It actually feels like two years, because it feels like DefendDefenders keeps recreating itself. Its presence and the energy feels like it has just begun its work. The staff, the management, everyone at DefendDefenders, is very, very committed to defending human rights defenders and I can only wish them well and wish that we can grow as Defend Defenders, beyond 20 years, into the kind of future that they deserve.”