Burundi: DefendDefenders submits 2 joint reports to 29th session of the UPR Working Group

Joint submission ahead of Ethiopia’s fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

CIVICUS is a global alliance of civil society organisations (CSOs)

Reflections on the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council

The 55th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council

South Sudan: international human rights scrutiny will cover 2024 elections

By adopting a resolution entitled “Advancing human rights in South

Updates from March 2024

Hello friends, March is also fondly known as the women’s

Human Rights Defender of the month: Leon Ntakiyiruta

As a child, Leon wanted to be a magistrate – whom he saw as agents of justice. Born in 1983 in Burundi’s Southern province, he came of age at a time of great social and political upheaval in the East African country. In 1993 when Leon was barely 10, Burundi was besieged by a civil war that would last for the next 12 years until 2005, characterized by indiscriminate violence and gross human rights abuses in which over 300,000 people are estimated to have died.In 2012, still struggling to find her footing in Kampala, Aida was introduced to DefendDefenders, where she was introduced to the organisation’s resource center, and assured, it (the center) would be at her disposal whenever she needed to use it.

Joint Statement in Support of Progress toward a Crimes Against Humanity Treaty

The undersigned organizations and individuals — with representation from multiple