Updates from January 2020!
7 February 2020
Dear friends and colleagues, 2020 is an auspicious year for
Dear friends and colleagues, 2020 is an auspicious year for
In its bi-annual report to the African Commission on Human
The UN Human Rights Council (“Council”) has decided to keep a spotlight on Burundi ahead of key elections scheduled for 2020. Today, the Council adopted a resolution that extends the mandate of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on Burundi for one year and condemns a wide range of human rights violations and abuses, a move which DefendDefenders welcomes.
Ahead of the 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, NGOs call on States to support a resolution extending the mandate of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on Burundi for a further year, until September 2020.
In its bi-annual report to the African Commission on Human
64th Ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and
Kampala, 28 November, 2018 – Yesterday, the appeal hearing of
Statement to the 63rd session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights – Item 3.
In its bi-annual report to the African Commission on Human
The Burundian government’s attempts to obstruct the work of the UN Human Rights Council (the Council) are futile as they will not prevent accountability for grave human rights violations, DefendDefenders (the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project) said after the Council adopted a resolution on Burundi’s human rights situation today. The resolution extends the mandate of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) to investigate Burundi’s human rights situation and regularly report to the Council.
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