Webinar series: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on human rights defenders
23 June 2020
DefendDefenders and AfricanDefenders will host a series of webinars to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on human rights defenders.
DefendDefenders and AfricanDefenders will host a series of webinars to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on human rights defenders.
Based on research that collected the testimonies of more than 120 HRDs, in-depth case studies, and live interviews with four exiled HRDs, Exile Shall Not Silence Us is a podcast series that highlights the professional, security, socio-economic, and psychosocial challenges of HRDs in exile in Africa, but most of all their achievements and resilience strategies.
The United Nations’ (UN) top human rights body, the Human
As human rights defenders (HRDs) in the East and Horn
After the sudden passing of President Nkurunziza of Burundi, General
DefendDefenders (the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders
In the coming month, DefendDefenders will shine a spotlight on the mental health of HRDs, to strengthen their security, safety, and psychosocial wellbeing.
DefendDefenders regularly engages with the UN Human Rights Council (HRC),
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, human rights bodies and experts across
In a new report published today, DefendDefenders analyses the situation of human rights defenders (HRDs) and civil society in South Sudan after the signature of the 2018 Revitalised Peace Agreement and formation, in early 2020, of a national unity government.
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