
HRC37: Renewing and strengthening the mandate of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the

To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the

DefendDefenders (the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders

TO: UN Human Rights Committee UN Working Group on Arbitrary
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Dear friends and colleagues, Another year has passed and I’m

On the International Human Rights Defenders Day, DefendDefenders (the East

In October, DefendDefenders travelled to the Gambia, accompanied by human

Statement read by EHAHRD-Net Chairperson Vital Nshimirimama

In its bi-annual report to the African Commission on Human