DefendDefenders launches new website
29 August 2017
Dear friends and colleagues, In 2015, when we celebrated the
Dear friends and colleagues, In 2015, when we celebrated the
DefendDefenders (the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders
Oral statements to the Council Open letters and press releases
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which
Last month, Commissioners and representatives of African member states, national
Human Rights Council: 35th Session Item 4: General Debate –
With no indication that the Eritrean government is willing to take steps to improve its human rights record or address past and ongoing violations, DefendDefenders calls for the renewal of the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on Eritrea.
To Permanent Representatives of Members and Observer States of
DefendDefenders raises challenges facing human rights organisations and campaigns at an institutional level in the East and Horn of Africa at the African Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights.
Despite the adoption of various resolution by the African Commission, the right to freedom of expression continues to be violated both online and offline. In Niamey, DefendDefenders provides an overview of the most pressing cases from the sub-region to the Commissioners.