Assemblee Generale de l’ONU: Proteger les Femmes Defenseurs des Droits de l’Homme
19 November 2013
Pour : Les représentants des Etats africains à l’ONU à
Pour : Les représentants des Etats africains à l’ONU à
Seventy one African civil society organisations have collectively written to the African Group calling on every African State to live up to their human rights commitments by supporting the draft UN resolution on protecting women human rights defenders, and by taking concrete steps to protect women defenders in their work.
Six international NGOs have written to H.E Abdelaziz Bouteflika, president of the Republic of Algeria, in a joint letter, urging his government to take concrete, visible steps aimed to meet its obligation to “uphold the highest standards in the promotion and protection of human rights,” as set forth in UN General Assembly Resolution 60/251.
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) should order a fact-finding mission to investigate the deaths and detention of hundreds of demonstrators, a group of 11 international and African organizations said in a letter made public today.
11 human rights NGOs have written to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to call on them to urgently condemn the excessive and disproportionate use of force against protestors, and restrictions on basic civil and political rights in Sudan.
One of Uganda’s leading human rights defenders, Mr. Livingstone Sewanyana,
54th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and
Presented at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights,
54th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and
Report submitted to the 54th ordinary Session of the African
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