A briefing paper by DefendDefenders outlining the pivotal role of human rights defenders in advocating for justice, accountability, and the rights of victims of sexual violence.
Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) include women defending all human
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.
Report submitted to the 54th ordinary Session of the African
Report submitted to the 53rd Ordinary Session of the African
Human rights defenders (HRDs) meeting in Cameroon at the first counterpart meeting of the PAHRD Net have learnt with shock and outrage at the arbitrary arrest and detention of Zimbabwe’s leading human rights lawyer Mrs Beatrice Mtetwa by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) yesterday 17 March 2013 when she was trying to represent her client as a lawyer.
The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network
Overview of the Human Rights Situation
in the East and Horn of Africa
November 2011 – April 2012
Report submitted at the 51st Ordinary Session of the
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR)
Banjul, The Gambia, April 2012
Download the Report. This report highlights some of the key
Download the Report Report on the human rights situation in
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