Statement delivered under item 4 of the agenda of the 29th session of the Human Rights Council on human rights situations that require the Council’s attention
In light of the visible trend of shrinking space for civil society and the persistent targeting of human rights defenders and their work, the ACHPR created the Study Group on Freedom of Association and Assembly, whose report was presented during its 58th Ordinary Session.
Au cours des deux derniers jours, la communauté des défenseurs
Over the last two days, Burundi’s community of human rights
(Banjul, The Gambia) A compilation of country studies examining the
Human Rights Council: 28th Session Item 3: Clustered Interactive Dialogue
Burundi is at a turning point in its short history as a democratic country. The country’s forthcoming third democratic elections since the end of its long civil war, scheduled for May 2015, are of critical importance to its peaceful development, and are a source of growing concern to many national and international stakeholders.
DefendDefenders details extensively how the relationship between civil society and Burundian state authorities dramatically deteriorated ahead of the April 2015 Presidential elections.
Les défenseurs des droits de l’homme burundais opèrent dans un
Le projet des Défenseurs des Droits de l’Homme de l’Est et de la Corne de l’Afrique (EHAHRDP), est fier d’avoir complété sa formation d’une semaine: “Claiming Spaces: Outils stratégiques pour défenseurs des droits de l’homme” ce Vendredi 12 Décembre 2014 à Bujumbura. Cet évènement a vu se réunir à Bujumbura des défenseurs des droits de l’homme provenant de chaque coin du pays, et est le quatrième que EHAHRDP organise pour célébrer la Journée Internationale des Droits de l’Homme. Auparavant, l’évènement a eu lieu en Ouganda, en Tanzanie et au Sud Soudan.
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