Edmund Yakani is one of South Sudan’s most prominent human rights defenders (HRDs). The Civil Rights Defender of the Year 2017 has worked on an array of topics – the rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs), transitional justice, and the protection of HRDs in cooperation with DefendDefenders – that are all connected by the common thread of human rights promotion and protection.
Dear friends and colleagues, While our offices have partially opened up
DefendDefenders regularly engages with the UN Human Rights Council (HRC),
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, human rights bodies and experts across
In a new report published today, DefendDefenders analyses the situation of human rights defenders (HRDs) and civil society in South Sudan after the signature of the 2018 Revitalised Peace Agreement and formation, in early 2020, of a national unity government.
In a joint paper released today, a group of 12 NGOs
In a letter released today, DefendDefenders and partners call on
In its bi-annual report to the African Commission on Human and
DefendDefenders is hosting a five-day online training in conducting digital
The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to drastically shape our work. To contain the spread of the virus, most of our team has been working from home, but that is not to say that we have worked less.
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