Eritrea: election to UN rights council is not a shield from scrutiny
15 October 2018
“The government should know that because of its election, its behaviour will be more, not less, scrutinised.”
“The government should know that because of its election, its behaviour will be more, not less, scrutinised.”
Highlights of our advocacy work at the 39th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
Interventions au Conseil Notes de cadrage et communiqués de presse
William Leslie Amanzuru is a Ugandan human rights defender from Northern Uganda whose work focuses on environmental protection and climate justice. He is the founder of Friends of Zoka, an organisation aimed at stopping illegal logging in Zoka Forest.
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which
Download report Dear friends, colleagues, and fellow human rights defenders,
The Burundian government’s attempts to obstruct the work of the UN Human Rights Council (the Council) are futile as they will not prevent accountability for grave human rights violations, DefendDefenders (the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project) said after the Council adopted a resolution on Burundi’s human rights situation today. The resolution extends the mandate of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) to investigate Burundi’s human rights situation and regularly report to the Council.
In a statement at HRC39, DefendDefenders highlights Sudan’s failure to cooperate in good faith with human rights mechanisms.
DefendDefenders commends efforts to foster human rights in Somalia and expresses concerns over freedom of expression, and women and children’s rights.
Press release by DefendDefenders and the Djiboutian Observatory for the Promotion of Democracy and Human Rights
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