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
Oral Intervention East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders
Oral Intervention East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders
At the margins of the 29th session of the Human Rights Council, please join us for a side event on the human rights situation in Eritrea on Thursday 25th June at 12.30 to 15. 30 hrs in room xxv, Palais de Nations
The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project welcomes this interactive dialogue, and the report of Mr. Kaye on the use of encryption and anonymity in digital communications. Similarly, we welcome Mr. Kiai’s report on the right to peaceful assembly and association, focusing on the context of natural resource exploitation.
Egyptian state authorities must immediately cease the administrative harassment of
In a joint letter twelve national, regional and international non governmental organisations urge the permanent representatives of member and observer states of the UN Human Rights council to address serious, widespread and ongoing violations and abuses of international human rights and humanitarian law committed in South Sudan and to also address the lack of any credible accountability for war crimes and possible crimes against humanity in the country during the upcoming 29th session of the UN Human Rights Council.
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.
State authorities in Somalia must ensure swift, thorough and lawful
The chairman of Somaliland’s Human Rights Centre, Guleid Ahmed Jama,
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