New report details shrinking space of civil society during elections in Sudan, Ethiopia, Burundi And Uganda.
30 September 2015
Human rights defenders face increasing and worsening restrictions when working
Human rights defenders face increasing and worsening restrictions when working
The report details the tactics used by the Sudanese, Ethiopian, Burundian and Ugandan governments to limit the operating environment for civil society in advance of elections.
Oral Intervention East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders
This event will feature prominent human rights defenders from Burundi, Ethiopia, Sudan and Uganda who will discuss the deteriorating space for civil society actors during elections and address the ways in which the Human Rights Council can take urgent action to fulfill its mandate.
EHAHRDP and its partners seek to highlight the pattern of systematic violations and abuses human rights defenders continue to face and the failure of Somalia to uphold its commitments in a side event at the margins of the 30th session of the UN Human Rights Council in room XXIII at 1100 to 1300 hours
Side event on breaking the cycle of impunity in South Sudan and calling for transitional justice, Monday 28th September 2015 at Palais des Nations, room XXII at 330pm to 5pm
ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights
ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights
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The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project