PAHRDN: Final Communique of the 2nd Counterpart Meeting
29 October 2014
PAN-AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS NETWORK Final communique of the 2nd
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PAN-AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS NETWORK Final communique of the 2nd
EHAHRDP and Pan African Human Rights Defenders Network staff pay
Background The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders
Somaliland National Human Rights Commissioners visit Kampala, Uganda for a week long study tour from 13th-17th October, 2014.
To read EHAHRDP’s latest issue of its newsletter on the
The recently concluded 27th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, which I attended on behalf of EHAHRDP, saw some encouraging global developments, including the passage of two important Resolutions on the protection of civil society space, and on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Katie Campo, the Africa Program Officer at the National Endowment
(Geneva) – The Human Rights Council has resisted attempts to
Mr Hassan Shire, Exective Director EHAHRDP, delivered an oral statement during the interactive dialogue with Mr. Nyanduga the new Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Somalia.
In a joint letter to the permanent representatives of members and observer states of the United Nations Human Rights Council, over 40 civil society organisations urge States to oppose proposed amendments that would weaken draft Human Rights Council resolution on civil society space.
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