Human rights defenders from the African region provided concrete inputs to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to better protect and enable any individual or organisation seeking to engage with the African human rights system.
Burundi is at a turning point in its short history as a democratic country. The country’s forthcoming third democratic elections since the end of its long civil war, scheduled for May 2015, are of critical importance to its peaceful development, and are a source of growing concern to many national and international stakeholders.
As originally published in the East African, January 31st- 6th
Opinion Piece: The East African As originally published in the
The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project
DefendDefenders details extensively how the relationship between civil society and Burundian state authorities dramatically deteriorated ahead of the April 2015 Presidential elections.
Les défenseurs des droits de l’homme burundais opèrent dans un
Ms. Yohanan Assefa, a Program Officer with the National Endowment
CONSULTANCY VACANCY ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT EXPERT Organization: East and Horn of