DefendDefenders holds consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
To ensure that HRDs are heard at the HRC, DefendDefenders brings HRDs from the East and Horn of Africa sub-region to the HRC sessions.
Through our UN office in Geneva, we ensure strategic engagement with diplomatic missions and HRC members.
Through our UN office in Geneva, we ensure strategic engagement with like-minded organisations based in Geneva.
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DefendDefenders regularly engages with the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), including through its Geneva office. In a paper released today, “The UN Human Rights Council:
In a joint paper released today, a group of 12 NGOs encourage States to more systematically use civic space indicators as objective criteria for action at
In a letter released today, DefendDefenders and partners call on the UN Human Rights Council to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Eritrea.
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