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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Statement in relation to the International Women’s Day 2020. In commemoration of the 2020 International Women’s Day, 14 civil society organisations (CSOs) honor the brave
Oral statements delivered by DefendDefenders at the 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC43).
DefendDefenders joins civil society organisations in calling on the UN Human Rights Council to renew the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders.
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