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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Despite the challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and strict health measures in place, since March 2020, DefendDefenders has pursued its engagement with the UN
As despite the peace process and diplomatic breakthroughs in the Horn of Africa, no human rights progress can be reported in Eritrea, the United Nations’
In a joint report prepared ahead of the UN Human Rights Council’s review of Rwanda in the framework of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), DefendDefenders and
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