Claiming Spaces: Tactical Tools for Human Rights Defenders

Claiming Spaces:
Tactical Tools for Human Rights Defenders

Through our annual flagship workshop ‘Claiming spaces: Tactical tools for Human Rights Defenders’
we aim to build the capacity and provide a platform for human rights defenders (HRDs) in
the East and Horn of Africa sub-region.

Advocacy Civic space News Statements & Submissions UN system and Human Rights Council

DefendDefenders’ oral statements at HRC59

Advocacy Eritrea News Statements & Submissions UN system and Human Rights Council

Eritrea: Adopt a strong resolution extending the Special Rapporteur’s mandate

DefendDefenders’ oral statements at HRC59

Eritrea: Adopt a strong resolution extending the Special Rapporteur’s mandate

Press Release: Leadership Renewal and Organizational Restructuring of Defenders Coalition Somalia

DefendDefenders’ oral statements at HRC59

Oral statements delivered during the 59th session of the UN Human Rights Council (16 June-9 July 2025) Item 2: Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur

16 June 2025 No Comments

Eritrea: Adopt a strong resolution extending the Special Rapporteur’s mandate

In a joint letter released ahead of the UN Human Rights Council’s 59th session (HRC59, 16 June-11 July 2025), civil society calls on the Council

22 May 2025 No Comments

Press Release: Leadership Renewal and Organizational Restructuring of Defenders Coalition Somalia

Since August 2024, and under the leadership of Hassan Shire, Executive Director of DefendDefenders and Chairperson of AfricanDefenders, two missions have been deployed to Somalia to evaluate the current landscape for human rights defenders (HRDs), 10 years after the launch of the report titled Between the Rock and the Hard Place.

16 May 2025 No Comments

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