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#Wedefend #Nousdefendons Campaign

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PAHRDN/EHAHRDP delegation is setting off to attend the 56th ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR), scheduled for 21st April to 7th May 2015 and the preceding NGO Forum running from 17th -19th April 2015. The #Wedefend #Nousdefendons campaign will be officially launched at the margins of the 56th session of the ACHPR.
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Emphasis is on ‘We” because in the context of the African Charter for Human and Peoples Rights, human rights are recognized as both collective and individual rights. This campaign reflects on the important role human rights defenders play in being the voice of others within the African human rights mechanisms. The slogans for the campaign include:

•We defend those who promote legal protection for HRDs;
•We defend those who speak up on freedoms of assembly, association, expression and opinion;
•We defend the right to access funding from international bodies;
•We defend the right to an effective remedy to be protected; we defend the safe working environment for HRDs in Africa;
•We defend those who speak up on all forms of discrimination; we defend those who speak out on corruption and impunity;
• We defend those who speak up on transparent management of natural resources.

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Will you defend those that risk their lives to protect and promote your rights? Be part of #Wedefend #Nousdefendons campaign!

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As a child, Leon wanted to be a magistrate – whom he saw as agents of justice. Born in 1983 in Burundi’s Southern province, he came of age at a time of great social and political upheaval in the East African country. In 1993 when Leon was barely 10, Burundi was besieged by a civil war that would last for the next 12 years until 2005, characterized by indiscriminate violence and gross human rights abuses in which over 300,000 people are estimated to have died.In 2012, still struggling to find her footing in Kampala, Aida was introduced to DefendDefenders, where she was introduced to the organisation’s resource center, and assured, it (the center) would be at her disposal whenever she needed to use it.

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