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UN HRC: Joint NGO Letter on Human Right Situation in Sudan
A joint NGO letter to the UN Human Rights Council to recognize and respond to the gravity of the human rights situation in Sudan, and to ensure that it addresses the serious and widespread violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in the country under the Council’s agenda item 4 during its upcoming 27th […]
Launch of “We Are Africa” Campaign
The following text is taken directly from http://www.we-are-africa.org/ From August 4-6 2014, President Obama is welcoming heads of state from across the African continent in Washington, DC for an unprecedented event: the first U.S. – Africa Leader Summit. Although the White House has stated that the summit will “highlight America’s commitment to Africa’s security, its […]
Reflection on the 26th Session of the Human Rights Council
By Hassan Shire Whilst EHAHRDP’s core mandate is the provision of protection interventions to human rights defenders at risk, an equally critical aspect of our work is our advocacy at regional and international human rights bodies. We consistently engage at every session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva; supporting human rights defenders […]
Civil society reception to honour the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Civil society reception to honour the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Monday 21 July, 2014 18h30 – 21h00 1 rue de Varembé, Geneva In September, Navanethem Pillay will finish her term as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Since her appointment in 2008, Ms Pillay has been a principled and dedicated advocate for […]
SUDAN: Closure of Leading Women’s Rights Organisation
The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project condemns the closure and dissolution of Salmmah Women’s Resource Centre and calls on the government to end the attacks on civil society organisations. Salmmah Women’s Resource Centre was registered as a charitable Company in 1997 according to the Sudanese Companies Act of 1925 and works […]
Kampala: EuropeAid Head of Unit, Governance, Democracy, Gender and Human Rights meets with EHAHRDP
Mr. Jean-Louis Ville, Head of Unit, Governance, Democracy, Gender and Human Rights at EuropeAid in Brussels met with the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) to discuss the status of human rights defenders in East and Horn of Africa sub-region. Mr. Ville along with members of the EU Delegation in Uganda […]
Cameroon: Office Break In At Leading Human Rights Organisation
Police authorities in Cameroon should immediately launch a criminal investigation into the recent break-in and theft of equipment at the offices of leading human rights organisation, Le Réseau des Défenseurs des Droits Humains en Afrique Centrale (REDHAC), said the Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network (PAHRDN) today. At approximately 3am on June 14th 2014, unidentified armed intruders […]
Soudan du Sud: Lettre Publique à l’attention des Missions Permanentes des États Africains auprès de l’Organisation des Nations Unies à Genève Algérie, Bénin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Éthiopie, Gabon, Kenya, Maroc, Namibie, Sierra Leone et Afrique du Sud
Excellences, Les organisations soussignées de la société civile africaine écrivent urgemment afin d’appeler les membres du Groupe africain à veiller à ce que les violations graves, massives et continues du droit international humanitaire et des droits humains au Soudan du Sud soient traitées de façon adéquate par le Conseil des droits de l’homme lors de […]
South Sudan: Public Letter To The Permanent Missions of African States to the United Nations in Geneva Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Morocco, Namibia, Sierra Leone and South Africa
Excellencies, The undersigned African civil society organisations write to urgently appeal to members of the African Group to ensure that the serious, widespread, and ongoing violations of international human rights and humanitarian law in South Sudan are adequately addressed by the UN Human Rights Council during its 26th session. To that end, we call for […]
UN HRC: Statement on the Universal Periodic Review of Eritrea
During the interactive dialogue on the adoption of the report of the Working Group on the universal periodic review of Eritrea held on 20th June 2014, Mr. John Foley delivered the following statement on behalf of EHAHRDP.