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2013: End of Year Message
Dear Friends, Season’s greetings from the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP)! Throughout the year, EHAHRDP has reported on the harassment and intimidation of human rights defenders (HRDs) and journalists, and increasing attempts by state and non-state actors to undermine and disrupt the activities of civil society. We have also seen […]
South Sudan: Create Enabling Environment for Human Rights Defenders
The Government of South Sudan must protect human rights defenders and strive to create an enabling environment for their work, the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) said today on the closing day of a week-long workshop entitled Claiming Spaces: Tactical Tools for Human Rights Defenders. In a week that marked […]
States Should Ensure an Enabling Environment for Human Rights Defenders
On Human Rights Day, the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project commemorates the 65th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and yesterday’s 15th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders and calls on states to intensify their efforts to fulfill their responsibility to promote and protect all human […]
Opening remarks for Claiming Spaces 2013: Tactical Tools for HRDs in South Sudan
Ladies and gentlemen, Acting Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, His Excellency Mr. Paul Tholen Ambassador of the United States of America, Her Excellency Mrs. Susan Page, Ambassador of the European Union Delegation to the Republic of South Sudan, Hi Excellency Mr. Sven Kuhn Von Burgsdorff, Colleagues, friends, members of the press, and fellow […]
South Sudan: Report Highlights Persistent Pattern of Attacks against Human Rights Defenders
Human rights defenders in South Sudan are facing increasingly grave risks in undertaking human rights monitoring and reporting, finds a new report published today by the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP). The report, entitled “Change will not come until we talk about reality: The Closing Space for Human Rights Defenders […]
African States Should Commit to Protecting Women Human Rights Defenders
The adoption of a resolution on protecting women human rights defenders at the UN General Assembly on 27th November 2013 sends a clear message about this issue’s global importance. However, with no African State having co-sponsored the resolution, the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project calls today – on International Women Human […]
Honouring Women Human Rights Defenders
Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) include women defending all human rights as well as all those who defend the rights of women and work on issues related to gender equality. WHRDs make a vital contribution to democratic processes, securing and maintaining peace, and ensuring security, development and respect for human rights in our communities. However, […]
EHAHRDP Journal Article Published on Networks for HRD Protection
EHAHRDP has been published in a special issue on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders in the Journal of Human Rights Practice. The special issue contains useful articles from organizations across the globe focused on promoting and protecting the rights of human rights defenders. The Journal of Human Rights Practice is an Oxford Journal with […]
Joint NGO Submission on Ethiopia for Universal Periodic Review
Ethiopia’s human rights record will be examined in April 2014 at the 19th session of the Universal Periodic Review.East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP), World Alliance for Citizen Participation (CIVICUS) and Human Rights Council (HRCO) made a joint submission on Ethiopia’s human rights situation.buy bactroban online buy bactroban no prescription To […]
Submission on Eritrea for Universal Periodic Review
Eritrea’s human rights record will be examined in January 2014, at the 18th session of the Universal Periodic Review by other UN member states. Eritrea will declare what actions it has taken to improve its human rights situation and fulfill its human rights obligations. A review of a State is based on a national report prepared by the State under review; a compilation of United Nations information on the State under review prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR); and a summary of information submitted by other stakeholders (including civil society actors), also prepared by OHCHR.The UPR process provides for the participation of all relevant stakeholders, including non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Civil society actors can submit information which can be added to the “other stakeholders” report which is considered during the review. EHAHRDP submitted this report in June 2013.