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UN Members Should Reject Sudan Junta’s Membership on the Human Rights Council
Opinion piece by Hassan Shire, Estella Kabachwezi and Nicolas Agostini Published by Just Security on 5 October 2022 Sudan, a country controlled by a military junta that routinely uses live ammunition to disperse protestors, is running for re-election as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Based on the record of such candidacies and the council’s arcane […]
Updates from September 2022
Dear Colleagues, Globally, September has been an eventful month, with world leaders convening in New York for the 77th session of the UN General Assembly to rally international action on the world’s most pressing issues, from the Russian war in Ukraine, to the conflict in Ethiopia’s region of Tigray, among others. Most of the month […]
Human Rights Defender of the month: Margaret Muna Nigba
A human rights lawyer per excellence, Margaret is also an indefatigable woman human rights defender (WHRD) who has won the adulation of millions in her country for her impassioned dedication to defending the rights of women and girls in her native Liberia. But it was not always this promising for her. Born 37 years ago in Grand Kru, Southeastern Liberia, Margaret had to do with a childhood of abuse, neglect, and want, after her, her sibling and her mother were abandoned by their father at an early age.
Between Principles and Pragmatism: How African states vote at the UN Human Rights Council
Between Principles and PragmatismHow African states vote at the UN Human Rights Council In a report published today, DefendDefenders and AfricanDefenders present a comprehensive analysis of the voting history, record, and behaviour of African states at the UN Human Rights Council. “Between Principles and Pragmatism” is an evidence-based analysis of patterns of votes for African […]
DefendDefenders’ oral statements at HRC51
Oral statements delivered during the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council (12 September-7 October 2022) Item 2: General Debate on the oral update by the High Commissioner (14 September 2022) Mr. President, Mr. High Commissioner, We congratulate you on your appointment as High Commissioner for Human Rights and wish you all the best […]
Press release | International civil society urges European Union to guarantee an enabling visa framework for human rights
Brussels, 7 September 2022.- In a joint statement published today at the initiative of ProtectDefenders.eu, 50 international civil society organisations are calling on all European Union institutions and the EU Member States to return on their political mandate in favor of human rights and human rights defenders, and lead on the implementation of concrete initiatives, […]
African Union Day 2022: Support environmental rights activists for a food secure continent.
DefendDefenders and AfricanDefenders join the rest of the world to commemorate the African Union Day. Food Insecurity is one of the biggest crises facing our continent today. Two years ago, the world bank reported that one in every five people on the continent faced hunger, and there are fears that the continent might only be […]
African Union Day 2022: Support environmental rights activists for a food secure continent.
DefendDefenders and AfricanDefenders join the rest of the world to commemorate the African Union Day. Food Insecurity is one of the biggest crises facing our continent today. Two years ago, the world bank reported that one in every five people on the continent faced hunger, and there are fears that the continent might only be […]
Ethiopia: Extend the Expert Commission’s mandate
Ahead of the UN Human Rights Council’s 51st regular session (HRC51, 12 September-7 October 2022), four NGOs urge states to support a resolution that reflects the human rights situation in Ethiopia and extends the mandate of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on the country (ICHREE) for a year. “The ComÂmission’s work is vital […]
Human Rights Defender of the month: Mohammed Adam Hassan
Mohammed Hassan has known mostly conflict, displacement, and war all his adult life. As part of Sudan’s black population in the country’s region of Darfur, they were for long the victims of oppression by Khartoum, then under now deposed dictator Omar Bashir. Then, in 2003, when Mohammed was 19, Darfur’s black population decided to fight back. Two rebel movements – Sudan Liberation Movement and the Justice and Equality Movement launched a rebellion against Bashir’s government, seeking justice for Darfur’s non-Arab population. The response by Khartoum was chilling: Bashir’s forces launched a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the region’s non-Arab population, and thousands of families were displaced and herded into refugee camps.