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HRC37: Interactive dialogue with the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan
DefendDefenders calls on the UN Human Rights Council to renew and strengthen the mandate of the Commission on human rights in South Sudan.
HRC37: Enhanced Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Eritrea
UN Human Rights Council: 37th Session Item 4: Enhanced Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Eritrea Oral Intervention CIVICUS and DefendDefenders Delivered by Estella Kabachwezi on 12 March 2018 Mr. President, on behalf of CIVICUS, DefendDefenders, Eritrean Law Society, Human Rights Concern Eritrea, Information Forum for Eritrea and One day Seyoum, I would like […]
Réflexions sur la 37ème session du Conseil des droits de l’homme de l’ONU
Return to English Au cours des cinq dernières années, la situation des droits humains dans l’Est et la Corne de l’Afrique s’est continuellement détériorée. Que ce soit en raison de conflits ouverts ou via des restrictions – à la fois légales et extra-juridiques – imposées à l’espace civique, les droits des citoyens de la sous-région […]
DefendDefenders opens permanent office in Geneva
DefendDefenders becomes first Sub-Saharan regional civil society organisation to establish permanent representation to the UN in Geneva.
HRC37: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
Human Rights Council: 37th Session Item 3: Clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence and the Special Advisor on the prevention of genocide Oral Intervention Thank you Mr. Vice-President. The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project welcomes the study on the […]
HRC37: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders
Human Rights Council: 37th Session Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders Thank you Mr. President. The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project welcomes  the report of  the Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders and recognises the vital role of human rights defenders working to protect and […]
HRC37: Renewing and strengthening the mandate of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva RE: Renewing and strengthening the mandate of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan to ensure accountability for gross violations of human rights and related crimes in South Sudan Excellencies, We, the undersigned national, regional and international non-governmental […]
Aloys Habimana, Protection Coordinator Front Line Defenders, released
DefendDefenders (the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project) welcomes the release of human rights defender Aloys Habimana, Protection Coordinator for East and Southern Africa at Front Line Defenders. On 17 February 2018, Mr Habimana and another individual were arrested at the border between Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo for unspecified […]
Sudan: Civil society expresses concern about arbitrary arrests and incommunicado detentions to UN experts
TO: UN Human Rights Committee UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention; UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Mr. David Kaye; UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, Mr. Aristide Nononsi UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of […]
Join us! Announcing the 2018 DefendersTech Professionals Fellowship
Get away from it all but bring your skills with you. The DefendersTech Program at DefendDefenders is looking for technology professionals to join our team. On this short, costs-covered, secondment to Kampala, Uganda you will help human rights defenders working in the dynamic but turbulent countries of East and Horn of Africa to use technology safely and effectively. You will support and develop the ragtag team of trainers and technologists at DefendDefenders by contributing your unique expertise to our existing projects or begin the development of new ones.