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Apply now: DOC-it
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Call for applications: Monitoring and evaluation expert
Apply by 31 December 2017.
2017: End of Year Message
Dear friends and colleagues, Another year has passed and I’m proud of the achievements of DefendDefenders. Despite the challenges of operating in the ever-restricting space of the East and Horn of Africa, our team of 34 has succeeded in assisting the most at-risk human rights defenders (HRDs) and has shown both dedication and innovation in […]
International Human Rights Defenders Day: Wellbeing of HRDs at the heart of our work
On the International Human Rights Defenders Day, DefendDefenders (the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project) celebrates the work of human rights defenders (HRD) throughout the East and Horn of Africa and takes stock of the growing needs of local civil society across the board. Throughout 2017, authorities have regularly targeted individual Ugandan […]
Reflections on the 61st session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
In October, DefendDefenders travelled to the Gambia, accompanied by human rights defenders (HRDs) from Burundi, Tanzania, and Uganda to attend the 61st Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR or the Commission). On the occasion of its 30th anniversary, DefendDefenders commended the progressive, and often ground-breaking resolutions and decisions by […]
Don’t Shoot the Messenger! Journalists as Human Rights Defenders in the East and Horn of Africa
DefendDefenders examines the challenges journalists face, and provides an overview of the various strategies they have used to circumvent and continue their work amid these restrictions
ACHPR61: State of human rights in Africa
Statement read by EHAHRD-Net Chairperson Vital Nshimirimama
ACHPR61: Updates from the East and Horn of Africa (May – October 2017)
In its bi-annual report to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, DefendDefenders provides a six-month overview of events affecting the rights to freedom of association, expression, and peaceful assembly in the East and Horn of Africa sub-region, highlighting worsening, sustained and targeted attacks on human rights defenders, and civil society as a whole. […]
Reflections on the 36th session of the UN Human Rights Council
Highlights from our advocacy efforts at the 36th session of the UN Human Rights Council
Civil society submits joint report ahead of Djibouti’s 2018 Universal Periodic Review
In a report submitted ahead of Djibouti’s May 2018 examination under the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR), DefendDefenders (the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project) CIVICUS and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) call on the government to create an enabling environment for civil society. Despite receiving 14 recommendations to improve […]