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Reflections on the 31st Session of the Human Rights Council
DefendDefenders hit the ground running in 2016, as human rights defenders across the entire sub-region of the East and Horn of Africa face increasing restrictions on their rights and their ability to work.
SUDAN: TRACKs Office Once Again Raided and Staff Targeted by National Intelligence
Sudanese authorities should stop harassing civil society activists and allow them to work without arbitrary interference and intimidation.
Defenders Speaking Out: “Who will save the citizens of South Sudan if I stop my work?”
As the 31st session of the UN HRC comes to an end, our eyes turn to Geneva and the member states of the Council, awaiting a strong resolution establishing such a mechanism. Yesterday, we spoke to a journalist and human rights defender who was forced to flee South Sudan after his life was threatened by government security forces. His story shows once again the dire need for strong action by the Council.
HRC31: Individual Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner’s report on South Sudan
CIVIVUS and DefendDefenders call upon the Human Rights Council to establish a Special Rapporteur to ensure constant scrutiny of the human rights situation in South Sudan.
HCR31: Letter to Member States of the UN Human Rights Council
45 CSOs call upon the council to support resolution on the protection of human rights defenders addressing economic, social and cultural rights.
HCR31: Joint oral statement calling for protection of HRDs in Egypt
The human rights movement in Egypt faces unprecedented risk, with the most credible and effective organisations facing closure and the most courageous and independent defenders facing the risk of charges that carry a sentence of life imprisonment.
Independent evaluation consultancy for EU-funded Project
PAHRDN seeks the services of a consultant(s) to undertake an evaluation of PAHRDN’s EU funded project in promoting and protecting human rights defenders in Africa. Submit applications by 3 April 2016.
HRC31: Adoption of the Universal Periodic Review report of Rwanda
Oral statement on the adoption of the UPR report of Rwanda delivered by Laurent Munyandilikirwa at the UN Human Rights Council.
Joint Civil Society Statement on Rwanda’s Withdrawal of its Article 34(6) Declaration from the Protocol on the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Version française ci-dessous The recent decision by the government of the Republic of Rwanda to withdraw its article 34(6) declaration of the Protocol on the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Protocol) represents a significant setback for human rights protection in […]
HRC31: Individual Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Eritrea (Oral Update)
Joint Oral Statement by the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project and Reporters Without Borders to the Special Rapporteur on Eritrea.