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COUNSULTANT TO DEVELOP A FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR EHAHRDP
ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) is the secretariat to a network of more than 75 member organizations drawn from eleven countries in the sub-region (that is, Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia (and Somaliland), South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda). The project was designed to strengthen […]
UN HRC 29: Statement on Human Rights Situations that Require the Council’s Attention
Statement delivered under item 4 of the agenda of the 29th session of the Human Rights Council on human rights situations that require the Council’s attention
UN HRC 29: Statement During Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea
Oral Intervention East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) Delivered by Mr. Hassan Shire Thank you Mr. President. The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project welcomes the report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea and appreciate the findings of the Commission of Inquiry on […]
UN HRC 29: Statement Delivered During Individual Interactive Dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea
Oral Intervention East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) Delivered by Mr. Hassan Shire Thank you Mr. President, The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project welcomes the report of the detailed findings of the Commission of Inquiry on the human rights situation in Eritrea and reiterates the recommendations made […]
UN HRC29: Eritrea’s Human Rights Crisis Through the Eyes of Victims
At the margins of the 29th session of the Human Rights Council, please join us for a side event on the human rights situation in Eritrea on Thursday 25th June at 12.30 to 15. 30 hrs in room xxv, Palais de Nations
UN HRC29: Statement During Clustered Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Freedom of Expression & the Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Peaceful Assembly & of Association
The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project welcomes this interactive dialogue, and the report of Mr. Kaye on the use of encryption and anonymity in digital communications. Similarly, we welcome Mr. Kiai’s report on the right to peaceful assembly and association, focusing on the context of natural resource exploitation.
Egypt: Cease administrative harassment of Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
Egyptian state authorities must immediately cease the administrative harassment of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), said the Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network, and the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project in a joint statement released today. On 9th June 2015, a committee from Egypt’s ‘Ministry of Social Solidarity’ visited […]
UN HRC: Joint Letter on Addressing the Human Rights Situation and the Need For Accountability For Past Atrocities and On-going Violations in South Sudan
In a joint letter twelve national, regional and international non governmental organisations urge the permanent representatives of member and observer states of the UN Human Rights council to address serious, widespread and ongoing violations and abuses of international human rights and humanitarian law committed in South Sudan and to also address the lack of any credible accountability for war crimes and possible crimes against humanity in the country during the upcoming 29th session of the UN Human Rights Council.
ACHPR: Report of the study group of freedom of association and assembly
In light of the visible trend of shrinking space for civil society and the persistent targeting of human rights defenders and their work, the ACHPR created the Study Group on Freedom of Association and Assembly, whose report was presented during its 58th Ordinary Session.
Somalia: Freedom of Expression Under Attack
State authorities in Somalia must ensure swift, thorough and lawful investigations into a spate of recent attacks on journalists, and rescind a recent government order that undermines freedom of expression, said the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project in a statement released today. Daud Ali Omar, a journalist for Radio Baidoa, and […]