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UN HRC: Statement during Clustered Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Torture and the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders

Human Rights Council: 28th Session Item 3: Clustered Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Torture and the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders 9th March 2015 Oral Intervention East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) Delivered by Ms. Estella Kabachwezi Thank you Mr. President, The East and Horn of Africa Human […]

Newsletter: Defenders in Focus, Issue 8 (August- December 2014)

For updates on EHAHRDP’s activities, please see the 8th issue of our newsletter here: Newsletter- Issue 8

UN HRC: Statement by Hassan Shire During the High Level Segment

Hassan Shire Civil Society Speaker East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project 28th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council High Level Segment 5th March 2015 Mr. President, I speak in my capacity as an African human rights defender, and as the director of an NGO that has supported dozens of human […]

AU Peace and Security Council: Publication of the AU Commission of Inquiry Report on South Sudan

Seventy six South Sudanese and international non-governmental organizations, write to urge the African Union Peace and Security Council to immediately consider, publish and disseminate the report of the AU Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan (AUCISS).

AU:Publication du rapport de la Commission d’enquête

Nous, organisations non gouvernementales sud-soudanaises et internationales signataires de la présente, vous exhortons à examiner, publier et diffuser, dans les plus brefs délais, le rapport de la Commission d’enquête sur le Soudan du Sud.

EHAHRDP is pleased to welcome two new staff members to the team: Kafia Omar joins us as the Special Programs Officer. Kafia holds a Master’s degree in International Law from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. Prior to joining EHAHRDP, Kafia worked for Amnesty International where she undertook campaigning and research on […]

Human rights defenders urge the African Commission to strengthen its response to reprisals

Human rights defenders from the African region provided concrete inputs to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to better protect and enable any individual or organisation seeking to engage with the African human rights system.

Burundi: Human Rights Defenders Under Government Attack

Burundi is at a turning point in its short history as a democratic country. The country’s forthcoming third democratic elections since the end of its long civil war, scheduled for May 2015, are of critical importance to its peaceful development, and are a source of growing concern to many national and international stakeholders.

Q & A With Hassan Shire

As originally published in the East African, January 31st- 6th February Edition Can you begin by telling us about your organisation? The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) was established in 2005. This November, we will celebrate our tenth anniversary. We are an NGO registered and based in Kampala, Uganda, and […]

Burundi: Human Rights Defenders under government attack By Hassan Shire

Opinion Piece: The East African As originally published in the East African, January 31st- 6th February Edition Burundi is at a turning point in its short history as a democratic country. The country’s forthcoming third democratic elections since the end of its long civil war, scheduled for May 2015, are of critical importance to its […]