This post was first published on DefendDefenders' website Oral statements delivered by DefendDefenders at the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC46, 22 February-23 March 2021) (Due to the Covid-19-related restrictions, HRC46 is entirely virtual, and all statements are video-recorded statements) Item 2: General debate (1 March...
This report was first published on the Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network's website The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) in collaboration with Advancing Rights in Southern Africa (ARISA) and Amnesty International of Southern Africa held the 2020 HRDs Summit virtually due to COVID-19...
This report was first published on Defenders Coalition's website REPRESSIVE DISCIPLINARY AND CRIMINAL PROCESSES AGAINST VOCAL STUDENTS AT KENYA’S PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES Academic institutions are the hub for nurturing and sustaining the right to education. Whilst it is to be expected that universities will always stand for the...
This statement was first published by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies The undersigned Egyptian human rights organizations call on the Public Prosecution to release Ahmed Samir Santawy, a master’s researcher at the Central European University (CEU) in Austria, given that the investigations concerning him...
The right to health is a fundamental and inclusive[1] human right, encompassing health care, safe drinking water in hospital facilities, adequate sanitation, adequate nutrition, and housing. Functioning public health care facilities, goods and services should be available, accessible, in acceptable conditions, and of good quality. States...
Photo Credit: AKUOT CHOL/AFP/GETTY IMAGES [button size='' style='' text='Read the letter' icon='' icon_color='' link='https://africandefenders.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/HRC46-Civil-society-letter-regarding-SOUTH-SUDAN.pdf' target='_self' color='' hover_color='' border_color='' hover_border_color='' background_color='' hover_background_color='' font_style='' font_weight='' text_align='' margin=''] Ahead of the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council (22 February-23 March 2021), a group of 40 civil society organisations urge...
