25 October 2019: Gaborone and Johannesburg Botswana Elections Peaceful but Reforms Needed to Prevent Tension on Civic Space The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (the SAHRDN or the Network) observed the 23 October 2019 General Elections in Botswana. In addition to general observations around the integrity...
Open Letter urges the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to address serious and systematic human rights violations in Cameroon. H.E Solomon Dersso, Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights CC: Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Chairman of the African Union Moussa Faki...
From 1 to 3 October, the ICJ and the Lesotho National Federation of Organizations of the Disabled (Lnfod), an umbrella body of organizations for persons with disabilities, held a judicial training in Lesotho on the rights and access just to persons with disabilities. The workshop was...
65th ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Item 4: Human Rights Situation in Africa Delivered by Hassan Shire Mister Chairperson, distinguished Commissioners, State delegates, representatives of National Human Rights Institutions and non-governmental organisations, DefendDefenders (The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project) and...
In its bi-annual report to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), DefendDefenders (the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project) provides a six-month overview of events affecting the rights to freedom of association, expression, and peaceful assembly in the East and Horn...
20 years after the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, where do we stand on the legal protection of defenders in West Africa? To assess the progress and challenges that remain in the region, ISHR, in collaboration with the West African Network...
