Over 2,300 civilians have been killed and over half a million people have had to flee their homes since violence erupted in Cabo Delgado in 2017. The crisis is escalating rapidly. If left unabated, it threatens regional peace and stability in southern Africa – and...
68th Ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) Parallel hybrid event on the South Sudan Date: 30 April 2021 Time: 11:00h- 12:30h EAT; 10:00h- 11:30h CAT [button size='' style='' text='Register Here' icon='fa-pencil' icon_color='' link='https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvd-6sqjIoE90NKNHWbg2uOBOi9lBjSisp' target='_self' color='' hover_color='' border_color='' hover_border_color='' background_color='' hover_background_color='' font_style='' font_weight='' text_align=''...
[button size='' style='' text='Download the Portuguese version' icon='' icon_color='' link='https://africandefenders.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Call-for-consultancy_scoping-study-Português-30.pdf' target='_self' color='' hover_color='' border_color='' hover_border_color='' background_color='' hover_background_color='' font_style='' font_weight='' text_align='' margin=''] Background African human rights defenders (HRDs) face a spectrum of interlocking challenges that often create a hostile working environment. They often face restrictions on their own...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Oral statements delivered by AfricanDefenders and DefendDefenders at the 68th session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR68). [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Item 3: Human Rights Situation in Africa Honorable Chairperson , Honorable Commissioners , State Delegates represented, Distinguished ladies and gentlemen , On...
©Image by African Union Held virtually from 12-13 April 2021 The theme: ‘The Africa we want: the role of arts, culture, and heritage in the realization of human rights and democracy. The general objective of the NGOs Forum is to consolidate collaboration between and among NGOs and civil...
In a letter made public today, we joined 55 other civil society organisations and 11 civil society leaders in urging the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E Moussa Faki, to urgently address the deteriorating humanitarian and human rights situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, as...
