29 Apr

Posted at 08:51h in AfricanDefenders

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=''...

23 Apr

Posted at 07:45h in AfricanDefenders

  [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...

21 Apr

Posted at 13:09h in AfricanDefenders

[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...

08 Mar

Posted at 08:51h in AfricanDefenders

Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) face a variety of challenges, difficulties, and risks. These risks can look quite different from the general threats human rights defenders are confronted with. In our campaign #StandWithWHRDs, DefendDefenders and AfricanDefenders want to highlight the work that WHRDs do and...