Visit our new website at www.africandefenders.org Dear Friends and Colleagues, It was in April 2009, at the all African Human Rights Defenders Conference (Johannesburg +10), held in Kampala, Uganda, that the idea of the Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network (PAHRDN) was born as an answer to...
The Pan-Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (PAHRDN) and the undersigned organisations condemn the excessive use of lethal force by Zimbabwean security forces in a bid to disperse peaceful protestors. PAHRDN is concerned with the harassment and allegations of torture of human rights defenders (HRDs), their...
The Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network has re-opened nominations for the 3rd edition of the African Human Rights Defenders Shield Awards. The award will honour exceptional individuals who have contributed to changes in their community by peacefully promoting and protecting human rights. Six awards will be presented, one overall award (Pan-African Shield Award) and five sub-regional awards (East...
This year, as we commemorate 70 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and 20 years of the UN Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms;...
Universities play a crucial role in fostering peaceful activism, which is especially important as civic space is shrinking across the globe and human rights defenders (HRDs) continue to face threats and repression....
New guidelines provide authoritative guidance to African States on how to ensure that the right to freedom of assembly and association is respected and protected in law, policy and practice (the Guidelines)....
