July 4, 2019 Geneva, July 2019 Joint Oral Statement of the Ivorian Coalition of Human Rights Defenders (CIDDH) and International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) On the sidelines of the review of Côte d'Ivoire's fourth periodic report Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), held on...
This statement was first published by the West Africa Human Rights Defenders Network. The West Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (WAHRDN) is very worried with the spate of violence and killings meted out to fellow African from other parts of Africa by some citizens of South...
On 14 June 2019, AfricanDefenders (Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network) acknowledged and awarded distinguished human rights defenders (HRDs) on the African continent for their contribution to the advancement of human rights. The winners, Beatrice Mtetwa, Felix Agbor Aniyor, Donald Deya, Fatou Jagne Senghor, and the...
1. Twenty years after the All African Human Rights Defenders Conference held in Johannesburg in 1999, AfricanDefenders (the Pan African Human Rights Defenders Network) convened the AfricanDefenders Convention (Johannesburg+20) from 12-14 June 2019 in Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania. 2 . The Convention brought together human...
At the 64th ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, the West African Human Rights Defenders Network issued a statement highlighting the human rights situation in the sub-region. Read the full statement (in French) below: DECLARATION ROADDH_WAHRDN 64e SESSION...
This statement was first published by Human Rights Defenders Network Sierra Leone The Human Rights Defenders Network Sierra Leone (HRDN-SL) is a coalition of civil society organizations and individuals working in the field of human rights with specific focus on defending human rights defenders. The Human Rights...
