Authorship: Civil society and academia

African Defenders
2023
On the 21st of February 2023 the 36th Ordinary session of the African Union took place in Bishoftu, Ethiopia. During...
Protection International
2023
On the 12th of December 2022, the Congolese National Assembly approved a draft national law on human rights defenders. This...
Bir Kirpish
2022
In Kazakhstan, a draft law for a national protection mechanism for human rights defenders was developed by civil society actors....
Tanzanian Human Rights Defenders Coalition
2021
In 2021, the Tanzanian Human Rights Defenders Coalition published its latest evaluation of the situation of human rights defenders (HRDs...
Nkafu Policy Institute
2023
This publication was published by the Nkafu Policy Institute in January 2023. It includes an analysis of legal protection measures...
Amnesty International
2018
In September 2018, a draft law on the Recognition, Promotion and Protection of Human Rights Defenders in the Republic of...
Human Rights House Foundation
2018
In 2018, Human Rights House Foundation developed 16 standards related to the rights of human rights defenders, together with the...
Human Rights House Foundation
2018
In 2018, Human Rights House Foundation published a booklet entitled: “Rights of Defenders: Principles and Standards Protecting and Empowering Human...
OHCHR
2019
In a statement to the Moldovan government in 2018, the UN Special Rapporteur called for a stronger protection of human...
International Service for Human RIghts
2017
In 2017, a draft law was developed by Guinean civil society actors. Together with global civil society actors such as...