Authorship: Civil Society & Academia

In April 2018, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) published The Status of Human Rights Defenders in South Africa,...

“The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights urged Mali to adopt the implementation decree on the law for the protection...

Since 2014, there has been an increasing number of African countries adopting or considering to adopt national legislation aimed specifically...

Following the adoption of the law in 2014 and its implementing decree in 2017, the Ivorian civil society, in collaboration...

“After starting the process in 2016, civil society in Niger, with the support of ISHR, presented a draft law for...

In a welcome development, Burkina Faso has adopted a national law for the protection of defenders. The adoption follows a...

In Sierra Leone, discussions are ongoing on a draft law for the protection of human rights defenders. The law was...

The Model Law is intended to guide and assist States and other actors to ensure the full and effective implementation...