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This database monitors, compiles and categorises information related to the protection of human rights defenders, with a particular focus on national policy developments.
Americas | Chile
Law, Decree or Similar (incl. proposals)
2025

Ley de protección a defensores/as ambientales: Chile necesita acción urgente y el Congreso tiene la oportunidad para avanzar

Santiago, 6 de octubre de 2025 El próximo martes 7 de octubre, la Sala de la Cámara de Diputados y...
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Côte d'Ivoire | Africa
Other Observatories & Databases | News
2025

Côte d’Ivoire : Marthe Coulibaly, du CIDDH, nommée représentante au Comité national de protection des défenseur.e.s des droits humains.

Marthe Coulibaly, coordinatrice nationale de la Coalition ivoirienne des défenseurs des droits humains (CIDDH), a été élue représentante de la...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo | Africa
Law, Decree or Similar (incl. proposals) | Declaration, Resolution or Formal Report | News
2025

RD Congo : Note de position face au Communiqué n°004/CNDH /007/CABRAP/03/2025

Nous, organisations de la société civile congolaises et internationales, avons pris connaissance avec intérêt du Communiqué de Presse n°004/CNDH/007/CABRAP/03/2025 annonçant...
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US Foreign Relations Committee
Americas | United States
Law, Decree or Similar (incl. proposals)
2024

United States: Chair Cardin Introduces Legislation to Protect Human Rights Defenders Worldwide

January 31, 2024 WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and author of...
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Colectivo de abogados José Alvear Restrepo (Cajar)
Colombia | Americas
Judicial Ruling
2024

Colombia: Historic, Inter-American Court Finds Colombia Internationally Responsible for Violating the Right to Defend Human Rights

Bogotá-Washington DC., March 18, 2024. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has issued a historic ruling in which it recognizes...
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CEPAL - United Nations
Americas
Declaration, Resolution or Formal Report | News
2024

Americas: COP 3 del Acuerdo de Escazú refuerza compromiso de reconocer, proteger y promover todos los derechos de defensoras y defensores de los derechos humanos en asuntos ambientales

En la clausura de la Tercera reunión de la Conferencia de las Partes los países coincidieron en la urgencia de...
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ILGA. The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
International
Policy Maker Tools
2024

Toolkit. Towards Trans Liberation: Advocacy for Legal Gender Recognition

Throughout the world, legal gender recognition remains a major concern for trans human rights defenders. It is a crucial component...
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European Network of National Human Rights Institutions. ENNHRI
European Union | Europe & Eurasia
Policy Maker Tools | Declaration, Resolution or Formal Report
2024

European Union: NHRIS Reveal the Current Rule of Law Landscape Across the European Union

May 2024 For the fifth subsequent year, National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in the European Union (EU) provide their insights...
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Legal Rights Center
Philippines | Asia
Declaration, Resolution or Formal Report
2024

The Philippines: A Call for Effective and Genuine Consultations on the Revised FPIC Guidelines

On 14 May 2024, the NCIP conducted its first consultation to disclose the proposed newFPIC Rules. These rules are significant...
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ISHR
International
Declaration, Resolution or Formal Report
2024

Declaration +25

The Declaration +25 is an authoritative, civil society-led document that supplements the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. Together, these...
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Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Europe & Eurasia
Declaration, Resolution or Formal Report
2024

Council of Europe: PACE adopts resolution on the protection of women human rights defenders in Europe

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted resolution 2554 during its summer session of 2024. Following Austrian...
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Camara de Diputadas y Diputados
Americas | Chile
Law, Decree or Similar (incl. proposals)
2024

Chile: Bill to regulate the protection of nature and environmental human rights defenders

Bill in process in the Chamber of Deputies (date of entry May 29, 2024), which seeks to enshrine a regulatory...
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Instituto Colombo-Alemán para la Paz – CAPAZ
Americas
Paper or Analysis
2024

Escazú, a governable future? The protection of individuals and groups who defend environmental human rights

Enrique Eguren is a medical doctor with, Master’s in Humanitarian Action and a PhD in International and Intercultural Studies. He...
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Civil Society Europe & European Civic Forum
European Union | Europe & Eurasia
Policy Maker Tools
2024

Europe: A Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Civil Society Organisations in Europe

Civil Society Europe and the European Civic Forum, leading an informal coalition of civil society organisations1 which includes Protection International, present...
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Blog of the European Journal of International Law (EJIL)
Americas
Paper or Analysis
2024

Political Will: The Missing Ingredient in Protecting the Environment and Environmental Defenders

Written by María Emilia Lehne Cerrón November 1, 2024 FOCUS: This paper emphasises the importance of the Escazú Agreement, a treaty...
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