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Americas | Paraguay
Law, Decree or Similar (incl. proposals)
2025

Paraguayan senate postpones approval on national law for the protection of journalists and human rights defenders

On October 15th the Paraguayan senate voted to postpone new discussions on the national Law on the Protection of Journalists...
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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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European Commission
European Union | Europe & Eurasia
Declaration, Resolution or Formal Report
2005

EU: The Aarhus Convention

Overview The EU and its 27 Member States are all Parties to the Aarhus Convention – the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe...
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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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ISHR
Türkiye
Law, Decree or Similar (incl. proposals)
2023

Türkiye: Proposal for a Law on the Recognition and Protection of Human Rights Defenders

Türkiye’s Member of Parliament, Ceylan Akça Cupolo, introduced a proposal for a law on the recognition and protection of Human...
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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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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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Kenya National Commission on Human Rights
Kenya | Africa
Paper or Analysis
2016

Kenya: Defending the Defenders – Human Rights Defenders in conflict with the law

The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR), the national human rights institution of Kenya, has published a report on...
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Kenya | Africa
Policy Maker Tools

Kenya: Model Human Rights Defenders Policy and Action Plan

The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR), the national human rights institution of Kenya, has developed a model policy...
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Philippines | Asia
Law, Decree or Similar (incl. proposals)
2018

The Philippines: Senate Bill No.1699 – Act to Promote and Protect the Rights of Human Rights Defenders of 2018

Filipino senator Leila M. de Lima introduced to the Filipino Senate a proposal for an Act to Promote and Protect...
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