Progress: Stalled or Abandoned

On October 15th the Paraguayan senate voted to postpone new discussions on the national Law on the Protection of Journalists...

In 2017, a draft law was developed by Guinean civil society actors. Together with global civil society actors such as...

On the 16th of November 2016, a draft law on the Freedom of Expression and Protection of Journalists, Press Workers...

On the 30th of April 2019, the Mexican Parliament proposed a reform of articles 6 and 73 of the Political...

On the 29th of January 2009, the Draft Law 4575/2009 creating the Protection Programme for Human Rights Defenders was presented...

On June 27th 2017, the government of Burkina Faso adopted Law No. 039-2017/AN on the protection of human rights defenders....

On the 21st of February 2020, the Republic of Mali adopted Decree No. 2020-0087/P-Rm establishing the modalities of application of...

On the 1st of July 2019, the Philippine House of Representatives adopted House Bill HB00161 (1-Jul-2019), named “Act defining the...

On January 12, 2018, the Malian government adopted Law No. 2018-003 on human rights defenders (HRDs or defenders). The law...

In May 2017, the first draft law on the protection and responsibilities of human rights defenders for national implementation, approved...