Type of content: Paper or Analysis

Côte d'Ivoire | Africa
Paper or Analysis
2025

Rapport périodique de monitoring de la CIDDH 

Situation des défenseurs des droits humains et des libertés fondamentales. Octobre 2025. Veuillez télécharger le rapport ici.
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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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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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Justiça Global
Americas
Paper or Analysis
2022

Americas: A critical look at protection mechanisms for human rights defenders in Latin America

A critical look at protection mechanisms for human rights defenders in Latin America is a study by Terra de Direitos...
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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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Proética
Peru | Americas
Paper or Analysis
2022

Peru: Proética and the Legal Defense Institute Present an Assessment of the Functioning of the Protection Mechanism for Indigenous Human Rights Defenders. (article just in Spanish)

En una alianza colaborativa, el Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL) y Proética, capítulo peruano de Transparencia Internacional, presentaron este viernes...
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United Nations Development Programme
Thailand | Asia
Paper or Analysis
2023

Thailand: The Protection of Human Rights Defenders in the Context of Business and Human Rights

United Nations Development Programme. September 27, 2023 UNDP conducted a study on “the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (HRDs)” at...
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Protection International
Africa
Paper or Analysis
2023

Africa: Webinar “Laws to Protect Human Rights Defenders in West Africa and the Great Lakes Region: Are they fit for purpose? What else is needed?”

On Thursday, 27 July 2023, Protection International (PI) hosted the online webinar on public policies “Laws to Protect Human Rights...
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Protection International
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Africa
Paper or Analysis
2023

DRC: The Right to Defend Human Rights, Not for All? A Case Study of Local Protection Policies for Hrds in North and South Kivu.

Megan Thomas In the regions of North and South Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the protection...
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Protection International
International
Paper or Analysis
2023

Innovation and other paradigms for public policies for the protection of HRDs

Originally published in the Centro Regional de Servicios (CRES) Luis Enrique Eguren y Alexandra Loaiza 10 August 2023 Introduction Since...
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