BUSINESS NETWORK ON CIVIC FREEDOMS AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE

The Network is a trusted space to tackle issues related to human rights defenders and civic freedoms and represents an important step forward towards business action. It is now launching its official website, where details about activities, priorities and participants can be found and engagement is encouraged. 

NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS | MIND THE GAP!

ESPERANZA PROTOCOL I INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO THREATS AGAINST DEFENDERS

More than 30 organisations from around the globe unite to protect human rights defenders. The Esperanza Protocol is endorsed by a number of UN experts and former rapporteurs of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
 

DEFENDER STORY | DONOVAN ORTEGA FROM MEXICO

"We try to defend happiness from a principle of reality," says Donovan Ortega, a HRDAP21 alumni who is working at the Fray Francisco de Vitoria Human Rights Center in Mexico.
 

EGYPT | QUASH VERDICTS AND STOP UNFAIR TRIALS

SUDAN | RELEASE WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IMMEDIATELY

ISHR joins civil society groups in calling for the immediate release of Sudanese WHRDs in detention.

 

CHINA | 4 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT ABUSE OF NATIONAL SECURITY TO CURTAIL HUMAN RIGHTS

Over the past four years, United Nations human rights experts have raised serious concerns about the Chinese government’s routine misuse of its national security legislation to jail human rights defenders, lawyers, and journalists. In a new bilingual infographic released today, ISHR documents the UN experts’ legal analysis in 23 letters to Beijing authorities.

HUNGARY | REPEAL UNLAWFUL PROVISIONS CRIMINALISING MIGRANT RIGHTS DEFENDERS

RESOURCE I QUICK GUIDE TO A MODEL LAW

This Quick Guide was developed to communicate the sections of a Model National Law on the Recognition and Protection of Human Rights Defenders, including the rights of human rights defenders and obligations of States, in an accessible manner. It is currently available in English, French and Spanish.
 

CALL ON CHINA TO FREE DEFENDERS AND #REPEALRSDL

ELECT TO STAND UP FOR CIVIL SOCIETY

To achieve its promise of a peaceful and fair world, the UN needs to bring diverse and expert voices to the table. Yet, all too often human rights organisations are being denied entry to UN debates. In a few months time there's the chance to change the gatekeepers. Elections to the UN Committee on NGOs provide that opportunity. Get involved!