Global Witness, an international non-government organization that seeks to break links between natural resource exploitation, ...

In 2013, Dr. Daniel J. Curran, 18th president of University of Dayton, announced the university’s commitment to establish a human rights center. The driving force behind the Human Rights Center is a ...

Despite their long prison sentences, these imprisoned women human rights defenders remain steadfast in their support of civil society demands. Through hunger strikes, public statements, joint protest ...

Around the world there is an unprecedented surge in attacks against human rights defenders – people who protect and promote human rights. Amnesty’s new report On the Human Rights Frontline is centred ...

The protesters chanted, "Ebadi supports Israel's murders," according to a statement from Ebadi's Center for the Defenders of Human Rights. "Ironically, the chanting of the slogan comes shortly ...

As the climate crisis intensifies, a new initiative aims to bring environmental activists, defenders and community voices to ...

The special rapporteur for human rights defenders is one of 46 special rapporteurs ... support to the special rapporteur. The Center for Military Human Rights Korea is an activist group that ...

Human rights defenders across the continent are on the forefront, fighting an uphill battle against these entwined forces of ...

Lawlor highlighted the attacks on Gaza’s oldest human rights organization, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), ...

Following President Félix Tshisekedi’s accession to a second term of office at the end of December 2023, and despite the promises made since the start of his presidency in 2019, the situation of human ...

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint partnership of the World Organisation ... Email: [email protected] Minister of the Interior, Mr. Mahmoud Tawfik, Email: ...

Human rights defenders across the continent are on the forefront, fighting an uphill battle against these entwined forces of local tyranny and international autocracy. Their struggle is not just a ...