United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
Who is a Human Rights Defender? What can the Special Rapporteur do?Official Statements
Venezuela: anulación de los pasaportes de varias personas defensoras de los derechos humanos y detención arbitraria de una de ellas (comunicación conjunta)
Official Letters and Statements
Lo que sigue se basa en una comunicación conjunta enviada al Gobierno de Venezuela sobre la presunta anulación de los pasaportes de varias personas defensoras de los derechos humanos y la detención arbitraria de una de ellas al intentar salir del país.
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Guest Blog: Testimony from a human rights defender from the Marshes of Southern Iraq
Latest Information[English / العربية] A testimony from a human rights defender from the Marshes of Southern Iraq.
Extreme concern for the security of human rights defenders in eastern DRC [EN/FR]
Latest Information[English / Français] I call for urgent and practical support to human rights defenders in eastern DRC.
Academic visit to Angola, South Africa and Ghana
Latest InformationFrom 18 to 30 November, I embarked on an academic visit to Angola, South Africa and Ghana.
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Human Rights Defenders
Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) are people who act peacefully to promote or protect human rights in accordance with the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders.
“Human rights defenders are ordinary people who do extraordinary things. They work peacefully for the rights of others and help build civil and just societies based on the rule of law.”
Mary Lawlor, Special Rapporteur on the situation of HRDs
Violations committed against HRDs
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