United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
Who is a Human Rights Defender? What does the Special Rapporteur do?Official Statements
UAE: UN expert condemns long-term detention of human rights defenders
Official Letters and Statements
GENEVA (10 June 2021) – A UN expert has expressed serious concern at the long-term imprisonment of five human rights defenders…
Latest Information Received
Italian Senate – Hearing of the Committee on the case of Patrick Zaki
Latest InformationPatrick Zaki is a human rights defender and researcher on human rights and…
Speech on Business and Human Rights Defenders
Latest InformationOn 10 June 2021, I spoke at the open meeting of the Business…
Video: Environmental Human Rights Defenders
Latest Informationhttps://www.youtube.com/embed/uDcFV2qm5Ps Environmental Human Rights Defenders protect the environment, and the human rights associated…
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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
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