States must protect women human rights defenders working in conflict and crisis-affected settings: UN expert (Press Release)

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Press Release: States must protect women human rights defenders working in conflict and crisis-affected settings.

UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor speaking at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.

On 12 October 2023, I gave my opening remarks before the UN General Assembly in New York. I was presenting my latest report: “Pathways to peace: women human rights defenders in conflict, post-conflict and crisis-affected settings”.

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