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UN Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor stands arm-in-arm with Nepali women's rights defender Rambati Chaudhari at an event. Mary, with shoulder-length blonde hair, wears a black outfit with a bold, colorful necklace. Rambati has silver hair tied back and wears a purple scarf with white snowflake patterns over traditional attire. Both women are smiling slightly. The background of the image is blurred.

Guest Blog: Rambati Chaudhary from Nepal

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A guest blog by Nepali women’s rights defender Rambati Chaudhary.
• 15th Nov 2024
Cropped photo of late Indian human rights defender GN Saibaba and his partner Vasantha. Saibaba, who uses a wheelchair, is seated wearing a checkered shirt. Vasantha stands beside him, dressed in a green saree with intricate patterns, smiling warmly and resting her hands on his shoulders. They are in a cozy room filled with bookshelves that hold a variety of books and artwork.

Guest Blog: Remembering Professor GN Saibaba

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A guest blog by Henri Tiphagne on the death of human rights defender GN Saibaba.
• 6th Nov 2024
Portrait of Emmanuel Gumbo, a Zimbabwean lawyer and human rights defender, standing in front of a large blue banner. He is wearing a colorful, patterned shirt with orange, yellow, and blue accents, and has a conference lanyard around his neck. He is looking confidently at the camera.

Guest Blog: Supporting Climate Defenders to Combat Climate Change

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A guest blog by Emmanuel Gumbo, Zimbabwean lawyer and human rights defender.
• 30th Oct 2024
Flyer promoting a side event at the 79th session of the UN General Assembly. The title of the event is 'Driving sustainable development: the crucial contributions of Human Rights Defenders to the 2030 Agenda'. The event will take place on October 15, 2024, from 13:15 to 14:30 EDT at Conference Room 6 in the UN Headquarters, New York City. The panellists are: Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders. Wellington Gabriel de Jesus dos Santos, Human rights defender from the Pitanga dos Palmares Quilombola community, Brazil. Emily Donovan, Woman human rights defender and co-founder of Clean Cape Fear, USA. The moderator will be Amb. Fergal Mythen, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations. The opening remarks will be delivered by Amb Joan Cedano, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations. The flyer mentions that the event will be conducted in English only and can be watched live on UN WebTV.

UNGA side event – “Driving sustainable development: the crucial contributions of Human Rights Defenders to the 2030 Agenda”

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On 15 October 2024, a side event will take place on the margins of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, discussing my new report on the contributions of human rights defenders to the Sustainable Development Goals.
• 11th Oct 2024
Screen capture of a video call between UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor, a member of her team and eight Tunisian human rights defenders. Four men are visible on the call while the other participants had their camera off and name blurred for safety reasons.

Rencontre avec des défenseur·e·s des droits humains en Tunisie

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[Français / English] Lors d’une réunion en ligne avec des défenseurs des droits humains tunisiens, j’ai appris que les restrictions à leur encontre s’étaient intensifiées et étendues à de nouveaux secteurs, créant un climat de peur accru dans tout le pays.
• 1st Oct 2024
The flag of Georgia floating in the wind against a blue sky background.

Meeting with Georgian human rights defenders with disabilities

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Human rights defenders with disabilities in Georgia stand to be greatly affected by the proposed Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence.
• 27th May 2024
The flag of Ecuador flying in the wind under a blue sky.

Hearing with Human Rights Defenders in Ecuador

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[Español / English] Last month, I held two online hearings with human rights defenders in Ecuador. It was an opportunity for me to learn more about the environment for promoting human rights in the country.
• 2nd Apr 2024
Destroyed buildings and rubbles following an Israeli airstrike on the El-Remal area in Gaza City on October 9, 2023.

Statement on the situation of human rights defenders in Palestine and Israel in the context of the war on Gaza

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[English / العربية ] More than three months into its war on Gaza, the indiscriminate killing of Palestinians by Israel continues. Among those killed by Israeli bombs and bullets have been human rights defenders, including medical workers, journalists and Palestinian human rights activists.
• 26th Jan 2024
Poet and writer Nikita Gill is standing outdoors, in front of the Human Rights Defenders Memorial in Dublin. She is smiling at the camera. She has long black hair tied into a braid, a ring in her nose and is wearing a black jacket.

Launch of poem to mark the 25th Anniversary of the HRD Declaration

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To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, I commissioned a poem from British-Kashmiri writer Nikita Gill.
• 8th Dec 2023
Flyer for the side event on 10 October 2023 in New York, titled "Participation and protection: Increasing support for WHRDs in conflict, post conflict and crisis-affected situations" Location: Conference Room 6, UN Headquarters, New York City, Time: 13:15-14:15 (EDT). The event will be live streamed media.un.org/en/webtv. Panelists are Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of HRDs, Mariam Oyiza, a WHRD from Nigeria and Wai Wai Nu, a WHRD from Myanmar. Moderator will be Ambassador Fergal Mythen, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the UN. Opening Remarks will be given by Ambassador Bob Rae, Permanent Representative of Canada to the UN and Ambassador Maritza Chan Valverde, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the UN. Closing remarks will be given by Ambassador Ana Jiménez, Chargé d’Affairs of the Permanent Mission of Spain.

UNGA side event – “Participation and protection: Increasing support for WHRDs in conflict, post conflict and crisis-affected situations”

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On 10 October 2023, a side event will take place on the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York, discussing my new report: “Pathways to peace: women human rights defenders in conflict, post-conflict and crisis-affected settings”.
• 4th Oct 2023
Screenshot of a video call featuring nine participants, including UN Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor and several human rights defenders from Tunisia.

Tunisia: restrictions against defenders, violence and reversal of gains

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[English / العربية / Français] In a hearing with Tunisian human right defenders, I heard very worrying information about increasing restrictions on their work, danger to their physical safety, and the threat of reversals to significant gains made in fundamental rights in recent years.
• 22nd Sep 2023
Screenshot of a video call featuring a dozen participants, including UN Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor and several human rights defenders from the DRC.

Hearing with human rights defenders in the DRC

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[English / Français] Earlier this month, I held a hearing with human rights defenders in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It was an opportunity for me to learn more about their work and the challenges they face as they go about promoting and protecting human rights.
• 20th Sep 2023