Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards

PBI UK put on VIMEO an interesting panel discussion on Women Human Rights Defenders. It is over an hour long and you need good broadband access to see it properly.

Panellists:

Chair: Dr Sarah Wollaston MP (5 mins)

1. Jivka Petkova, Gender Advisor on Human Rights and Democracy, European External Action Service. “Protecting and supporting WHRDs through the EU.”

2. Dolores Infante, Assistant to the UN Special Rapporteur on HRDs. “An overview of the work of the Special Rapporteur’s office on addressing risks faced by WHRDs.”

3. Kathryn Lockett, Advisor, Violence Against Women and Girls, Conflict, Humanitarian and Security Department, DFID. “DFID’s work on tackling Violence Against Women and Girls: the role of WHRDs”.

4. Amy Clemitshaw, Deputy Head of Human Rights and Democracy Department, FCO. “The UK’s use of the EU human rights guidelines overseas to support human rights defenders.”

Panel 1 – Women human rights defenders: Empowering and protecting the change-makers on Vimeo on Vimeo

This entry was posted on November 23, 2012 at 19:38 and is filed under films, Human Rights Defenders.

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