Tuesday 18 December: first time a human rights defender addresses UN General Assembly

December 17, 2018

On Tuesday 18 December, on behalf of the delegates, will become the first civil-society representative ever to address the General Assembly. She will present the final action plan of the 2nd Human Rights Defenders World Summit which took place in Paris at the end of October 2018. [https://hrdworldsummit.org/action-plan/]. The film above – produced by True Heroes Films – gives an impression of the variety of HRDs and issues at that event, in just 2:30 minutes.

This entry was posted on December 17, 2018 at 06:59 and is filed under films, Human Rights Defenders, THF, UN.

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  1. FIDH makes fresh start with Congress in Taiwan and new Board and President | Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders Says:

    October 28, 2019 at 19:11

    […] Nations General Assembly on behalf of over 250 human rights defenders from around the world. [https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2018/12/17/tuesday-18-december-first-time-a-human-rights-defender-…] As founder and director of DITSHWANELO – the Botswana Centre for Human Rights – she has […]

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