One of my sources is the Defend the Defenders network run by the East & Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project. I will continue to follow it for you, but those with special interest in Africa should subscribe themselves: https://app.getresponse.com/site2/publicsignup?u=Bl16k&webforms_id=1980102. Below the latest newsletter as an example: Read the rest of this entry »
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Defend the Defenders newsletter about African developments
October 2, 2017Posted in human rights, Human Rights Defenders | Leave a Comment »
Tags: Africa, defend the defenders, East & Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project, Hassan Shire, Human Rights Defenders, human rights documentation, newsletter
Happy New Year – that 2016 may be a better year for human rights defenders
December 31, 2015For a blog on Human Rights Defenders there is no better way to wish all my readers a happy new year than by referring you to the first electronic Newsletter produced by Michel Forst, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders:
For this first newsletter, he would like to share three messages with which I whole heartedly agree:
- an alarm call (as I feel extremely worried about the situation of those who seek to promote and defend our fundamental rights. While I am writing these words, numerous defenders are in danger in Burundi, Bahrain and in many other countries across the globe. In front of States that despise their own international commitments and firms that seem to have profits as a unique goal, the courageous people who take a stand to defend our rights and freedoms need more than ever our protection and recognition.}
- a message of hope. {It is true that civil society has never seemed so visible and determined. In every meeting I held this year, I could see courageous women and men speaking up and dedicating their lives to fight against injustice and barbarism. Throughout the year, we have witnessed an unprecedented number of attacks and threats and I would like to celebrate once more the action of these countless ordinary people who defend human rights, sometimes at the expenses of their own lives.}
- a call to action. {It is in our hands to make human rights defenders’ work more visible to the rest of the society. It is in our hands to prove that promoting and defending rights are essential to democracy and the rule of law. We all have a role to play in protecting rights defenders whether promoting their struggles or giving them our unconditional support.)
I wish you a happy 2016
Source: Newsletter #1
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Tags: 2016, Hans Thoolen, Human Rights Defenders, Michel Forst, new year, newsletter, Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, UN Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
True Heroes Films in Geneva: what it did in 2014 until now
November 3, 2014In mid 2013 True Heroes Films (THF) moved to Geneva to set up its office there. Now the NGO has produced its first newsletter for 2014 showing a remarkable range of activities for HRDs, NGOs and others:
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Tags: annual report, EU, Geneva, Human Rights Defenders, human rights films, images, newsletter, THF, True Heroes, True Heroes Films, UN, video, women human rights defenders
HURIDOCS: bursting with new ideas for documenting human rights: case law in Africa and the Americas
February 25, 2013The HURIDOCS network publishes a Newsletter with many items that are of importance to Human Rights Defenders. The latest issue carries e.g. interesting news on access to human rights case law from the Asian and American scene. In the future it should be possible to have on-line access to the case load of these regional systems which until now are very difficult to find. Connecting these two databases in the future will be possible, but only if they are built on common standards. Developing these is a core function of HURIDOCS as illustrated by an interview with Judith Dueck who has been involved in standard formats for almost 25 years (Judith Dueck looks back upon how it was done). One reason to refer to this article of course the youth picture of me (from 1988) they added!
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