Human Rights Defenders

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The report released by la Misión de Observación Calificada Caso Berta Cáceres reveals several weakness and flaws in the process relating to the trial for the murder of the Honduran indigenous leader and woman human rights defender (WHRD) Berta Caceres in 2016. The Misión de Observación...

This report explores how Rural, indigenous, migrant, and urban poor (RIMUP) women in nine countries strengthened their fights against increased inequality and marginalization through a Feminist Participatory Action Research (FPAR). The program 'Changing Development Inside Out' was facilitated by...

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PLACE created a website, The Politics of Death, investigating the causes of unjustifiable deaths of human rights’ defenders, mothers, professors, civilians, and the population as a...

Global Witness, the author of the report, Defenders of the Earth, showcases their research on the 200 land and environmental defenders’ deaths in 2016. The increasing suppression of environmental and land rights activism in many countries is spreading, and their right...

The "Response to Information on Pakistan for consideration by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women at its 54th Session" thoroughly addresses discrimination and inequality faced by women, domestic trafficking, and the protection of human rights...

A new report jointly released by the Observatory for the...

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Front Line Defenders’ 2016 report documents the attacks and violence against human rights defenders around...