Reports

Mexico: UN expert concerned over criminalisation, arbitrary detention and long sentences for indigenous defenders - UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights 08.11… 441789
Central African Republic: Closing Civic Space - Human Rights Watch 04/23 340954
Report of the First Annual Forum on Human Rights Defenders in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean - Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA) 04/23 341013
Human rights defenders show remarkable courage in the face of attacks and killings - Front Line Defenders 04/23 341011
Egypt's Independent civil society organizations at risk of closure after NGO deadline passes - Amnesty International 04/23 340951
Serbia: more efforts needed to face the past, increase safety of journalists and human rights defenders, and protect women from violence - EU Commissioner for Human Rights 03… 341008
Belarus: today’s conviction of Nobel Laureate Bialiatski and other human rights defenders is a blatant attack against justice - EU Commissioner for Human Rights 03/23 341009
Human rights defenders in the Council of Europe region in times of crisis - Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights 03/23 341010
“Persisting in Resisting” Annual Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in China (2022) - Chinese Human Rights Defenders 03/23 341012
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, Visit to Greece - UN Human Rights Council 03/23 340943
Colombia: Human rights defenders continue to face pressure and attacks - ICJ – International Commission of Jurists 03/23 341002
India: UN expert demands immediate end to crackdown on Kashmiri human rights defenders - UN Human Rights Council 03/23 340950
Report: "Online Harassment and Surveillance of Women's Human Rights Defenders - DanChurchAid 03/23 341003
Burundi: crackdown on civil society - UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights 03/23 340948
Human rights defenders working on albinism - Report of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism - UN Human Rights Council 03/23 340944
State of Civil Society Report 2023 - CIVICUS 03/23 340952
UN Expert Slams Greece Over Civil Society Curbs - Human Rights Watch 03/23 340947
Taliban Expand Civil Society Crackdown - Human Rights Watch 03/23 340953
Belarus report finds systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations - UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights 03/23 340949
UN expert urges States to recognise successes of human rights defenders - UN Human Rights Council 03/23 340946
Strengthening accountability and civic space critical for South Sudan’s future, says Türk - UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights 03/23 340942
UN experts urge President of Zimbabwe to reject bill restricting civic space - UN Human Rights Council 02/23 340938
Mali: Transitional authorities must protect civic space, respect freedom of expression and association says UN expert - UN Human Rights Council 02/23 340939
HRC52: Support consensus renewal of the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect 02/23 340941
REPORT on the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders - EU Committee on Foreign Affairs 02/23 341015
Algeria: UN expert says crackdown on civil society and human rights defenders must end - UN Human Rights Council 02/23 340940
Highly intrusive spyware threatens the essence of human rights - EU Commissioner for Human Rights 01/23 341017
Algeria: Mass death sentences marred by unfair trials, torture claims - Amnesty International 01/23 340934
Sri Lanka: Anatomy of a crackdown - International Federation for Human Rights 01/23 341171
Russia: UN experts alarmed by escalation of crackdown on civil society - UN Human Rights Council 01/23 340935
Venezuela: Draft NGO law, reaching a point of no return in the closure of the civic space - UN Human Rights Council 01/23 340937
International organizations express concern over bill that seeks to criminalize and hinder the work of civil society organizations in Venezuela - Global Centre for the Respon… 340936
Russia: No truth or reparations for victims of Soviet-era repressions report - International Federation for Human Rights 12/22 341170
Success through perseverance and solidarity: 25 years of achievements by human rights defenders, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders -… 340945
COVID-19: How the global crisis has affected human rights defenders - Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders 09/22 341169
Support Russian and Belarusian civil societies and human rights defenders - EU Commissioner for Human Rights 08/22 341022
Rwanda: Civic and democratic space under total control of one party, the RPF - Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) 07/22 341165
Refusing to turn away: human rights defenders working on the rights of refugees, migrants and asylum-seekers - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human righ… 340955
Human rights in DRC: Hopes and concerns since election of President Tshisekedi - ASADHO 06/22 341168
Turkey: Administrative harassment weaponised to silence civil society - Human Rights Association (İnsan Hakları Derneği, IHD) 06/22 341167
Central African Republic: Closing Civic Space - Human Rights Watch 04/22 340933
Brazil must improve track record on environment and human rights as a condition for OECD membership - OECD Watch 03/22 341164
Zero Tolerance for Human Rights Defenders in the Year of “Zero COVID”: Annual Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in China (2021) - - Chinese Human Rights Defen… 341033
Human rights of LGBTI people in Europe: current threats to equal rights, challenges faced by defenders, and the way forward - - EU Commissioner for Human Rights 12/21 341070
At the heart of the struggle: human rights defenders working against corruption - UN Human Rights Council 12/21 340956
Europe: new report highlights increased criminalisation against migrants’ rights defenders - Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders 11/21 341163
Nicaragua: Repressive machinery used against human rights defenders and democracy - World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) 11/21 341162
Russia is fed up with human rights: The real reasons for the liquidation of Memorials - FIDH 07/21 341166
States in denial: the long-term detention of human rights defenders - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders - OHCHR 07/21 340957
Turkey: Ongoing crackdown poses existential threat to independent civil society - FIDH 05/21 341161
Let us make Europe a safe place for environmental human rights defenders - EU Commissioner for Human Rights 05/21 341020
Journalists covering public assemblies need to be protected - EU Commissioner for Human Rights 04/21 341004
In Israel, Campaigns Discredit Israeli, Golan and Palestinian Human Rights Defenders - Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders 04/21 341157
“Defending Human Rights in the Time of COVID-19”: Annual Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in China (2020) - Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) 03/21 341032
Environmental Rights Activism and Advocacy in Europe: Issues, Threats, Opportunities - EU Commissioner for Human Rights 03/21 341069
Thailand: Women Pro-Democracy Activists Criminalized, Harassed, New Report Shows - Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders 02/21 341155
Observations on communications transmitted to Governments and replies received - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders - OHCHR 02/21 340958
Nicaragua: A year of violence against those defending the rights of the Mayangna and Miskitu indigenous peoples - FIDH 18.02.21 341159
Peru: The Erosion of Human Rights by Economic Interests - Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders 02/21 341158
Final warning: death threats and killings of human rights defenders - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders - OHCHR 12/20 340959
Turkey: Attack on freedom of assembly undermines work of human rights defenders - Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders 07/20 341156
“Internal enemies” - the open season on human rights defenders - COFAVIC 03/20 341153
Report: Cambodian Civil Society Faces Intensified Restrictions and Rights Abuses - FIDH 07/20 341154
Report on the priorities of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders - OHCHR 07/20 340960
“A Healthy Society Should Not Have Just One Voice” – China Must End Crackdown on Online Speech in Response to COVID-19 - Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) 04/20 341031
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defendersAddendum - Observations on communications transmitted to Governments and replies received - OHCHR 0… 340961
Defending Human Rights in the Era of Dystopia: The Situation of Defenders in China (2019) - Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) 02/20 341030
Iranian human rights defenders in the Diaspora. A needs assessment of Iranians in European exile - Global Campus of Human Rights 01/20 341996
Human rights defenders operating in conflict and post-conflict situations - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders - OHCHR 12/19 340962
Shrinking space for freedom of peaceful assembly - EU Commissioner for Human Rights 12/19 341005
Language policies should accommodate diversity, protect minority rights and defuse tensions - EU Commissioner for Human Rights 10/19 341006
Iran: New report documents the systematic criminalisation of human rights defenders - World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) 08/19 341152
Situation of human rights defenders - Note by the Secretary-General - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders - OHCHR 07/19 340963
Hungary should address interconnected human rights issues in refugee protection, civil society space, independence of the judiciary and gender equality - EU Commissioner for … 341023
Human rights defenders in the Council of Europe region: current challenges and possible solutions - EU Commissioner for Human Rights 03/19 341068
Iran: Dire situation of human rights defenders detailed in report for UN review - League for the Defence of Human Rights in Iran (LDDHI) 28.03.19 341995
“Defending Rights in a ‘No Rights Zone'”: Annual Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in China (2018) - Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) 02/19 341029
Hungary should address many interconnected human rights protection challenges including civil society space - EU Commissioner for Human Rights 02/19 341026
Philippines: Casualties on the rise in President Duterte’s war on human rights defenders - - Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders 02/19 341994
Situation of women human rights defenders - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders - OHCHR 01/19 340964
Paris Principles at 25: Strong National Human Rights Institutions Needed More Than Ever - EU Commissioner for Human Rights 12/18 341007
Kenyan authorities should implement the PBO Act before it becomes paper tiger - Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders 05.07.18 341993
Global survey of the situation of human rights defenders, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders - OHCHR 07/18 340965
Hungary: Commissioner concerned at further planned barriers to the work of NGOs assisting migrants - EU Commissioner for Human Rights 06/18 341024
UAE: Mission report illustrates difficulty of verifying conditions of detention and trial of Ahmed Mansoor - Front Line Defenders 20.06.18 341991
Belarus: Controls on lawyers endangering human rights - Human Rights Centre “Viasna" 29.06.18 341992
Ukrainian authorities should step up their efforts to stop attacks against Roma and human rights defenders - EU Commissioner for Human Rights 06/18 341025
Colombia: No peace for human rights defenders, no peace without them - Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders 05/18 341989
Cease harassment of human rights defenders, establish accountability for abuses, and free all political prisoners - FIDH 30.05.18 341990
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Michel Forst - Addendum - Observations on communications transmitted to Governments and replies r… 340966
Repression & Resilience: Annual Report on Situation of Human Rights Defenders in China (2017) - Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) 02/18 341028
Criminalization and stigmatization of defenders of people on the move, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders - OHCHR 01/18 340967
Condemned to silence: the situation of women human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia - World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) 12.01.18 341988
Ecuador: No more mining in the Cordillera del Cóndor - CEDHU - Ecumenical Commission on Human Rights 14.12.17 341987
Who are the human rights defenders working on business and human rights?, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders - OHCHR 07/17 340968
Women human rights defenders at heightened risk of attacks and intimidation - World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) 07/17 341984
Tanzania: Freedom of Expression in Peril - LHRC 31.07.17 341986
IRAN: Briefing Note on the Repression of Trade Unionists - International Federation for Human Rights 12.05.17 341985
2017 elections: Broken promises put human rights defenders at risk - an international fact-finding report - World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) 03.05.17 341983
Human rights in Iran after the nuclear deal: Business as usual or time for change? - Director General of Foreign Policy EU 03/17 341997