The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme created in 1997 by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has the following objectives:
- to provide emergency protection to human rights defenders in the field (urgent interventions, international missions, material assistance),
- to cooperate with national, regional and international intergovernmental protection mechanisms, and
- to mobilise the international community and the media as protection agents for defenders.
- 8 February 2010
The Observatory has been informed by Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) that the Chengdu City Intermediate Court rejected the appeal lodged by Mr. Huang Qi, a (...)
- 5 February 2010
Brussels-Geneva-Paris, 5th of February 2010 Mr. Herman Van Rompuy Permanent President of the European Union Mr. Jose Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Spanish Presidency of the (...)
- 5 February 2010
Paris-Geneva, February 5, 2010. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (...)
- 5 February 2010
The Observatory has been informed by reliable sources of the arbitrary arrest of Mr. Kaveh Ghasemi Kermanshahi, a journalist member of the Central Council of the (...)
- 5 February 2010
Open Letter to the European Union
Acknowledgement
The Observatory wishes to thank for their support the Canton of Geneva, the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Fondation de France, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF), the Liechtenstein Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the OAK Foundation, the Sigrid Rausing Trust, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, along with all the persons, national and international organisations, intergovernmental organisations and media which responded to the Observatory’s requests and supported its actions.
Dossiers
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9 October 2009
World Day Against the Death Penalty
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10 September 2009
Accountability - fight against impunity
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23 June 2009
Iran : A climate of fear
Le blog FIDH
- 3 February 2010 Affaire Hissène Habré: 10 ans d'impunité, ça suffit!
- 26 January 2010 Paris répond à l'appel des défenseurs des droits de l'homme russes
- 22 January 2010 Taoufik Ben Brik emprisonné
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