First Evaluation of the EU Human Rights Defenders Guidelines "Promoting HRDs best interest"
The Observatory for the protection of human rights defenders, a joint venture of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), is an action programme based on the conviction that strengthened co-operation and solidarity among defenders and their organisations will contribute to break the isolation they face. It is also based on the absolute necessity to establish a systematic response from NGOs and the international community to the repression against defenders. The Observatory’s activities are based on the consultation and the co-operation with national, regional, and international NGOs.