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• Brücken, keine Waffen ! Aufruf zu einer Politik der Aufnahme von Asylsuchenden und Flüchtlingen
• Deutschland: Forderung nach einer Verbesserung des Gesetzes über die Sorgfaltspflicht in der Lieferkette
• Die EU und das UN-Abkommen über Wirtschaft und Menschenrechte: Zeit für einen Kurswechsel
• Die Hand, die quält und bestraft
• Iran: Menschenrechte in der Zwickmühle zwischen diplomatischem Fortschritt und politischer Sackgasse
• Rechtsstaatlichkeit und das allgemeine System der Konditionalität zum Schutz des Unionshaushalts

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• Polska: Minął już rok - orzeczenie w sprawie aborcji krzywdzi kobiety
• يجب على المملكة العربية السعودية الالغاء الفوري لعقوبة الاعدام ضد القاصرين

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• Admissibilidade das queixas perante o Tribunal Africano: A FIDH publica um guia prático
• Após Brumadinho, entidades pedem exclusão da Vale do Pacto Global da ONU
• Grécia: Relatório revela violações dos direitos humanos em resultado da política de austeridade
• Irão: Crescimento da pobreza, declínio dos direitos do trabalho
• Movimentos Sociais, ONGs e Grupos de Direitos Humanos “Apelo ao Conselho dos Direitos Humanos da ONU para desenvolver um tratado sobre as violações dos direitos humanos cometidas pelas empresas”
• PONTES, SIM! ARMAS, NÃO! Por uma política de acolhimento dos migrantes, dos requerentes de asilo e dos/as refugiados/as.

• Fórum Migrações (português)
  • Discursos e contribuições dos especialistas
  • Migrações e Direitos Humanos: uma vista geral
  • Notas geográficas e temáticas
  • Programa
• Africa
  • É NECESSARIO PASSAR DAS NEGOCIAÇÕES DE PAZ À RESOLUÇÃO CONCERTADA E EFICAZ DO CONFLITO
  • Angola
    • ANGOLA : Da Teoria à Prática É hora de garantir a capacidade de atuação dos Defensores dos Direitos Humanos
    • Angola: Carta aberta expressando preocupação sobre ameaças de morte e intimidação a membros da sociedade civil e de um organismo religioso na província do Cuando Cubango
    • ANGOLA: Carta aberta sobre acções judiciais intentadas contra jornalista e activista dos direitos humanos Rafael Marques de Morais
    • Angola: “Querem manter-nos vulneráveis” - Defensores dos Direitos Humanos Sob Pressão
  • Comissão Africana dos Direitos Humanos e dos Povos (CADHP)
  • Costa do Marfim
    • Urgência em travar a escalada rumo à guerra civil
  • Guiné-Bissau
    • ADVOCACY PAPER
    • Comunicado de Imprensa: Guiné-Bissau: Defensores de direitos humanos correm riscos, en meio à tensões crescentes
    • FIDH e a sua organização membro na Guiné-Bissau, a Liga Guineense dos Direitos Humanos (LGDH), ficaram estupefactos com os trágicos acontecimentos dos dias 1 e 2 de Março.
    • GUINÉ-BISSAU: Grave deterioração da situação em termos de segurança da sociedade civil no contexto de tentativa de golpe de Estado
    • Guiné-Bissau: Os militares espezinham os direitos humanos. A CEDEAO tem que reagir
    • Item 4 - suivi de la session spéciale sur la situation à l’est de la RDC
    • ORAL STATEMENT
    • Oral statement – item 9 Durban Review Conference
    • The Democratic Republic Of Congo: The Human Rights Council needs to act now
  • Moçambique
    • A FIDH e a LDH exortam o governo moçambicano a implementar no mais breve prazo, a totalidade das recomendaçôes
    • Carta aberta ao Governo de Moçambique: Assassinato do ativista Dr. Anastácio Matavel e restrições ao espaço cívico comprometem as eleições iminentes
    • Moçambique: Uma missão do Observatório avalia o estado do espaço cívico e a situação dos defensores dos direitos humanos
• Américas
  • Não lave as mãos de suas obrigações em matéria de direitos humanos
  • Perante a desigualdade ao acesso às vacinas contra covid-19, as leis de propriedade intelectual devem ser suspensas
  • Brasil
    • #IronMadeIn Brasil: Relatório revela as violações dos direitos humanos da indústria do ferro na cadeia de fornecimento
    • BRASIL: Alarmante aumento de ataques contra defensores de direitos relacionados à terra
    • A União Europeia deve reagir à crise da democracia e do Estado de Direito no Brasil
    • Brasil : Morte de defensores de direitos humanos por Covid-19 é consequência do desmantelamento de políticas sociais e a negligência do governo brasileiro
    • Brasil deve investigar as atividades ilegais de espionagem e infiltração que comprometem a empresa Vale
    • Brasil: Campanha destaca o impacto prejudicial da atividade mineradora sobre a saúde e o meio ambiente
    • Brasil: Especialista da ONU apresenta conclusões alarmantes e pede que a comunidade de Piquiá seja realocada e reparada
    • Brasil: Especialista da ONU visita Piquiá frente ao abandono do Estado
    • BRASIL: Onda de ataques contra instituições de direitos humanos
    • Brasil: Pandemia afeta desproporcionalmente as comunidades afetadas pela poluição de empresas e esquecidas pelo Estado
    • Brasil: Piquiá foi à luta por seus direitos, e não está sozinha
    • BRASIL: Vale e Belo Monte sob suspeita de espionagem: a Justiça tem que investigar
    • Carta aberta : Usina hidrelétrica de Belo Monte
    • Comunidade de Piquiá de Baixo – Brasil informa aos Procedimentos Especiais da ONU sobre falta de avanços no caso de mais de 300 famílias vítimas de poluição
    • OS DIREITOS HUMANOS, PRIMEIROS ESQUECIDOS PELO DESENVOLVIMENTO ECONÔMICO
    • Quanto Valem os Direitos Humanos? – Os impactos sobre os direitos humanos da indústria mineira e siderúrgica em Açailândia
    • Roteiro robusto de requisitos da OCDE pode impulsionar reformas importantes no Brasil
• Ásia
  • Indonésia
    • Indonésia: As execuções previstas, uma mancha de vergonha para o presidente Widodo
• Europa
  • Hungria
  • Polónia
    • Pedido à Presidência Portuguesa para tomar medidas sobre a deterioração da situação na Polónia
    • UE: Tem de utilizar o Artigo 7.º agora para proteger valores europeus

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• Việt Nam: Tiết lộ những cuộc đàn áp biểu tình ôn hòa

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Articles

• Doubts Persist About Mass Grave in DRC (VOA, USA)
• Sudan, another five years of a bloody regime? (The Africa Report, France)
• ’Anyone who hasn’t been raped is the exception’: Egyptian officials accused of ’systematic’ sexual violence (the Telegraph, UK)
• African Commission Working Group on Extractive Industries to consider improper mine closure impacts following the LHR and FIDH Blyvooruitzicht Gold Mine report
• Azerbaijan jails two rights campaigners (The Guardian, UK)
• Brussels: Film screening & debate “Born in Syria” at the Festival des Libertés
• Brussels: Film screening & debate “What Tomorrow Brings” at the Festival des Libertés
• Cartooning for Peace “lends its pencils” to FIDH
• Could military action help solve Europe’s Mediterranean refugee crisis? (Christian Science Monitor, USA)
• DRC: EU and US slap individual sanctions in response to violent repression
• End of judicial proceedings against Mr. Andrey Zatoka - TKM 001 / 1109 / OBS 161.1
• FIDH urges the High Commissioner to prioritize the publication of the UN Database on Business Entreprises with Activities Related to Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and commit to a final date for publishing the report
• FIDH, KHRC and FHRI apply to intervene before the East African Court of Justice to support Burundian civil society organizations
• FIDH, SOMO and the Asser Institute organise an expert meeting on the UN treaty on Business and Human Rights
• FIDH, “Contribution to the Informal COHOM dedicated to the strategic review of the EU human rights policy” October 2010
• Global Group of NGOs Deplore Lack of Attention to Human Rights in Latest Review of UN’s Global Counterterrorism Strategy by UN Member States
• Globalization and HR Map
• Human rights defenders more than ever at risk!
• Immunity of Heads of State and Government for International Crimes ? The African Union must act with coherence and political courage
• Israeli settlements report pushed Orange to end Israel partnership, activists (RFI, France)
• Joint statement on the occasion of the interactive dialogue with Ms. Sekaggya, Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
• Memorial, a Russian civil society organization Flag of Russia defending human rights, is under attack.
• NGOs call on the European Parliament to strengthen respect for human rights by regulating dual use technology exports
• NGOs urge Kyrgyzstan to release unjustly imprisoned human rights activist Azimjan Askarov
• One year of Thai military rule passes with a whisper (Al Jazeera, Qatar)
• Open letter to Ambassadors to BAHRAIN on the situation of Nabeel Rajab
• Political crisis with a background of human rights’ violations: prevent the electoral dispute from degenerating into a civil war.
• Souhayr Belhassen, FIDH President, receives the North-South Prize 2011 of the Council of Europe
• Statement delivered by FIDH at a UN side-event on “The crucial role of international criminal justice in achieving SDG16”, and on the occasion of International Justice Day
• Thailand: Lèse-Majesté in UN spotlight as more detentions declared arbitrary

• Impacts
  • European commission guilty of maladministration for EU-Vietnam FTA concludes EU Ombudsman
  • The European Parliament calls on the international community to address the human rights violations in Burundi
  • 2012 : actions and impacts... in images!
  • 2012 FIDH Comic Strip Report
  • 2013 FIDH Comic Strip Report
  • 2013 FIDH comic strip: actions and impacts
  • 2014 FIDH Comic Strip Report
  • Activity Report 2011 in Comic Strip
  • Adoption of an unprecedented resolution at the UN to end the financial strangulation of human rights NGOs
  • After the UN, the ILO and US State Department now call on Belarus to abolish forced labour
  • And digital security for all...
  • Azerbaijan releases a number of human rights defenders, more behind bars.
  • AZERBAIJAN: European Parliament condemns the ongoing crackdown on civil society.
  • Azerbaijan: Rasul Jafarov acquitted of all charges and rehabilitated.
  • Bahrain: European Parliament expresses deep concern over human rights situation
  • Bangladesh part of EU Council priorities for 2018 UN Human Rights Fora
  • Bangladesh: European Parliament condemns human rights violations amid crackdown
  • Belarus: European Parliament (EP) votes urgency resolution on the situation in Belarus
  • Beneath the sparkling snow of Sochi
  • Burma: EU and UN condemn human rights violations, particularly in Rakhine State ; UN votes urgent fact-finding mission.
  • Burundi: CNIDH loses its grade A independence status
  • Burundi: EU extends sanctions for another year until 31 December 2021
  • Burundi: EU opens consultations to address human rights violations
  • Burundi: EU suspends government aid until tangible progress shown
  • Burundi: the UN dispatches an urgent investigating mission
  • Cambodia : European Parliament (EP) condemns worsening situation and highlights Kem Sokha case
  • Cambodia: EP resolution highlights worsening human rights situation
  • Cameroon: lawyer Lydienne Yen Eyoum released
  • Cameroon: the UN recognises that the detention of Lydienne Yen Eyoum is arbitrary
  • CAR: ICC finds Jean-Pierre Bemba guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes
  • Chile: Machi Linconao acquitted but bias against Mapuches continues
  • Chile: Supreme Court agrees to televise hearing in Vega González case before IACHR
  • Colombia, DAS case: Maria del Pilar Hurtado is finally convicted.
  • Colombia: Judge rejects companies’ claims and allows proceedings against EPM’s Hidroituango Dam to continue
  • Colombia: The conviction of DAS’s Jorge Noguera is a triumph of democracy and persistence
  • Council Conclusions on EU Priorities in UN Human Rights Fora in 2020
  • Council of Europe launches inquiry into Azerbaijan’s alarming human rights record.
  • Council of Europe report on “left-to-die boat” demands full cooperation from member states
  • Council of Europe tackles restrictive NGO laws and urges better protection for human rights defenders.
  • DRC/MONUSCO: One more year to better protect civilians and fight impunity before considering withdrawal from the country
  • DRC: Protection of civilians and support for the electoral process are the priorities of MONUSCO’s new mandate
  • DRC: UN recognises detention of Christopher Ngoyi Mutamba is arbitrary
  • ECUADOR: Acción Ecológica wins battle against dissolution
  • Ecuador: Environmental rights defender Cristian Montero released on bail
  • Ecuador: Javier Ramírez is free at last!
  • Ecuador: Manuel and Manuela Acquitted of Charges of Terrorism!
  • Egis Partially Disengages from Pro-Annexation Jerusalem Light Rail Project
  • Egypt : UN finds detention of human rights defender Yara Sallam arbitrary and requests due compensation
  • EP resolution highlights importance of human rights provisions in trade agreements
  • EP resolution on human rights situation in Egypt (in particular on the case of Giulio Regeni) sweeps through Parliament
  • EU Commissioner announces European corporate due diligence bill
  • EU Labelling of Israeli Settlement Products: one step in the right direction
  • EU-Korea Free Trade Agreement: Corporate Social Responsibility under scrutiny at Civil Society Forum
  • EU-Korea FTA: European Commission urged to open consultations on Korea labour failures
  • EU-Korea Trade Agreement - Korea must address long-standing issues on labour standards says EU
  • EU-VIETNAM FTA: European parliament calls for monitoring mechanism on human rights and independent complaints mechanism
  • European Commission commits to assess the impacts of its trade policies.
  • European Commission opens infringement procedure against Hungary concerning its asylum law
  • European MPs urge the EU to be firm in dealing with DRC authorities
  • European Parliament (EP) publishes report on implementation of EU-Korea Free Trade Agreement
  • European Parliament annual report 2018 on the human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter
  • European Parliament calls for integration of human rights in all EU policies and legally binding instrument regulating corporations
  • European Parliament flexes its muscle on Hungary’s breaches on democracy and rule of law
  • European Parliament highlights violations in Nicaragua canal project
  • European Parliament members demand explanations on human rights clauses in the EU-Vietnam free trade agreement
  • European Parliament study builds on FIDH report on human rights in disputed entities
  • FIDH IMPACTS 2013-2016
  • FIDH looks back at 2015 in our traditional comic strip
  • FIDH looks back at 2016 in our traditional comic strip
  • FRANCE | ISRAEL: European top human rights court rules against France in Israel boycott case
  • Free Razan!
  • Free Syria’s Silenced Voices
  • Guinea Conakry: a captain in the anti-crime brigade charged with acts of torture
  • Happy New Year! Keep your eyes open
  • Hissène Habré convicted: a historic verdict for the victims
  • Honduras: Finally, the Bajo Aguán defenders are declared innocent!
  • Honduras: Landmark conviction in Berta Cáceres’ case
  • Human rights defender Arif Yunusov released with conditions!
  • Human Rights Defenders - SPOTLIGHTS
  • Human rights defenders Leyla and Arif Yunus released on probation.
  • Human rights, development banks and public finance
  • Hungary: EU Court of Justice Rules that Anti-NGO Law Unduly Restricts Fundamental Rights
  • International Women’s Day
  • Iran: EU extends the list of individuals and entities under sanctions for human rights violations
  • Iranian lawyer new president of FIDH (Dawn.com, Pakistan)
  • Italy condemned by European Court of Human Rights for lack of legal recognition for same-sex couples
  • KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN !
  • Keep your eyes open!
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  • Kenya: a county government adopts a policy to combat sexual and gender-based violence
  • Laos : European Parliament (EP) calls for immediate and unconditional release of Somphone Phimmasone, Soukane Chaithad and Lod Thammavong
  • Laos detention of government critics is arbitrary says UN
  • Le Rapporteur spécial des Nations Unies demande à l’UE de repenser sa politique migratoire en se fondant sur les droits de l’homme.
  • Libya: adoption of decree for reparation of crimes of sexual violence
  • Looking back at 2017 : Human Rights in comics!
  • MEPs mobilise EU diplomacy on judicial harassment of Crimean Tatar Meijlis
  • Mexico: National Human Rights Commission calls for investigation into Coahuila officials linked to ’Los Zetas’ in Allende case
  • Morocco: A major breakthrough for the regularisation of undocumented migrants.
  • Morocco: over 100 Hirak protesters released following royal pardon
  • Myanmar : European Parliament (EP) adopts strong resolution on the situation of Rohingyas
  • Myanmar: EU imposes sanctions on junta members and two military-controlled conglomerates
  • Myanmar: UN Human Rights Council creates independent mechanism to expedite prosecutions
  • Occupied Palestinian Territory: new report denounces Orange’s dangerous liaisons in Israeli settlements
  • Peru: UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders condemns stigmatisation and criminalisation of human rights defenders
  • Philippines: EP raises human rights regarding EU-Philippines Partnership Cooperation Agreement (PCA).
  • Poland: Breaches of the Rule of Law cannot be tolerated says the EU
  • Some good news
  • South Korea: Release of Han Sang-gyun
  • Special Criminal Court officially created
  • SPOTLIGHTS
  • SPOTLIGHTS
  • Spotlights - July 2013
  • SPOTLIGHTS-#1-Human-Rights
  • Sudan : European Parliament calls for transparency and safeguards in migration cooperation
  • Sudan: Release of human rights defender Dr. Amin Mekki Medani and political activists Faruq Aby Eissa and Farah Ibrahim Alagar
  • Surveillance and torture in Libya: The Paris Court of Appeal confirms the indictment of Amesys and its executives, and cancels that of two employees
  • Syria: France and Germany arrest three ex-Syrian security officials suspected of crimes against humanity
  • Syria: French judges open enquiry into disappearance of franco-Syrian father and son in Bachar El-Assad’s jails
  • Syria: Mazen Darwish, unconditional amnesty at last.
  • Thailand lèse-majesté case: UN declares detention arbitrary and demands immediate release.
  • Thailand: Defamation cases against human rights defenders Nan Win and Sutharee Wannasiri dismissed
  • Thailand: lèse-majesté: UN declares another detention arbitrary, hints at crimes against humanity.
  • Thailand: Siraphop Kornaroot released after almost 5 years of arbitrary detention for lèse-majesté
  • Thailand: UN body slams ongoing violations of civil and political rights
  • Thailand: UN body specifically calls for the protection of women human rights defenders
  • The ACHPR adopts progressive measures in its fight against sexual violence and their consequences in Africa
  • The ACHPR expresses readiness to investigate human rights violations committed in Burundi
  • The African Commission condemns the crimes committed during the Anglophone crisis in Cameroon
  • The African Commission condemns the crimes committed in Burundi and calls for dialogue
  • The African Commission condemns the human rights violations committed in Togo and calls for impartial, independent investigations
  • The African Union takes on human rights crisis in Burundi
  • The DRC Remains under Human Rights Council Monitoring
  • The European Parliament deplores the deteriorating human rights situation in Malaysia
  • The European Parliament discusses human rights clauses in EU trade agreements
  • The Human Rights Council Responds to Burundi’s Rights Crisis
  • The IACHR condemns Chile for violation of the rights of victims of the dictatorship
  • The ICC decides to open a preliminary investigation into the situation in Burundi
  • The UN will address violations and abuses of the right to privacy
  • The United Nations again urges Senegal to decriminalize abortion
  • Tunisia legislates against trafficking in persons (TiP)
  • Tunisia votes landmark bill to end all violence against women
  • Tunisia: rejects the law permitting illegal mining of marble quarries
  • Ukraine: ICC closer to decide on an investigation into international crimes
  • UN lists 112 businesses linked to Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
  • UN puts a spotlight on Azerbaijan’s human rights crisis
  • UN Special Rapporteur calls on EU to rethink its migration policies based on human rights.
  • UN urges Uzbekistan to investigate torture and ill-treatment of human rights defender
  • Unveiling Afghanistan
  • Vietnam: EP strongly condemns abuse of freedom of expression, assembly and religion
  • Vietnam: European Parliament condemns increasing crackdown and surge of human rights violations
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    • Seven years in prison for the director of the Administrative Department of Security
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    • The EU extends targeted sanctions
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    • The UN declares the detention of three peaceful government critics to be arbitrary
    • The UN demands the protection of women human rights defenders
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    • Myanmar: European Parliament condemns grave violations against Rohingya
    • Myanmar: European Parliament urges Member States to refrain from implementing oil and gas sanctions derogation
    • Myanmar: Joint call on EU to add MOGE (Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise) to the list of entities subjected to EU restrictive measures.
    • Myanmar: No more “business as usual”: Scale of ongoing human rights crisis demands an urgent, strong and unified EU response
    • Myanmar: the European Parliament calls for further sanctions against the military
    • New article
    • New EU sanctions against Myanmar junta miss target
    • NGOs letter: Establish an EU Special Representative for International Humanitarian Law and International Justice.
    • NGOs support MEP letter to the EU on the urgent cases of Mohamed Ramadan and Husain Moosa
    • NGOs urge EIB to raise the bar on human rights ahead of banks’ summit
    • Nicaragua : European Parliament highlights conditions for meaningful national dialogue
    • Observations on an evolving EU human rights policy
    • Open letter and joint statement on EIB’s ESSF policy review
    • Open letter regarding the future trade and investment agreement between the EU and Egypt
    • OPEN LETTER TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
    • Open letter: Civil Society Call for the Introduction of Red Lines in the Upcoming European Commission Proposal on Artificial Intelligence
    • Open letter: deploring the EU position on Gaza, FIDH calls for a position grounded on international law
    • Open letter: EU negotiations with Vietnam, DG Trade called on to carry out HRIA
    • Open letter: Request for public consultation on the revision of the “Handbook for Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment” adopted in 2006
    • Over 140 civil society organisations call upon the EU to ensure the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive is gender-responsive
    • Pakistan: EU advocacy tour with the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP)
    • Pakistan: FIDH and HRCP organise an advocacy round with the EU
    • Philippines: European Parliament denounces extrajudicial killings and calls for immediate cessation
    • Poland, Hungary: Use of Article 7 to fight the shift towards authoritarianism in Europe
    • Poland: European Commission takes unprecedented step for rights violations
    • Poland: European Parliament condemns continuing deterioration of rule of law
    • Poland: MEPs vote for launch of Article 7 following serious violations of the Rule of Law
    • Polish rule of law crisis at point of no return
    • Protecting abortion access in Europe: A call to action
    • PROTECTING PUBLIC WATCHDOGS ACROSS THE EU: A PROPOSAL FOR AN EU ANTI-SLAPP LAW
    • Raising the bar on human rights at the European Investment Bank
    • Random implementation of Human rights clauses « Human rights are not adjustable options »
    • REDRESS - FIDH - TRIAL - ECCHR EU Update on international crimes (10th edition)
    • REDRESS - FIDH - TRIAL - ECCHR EU Update on international crimes (11th edition)
    • Reject the EU‐Uzbekistan textile protocol - joint letter to the European Parliament members
    • Resolution on migrant’s rights in the European Union
    • Respect of Fundamental Rights: The Situation in the EU in 2003
    • Review of the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy: FIDH recommendations
    • Rule of law and the general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget
    • Russia: European Parliament calls for the release of political prisoners, including Oleg Sentsov and Oyub Titiev
    • Russia: European Parliament strongly condemns the detention of Oyub Titiev
    • Sakharov Prize to Raif Badawi calls for stronger EU diplomacy on human rights in Saudi Arabia
    • Save the date 03/10: Brussels Conference on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations
    • Sierra Leone: NGOs call for EU support in resolving the Malen land conflict
    • South Korea releases labour rights defender Lee Young-joo
    • Summary of Submission to the Convention on the future of the European Union. May 2002
    • Syria: Brussels III conference highlights the central importance of accountability
    • The EU bank about to fail to become a responsible lender
    • The EU Court of Justice rules that EU free movement law should apply to same-sex couples
    • The EU must break its silence on India’s human rights record
    • The EU should address land rights, criminalisation, and justice concerns in Ecuador
    • The European Parliament adopts the "returns" directive:
    • The European Union wants to accelerate the negotiation of an WTO Plus agreement with Central America
    • The FIDH calls for the suspension of the text’s adoption until it conforms to Member States international human rights obligations.
    • The FIDH-AE calls on the European Union to renounce to the conclusion of Readmission Agreements and to commit its Future Cooperation to the creation of equitable asylum and immigration policies
    • The impact of new technologies on human rights: 22nd EU NGO Human Rights Forum
    • The new EU human rights policy: A determination to marry human rights objectives with the EU’s economic weight
    • Thessaloniki Summit : Open Letter to the European Union’s Heads of State and Government
    • Three NGOs call on the EU to adopt further sanctions against human rights violators in Tibet and Uyghur Region
    • Toxic Trade: FIDH, MO* Magazine and the NGO Shipbreaking Platform conference on toxic waste prevention
    • Trade and Human rights: The EU Ombudswoman echoes FIDH’s demands
    • Trade, Investment, Business & Human Rights
    • Transform the European Investment Bank (EIB)’s approach to development
    • Vietnam : NGO’s call on the European Parliament to Postpone Ratification of EU-Vietnam Trade Deals
    • Vietnam: civil society organisations call for the immediate and unconditional release of Mr. Nguyễn Bắc Truyển
    • Vietnam: EU advocacy tour with the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR)
    • Vietnam: EU Domestic Advisory Group (DAG) denounces activists’ arrests
    • VIETNAM: EU Domestic Advisory Group (DAG) publishes statement on arrests of civil society activists
    • Vietnam: EU-DAG remains committed to support civil society
    • Vietnam: European Parliament condemns human rights violations
    • Vietnam: European Parliament shines spotlight on violations of freedom of expression, notably the case of Nguyen Van Hoa
    • We don’t want to be sued into silence
    • We need more protection from government surveillance — not less
    • What Europe stands for
    • Zimbabwe: European Parliament resolution calls for end of crackdown on protests
    • « Returns » Directive: Last resort, the European Parliament can still conform the text with human rights norms
  • African Union
    • NEPAD AND HUMAN RIGHTS: A LINK TO CLARIFY
    • 130 Groups Across Africa Call for Countries to Back ICC
    • African Union should respect and support universal jurisdiction
    • Appeal to the Heads of State of the African Union in view of the Cairo Summit
    • AU Summit on the ICC - Protecting leaders in office to the detriment of victims and peace
    • Before the 12th AU Summit, the Civil Society call upon African Heads of States on conflicts and crisis situation in Africa
    • Before the 12th AU Summit, the civil society makes recommendations to the Heads of State and Government on the conflict and crisis situations in Africa
    • Citizen’s Continental Conference on the African Union Summit, Addis Ababa 23-24 January 2008
    • Civil Society Communiqué ahead of the 11th Ordinary African Union Summit on "Meeting the Millennium Development Goals on Water and Sanitation"
    • EU-Africa strategy - Supporting human rights defenders in Sub-saharian Africa (FR)
    • Internally Displaced Persons in Africa need a strong Convention
    • Joint Letter to the AU Member States on the Draft Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court on Justice and Human Rights
    • Joint Open Letter on the occasion of the EU-Africa Summit
    • One Last Ratification Stands in the Way of the Entry into Force of the African Charter of Democracy, Elections and Governance!
    • Sixth Summit of the African Union at Khartoum
    • The 23rd Summit of the African Union must focus on peace, security and justice
    • The African Union IDPs Convention: a unique opportunity to strengthen the protection of the internally displaced in Africa
    • The African Union must face its responsibilities
    • Women’s rights in Africa : Interview with Soyata Maiga, Special Rapporteur of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR)
    • Women’s Rights in Africa: 18 countries are yet to ratify the Maputo Protocol !
    • African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
      • 38th ordinary session of the AFRICAN COMMISSION FOR HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS / Under the topic on the agenda: "Situation of Human Rights Defenders"
      • A SESSION THAT LEAVES A BITTER TASTE
      • Alternative report on Democratic Republic of Congo: Situation of liberties and human rights at the dawn of transition in the Democratic Republic of Congo
      • Continental Conference on the death penalty in Africa: A decisive step towards an abolitionist continent
      • Deadly conflicts, major political crisis, high-risk elections: The ACHPR must adopt a strong stance during its 14th Extraordinary Session
      • FIDH guide on ACHPR: NGOs and ACHPR
      • FIDH Welcomes African Commission Resolutions on Sudanese Transition and Covid-19 Response in Africa
      • Filing a Communication before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ rights
      • Intervention of the Observatory for the protection of human rights defenders: Situation of human rights defenders
      • Mixed result
      • Mixed results of the 58th ordinary session of the African commission during the African year of human rights
      • Oral Intervention on the report of the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa
      • Proposed AU reforms threaten the independence and existence of the African Commission
      • Report of Consultative Meeting on Women Human Rights Defenders in Africa
      • Resolutions adopted by the ACHPR at its 38th session
      • Resolutions proposed by FIDH and Social Society to the 36th Session of the ACHPR
      • Side Event on the Fight against impunity for international crimes in Africa
      • Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders in Africa
      • Statement of Consultative Meeting on Women Human Rights Defenders in Africa
      • The ACHPR adopts a Resolution on the Right to Peaceful Demonstrations African States Must fully Abide by its Provisions
      • The ACHPR condemns the Persistence of Crimes of Sexual Violence in Africa
      • The ACHPR echoes the concerns and recommendations of FIDH on the political crises and the conflicts in Africa
      • The African Commission finally establishes a focal point on Human Rights defenders in Africa !
      • The African Commission must react strongly against heightened threats to human rights
      • The Commission must fulfil its obligatory mandate of protecting human rights
      • The Commission reaffirms its role of protecting human rights in Africa by adopting 5 resolutions (only available in french)
      • The death penalty in Africa
      • The FIDH and its member organizations call on the African Commission to assume its responsibilities
      • The Role of NGOs during sessions of the African Commission for Human and Peoples’ Rights and the pre-session NGO Forum (Questions / Answers)
      • Under agenda item 9: “Situation of human rights defenders”
      • Written intervention of The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
      • 53rd session - ACHRPR / april 2013 - Banjul (The Gambia)
      • 40th session - African Commission on Human and People’s Rights
        • FIDH action supporting the participation of victims from DRC before the International Criminal Court
        • Human Rights Situation in North Africa
      • 42nd Session - African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR)
        • Great steps forward, great misses
      • 43rd Session - African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR)
        • Resolution on the Right to Food in Africa
        • The ACHPR denounces human rights violations in Zimbabwe and in South Africa
      • 44th Session - African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR)
        • FIDH Intervention on the Human Rights Situation in Africa
      • 49th session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR)
        • Contribution to the 49th ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
        • The African Commission should continue to support democratic movements on the continent
      • 4th Extraordinay Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights - Banjul, Gambia, 15-25 February 2008
      • 51st Session of the ACHPR / April-May 2012
        • African Commission on Human and People’s Rights calls on African states to ratify Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural rights (ICESCR)
        • Strong stand taken by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the crises situations raging on the African continent
      • 52nd session - ACPHR / october 2012 - Yamoussoukro (Côte d’Ivoire)
        • Intervention of the Observatory on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders
      • 55 th Ordinary Session - African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR)
        • ACHPR protects the rights of members of the LGBTI community
        • Contribution of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
        • Opening of the 55th Ordinary Session of the ACHPR: FIDH calls for a Human Rights Action Plan in Conflict and Crises Resolution and Prevention Processes
        • Statement on the General Human Rights Situation in Africa – ITEM 4
        • The ACHPR condemns the persistance of crimes of sexual violence in Africa
      • 56th Ordinary Session - African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR)
        • Oral intervention at the 56th session of the African Commission on HPR
        • Written Intervention at the 56th session of the African Commission on HPR
    • African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
      • Call for African States to Reject Immunity for Serious Crimes
      • FIDH Practical Guide on the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
      • Great news for the fight against impunity on the African continent: The African Court on human and peoples’ rights will enter into force on 25 January 2004
    • African Union Summits
      • 14th AU Summit: Notes and recommendations to the Heads of State and Government
      • 15th AU Summit : FIDH and its Member Organisations Raise their Concerns and Recommendations
      • 16th AU summit : The African Union must face its responsibilities
      • 24th AU Summit : "AU must guarantee peace and security in Africa based on human rights and justice"
      • 24th Summit of the African Union: "The AU Must Guarantee a Peace and Security in Africa Founded on Human Rights and Justice"
      • 25th Summit of the African Union: the AU must make human rights central to its action for the resolution of conflicts and crises
      • African Union: Greater Efforts Needed on Crises and Conflicts Situations and to Ensure the Effectiveness of Human Rights Protection Mechanisms
      • Closure of the 16th Summit of the African Union - FIDH Deplores the Silence of the Regional Body on the Situation in Egypt
      • ICC Members Should Show Leadership on Justice
      • Priority given to protecting civilians in the context of armed intervention in Mali
      • South Africa must take lead at AU summit on key human rights abuses
      • Summit of the African Union: The urgency to Ensure Protection, Security and Justice to African Populations
      • The AU Must Act Responsibly Regarding the Situation in Mali and the Crisis Between Sudan and South Suda
  • Other regional organisations
    • Event: Human rights in contested entities: the price of living in the ’blind spots’ of international law
    • First-hand Information From Inside Belarus: Invitation to a Side-event on 12 September, Warsaw
    • Human rights must be at the heart of the first world summit of Public Development Banks
    • Sudan: FIDH letter to the Arab leaders in view of the Arab Summit to be held in Doha
    • Council of Europe
      • Adoption of the Declaration of the Committee of Ministers for enhanced protection of human rights defenders
      • Colloquium "Protecting and Supporting Human Rights Defenders in Europe" - Council of Europe 13-14 November 2006
      • Commissioner on Human Rights: a general mandate with a specific component on defenders
      • Javier SOLANA, EU High Representative for the CFSP, met today Mrs Souhayr BELHASSEN
      • European Court of Human Rights
        • DECISION TIME ON THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
        • European Court of Human Rights - interim measures Italy and EU Members States should stop deportations towards Libya
        • European Court of Human Rights should strike a balance between freedom of expression and the fight against hate speech
    • ASEAN
      • Civil society organisations meet ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights on the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration, call for universal standards to be upheld
      • Civil Society Denounces Adoption of Flawed ASEAN Human Rights Declaration
      • the signing of the Charter of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
      • 9th ASEAN Summit : Human Rights concerns : call to the ASEAN member States
      • ASEAN and human rights: Worrying attempts to control civil society
      • ASEAN foreign ministers finally release the ASEAN Human Rights declaration draft
      • ASEAN Human rights body : weak mandate, weak protection
      • ASEAN: Actions of the AICHR’s current Chair demonstrate need for AICHR’s Terms of Reference to ensure independence and impartiality of its commissioners
      • ASEAN: Chartering human rights
      • ASEAN: More progress needed on the ratification of the treaty on enforced disappearances
      • ASEAN: Time to get serious about protecting human rights
      • Civil society rejects flawed ASEAN Human Rights Declaration
      • Civil Society Statement on Corporate Accountability in ASEAN
      • FIDH expresses concern about the drafting process of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration
      • FIDH firmly believes that ASEAN has a role to play to promote the abolition of the death penalty
      • FIDH submission to the European Parliament Sub-committee on Human Rights (DROI) on AICHR
      • Final Statement of the ASEAN Grassroots People’s Assembly
      • First session of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) : Transparency, dialogue with civil society and tools to address the protection gap in the AICHR’s mandate should be on the agenda
      • Joint open letter to ASEAN foreign ministers on the draft ASEAN Human Rights Declaration
      • Joint submission to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights on the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration by Civil Society Organisations and people’s movements participating in the Fifth Regional Consultation on ASEAN and Human Rights, 22 June 2012
      • Largest-ever ASEAN civil society conference urges regional governments to establish human rights protection mechanisms
      • Less than Adequate: AICHR Formal Consultation with Civil Society on the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration
      • Letter to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) on engagement with civil society, transparency, and the ASEAN human rights declaration
      • Member states of the ASEAN to undermine independent civil society participation
      • Obama must demand progress on human rights during Summit
      • Open Letter to AICHR: engage and work with human rights community to fulfill mandate
      • OPEN LETTER to ASEAN Ministers for a Robust, Independent and Effective ASEAN Human Rights Commission
      • Postpone deeply flawed ASEAN Human Rights Declaration
      • Rights groups call for an end to enforced disappearances in ASEAN
      • Submission to the 12th ASEAN SUMMIT
      • The ASEAN Human Rights Declaration: Drafts must be published and subject to meaningful consultations with local, national and regional civil society and human rights defenders
    • Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
      • A strong Human Dimension is a prerequisite for a strong OSCE
      • Contribution to the 2012 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (September 24 - October 5)
      • DEVELOPING OSCE/ODIHR RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS: CONTRIBUTION OF THE OBSERVATORY
      • FIDH OSCE Human Dimension oral intervention 2009 Session17
      • FIDH position on strengthening the OSCE Human Dimension
      • Focal Point on Human Rights Defenders: implementing OSCE and international commitments
      • HDIM 2008 — Written contribution of the Observatory, under working session 3 of the agenda on "Freedom of assembly and association"
      • HUMAN DIMENSION IMPLEMENTATION MEETING, WARSAW, September 28 - October 9, 2009
      • Joint side event: How to improve the protection of human rights defenders in the OSCE region?
      • Ongoing practice of arbitrary detention of human rights defenders in OSCE Participating States
      • OSCE : human rights remain the major challenge, lack of political will undermines the Organisation’s credibility
      • OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION IMPLEMENTATION MEETING - WARSAW, October 2003 (FR)
      • OSCE – HDIM, Working session 17, Thursday, October 9th 2008
      • OSCE/ODIHR Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders: Time for a genuine implementation across all the OSCE area and beyond
      • Serious concerns with repeated attempts to undermine the Human Dimension and NGO participation
      • Written Contribution for 2014 OSCE HDIM: Fundamental freedoms I, including freedom of peaceful assembly and association
      • Written contribution of the Observatory to the 2011 OSCE/HDIM
    • League of Arab States
      • 35 civil society organizations ask the Arab League Secretary General to discuss the situation in Egypt during the coming Ministerial Council
      • Arab League should postpone action to establish a court of human rights
      • For an effective Arab League human rights protection system : LAS Secretary General welcomes convergence on universal standards, NGO Coalition develops
      • Human Rights organizations and Arab Human Rights Committee engage in constructive dialogue
      • Letter to Dr. Nabil Al Araby, Secretary General of the League of Arab States
      • Proposed Arab Court of Human Rights: An empty vessel without substantial changes to the draft statute
      • Proposed Arab Court of Human Rights: Rewind the process and get it right
      • Resolution to reform the Arab League
      • The Arab League and Human Rights : Challenges Ahead
      • The establishment of an Arab Court of Human Rights must be consistent with universal standards
      • The Tunis Declaration on the Arab Court of Human Rights
    • Organisation of American States
      • Supporting the Inter-American Human Rights System is supporting dignity for human beings
  • United Nations
    • Handbook for Universal Periodic Review
    • "Peace and justice are indivisible according to Ban Ki-Moon
    • 27th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council : Follow FIDH daily advocacy
    • 28th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council
    • 29th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council
    • A decisive step for the victims of enforced disappearances
    • A Sanctions Regime that Falls Short of Respecting Due Process Rights / FIDH Sends Open Letter to Security Council
    • A transparent election to find the best UN leader
    • Addressing the human rights situation and the need for accountability for atrocities committed in South Sudan
    • Adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Joint Statement by International Non-Governmental Organizations.
    • Ales Bialiatski’s statement at Human Rights Council - 28th Session
    • Belarus: new UN resolution highlights the country’s appalling human rights situation
    • Beyond the first elections, the challenge of effective implementation
    • Call for Action against the Use of Diplomatic Assurances in Transfers to Risk of Torture and Ill-Treatment
    • Challenges For the First Session
    • China: Joint Statement calling for Xinjiang Resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Council
    • Civil Society Challenges UN Secretary-General Candidates to Take Accountability Pledge
    • Crackdown on NGOs’ access to funding: Unprecedented resolution adopted at the UN
    • Creation of the UN Human Rights Council
    • Democratic Republic of the Congo : Call for a special session of the Human Rights Council
    • DRC : MONUSCO’s mandate renewal must address the crackdown against civil society ahead of key elections
    • Durban review conference – guaranteeing the rights remains a challenge
    • Egypt: COP27 under influence
    • End global crackdown on human rights defenders and enact laws for their protection
    • Essential Elements of a Human Rights Council
    • FIDH Applauds the Adoption by the U.N. General Assembly of the "International Convention for the Protection of All Persons From Enforced Disappearance"
    • FIDH comments on the preliminary draft convention on "the diversity of cultural contents and artistic expressions" drawn up on behalf of UNESCO
    • FIDH Oral Intervention : Thematic Debate : Non-Citizens and Racial Discrimination.
    • FIDH Position Paper on UN peacekeeping reforms
    • FIDH President and Nobel Peace Prize Shirin Ebadi call upon the USA to back the resolution on the UN Human rights Council
    • FIDH welcomes the findings of the panel on the reform of United Nations
    • FIDH, HRW, ICJ joint Statement on the implementation of the Human Rights Council resolution
    • Goldstone’s Washington Post op-ed: No basis to deny justice to victims of the Gaza War
    • Grave violations against children in Yemen: an open letter to Ban Ki Moon
    • Historic vote: the UN recognise the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment!
    • Human Rights Council: Address the deteriorating human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
    • Human Rights Council: Taking stock of the first decade of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
    • Human rights protection mechanisms for Haiti, Ivory Coast and Belarus
    • Human Rights Situation in Burundi
    • International Migrants’ Day 2009: Launch of 20th anniversary Global Campaign for Migrants Rights Convention
    • Intersessional Meeting on Technical Cooperation and Capacity-building – Human Rights Council
    • Joint oral statement of the OMCT and the FIDH on the role of Human Rights Defenders, at the first session of the Council
    • Joint statement by non-governmental organisations for the informal consultations of the Commission on Human Rights
    • Joint statement on the draft Indigenous Peoples’ Declaration at the first session of the Council
    • Launch of OHCHR Arabic Website, Human Rights Day 2012 - My Voice Counts
    • LIGA report on Czech Republic to the Human Rights Committe
    • More than 400 NGOs co-sign a statement at the Peoples’ Summit on Climate, Rights and Human Survival
    • NGO Statement on Item 2
    • NGOs make urgent appeal to UN member states to back Human Rights Council resolution
    • open letter to H.E. Mr. Jan Eliasson
    • Open letter to the UN Security Council on the Protection of Journalists
    • Position Report :59th session of the United Nations’ General Assembly - September 2004
    • Prominent Italian human rights activist banned from entering Egypt to participate in COP27
    • Rights Groups Submit Allegations to UN Special Rapporteurs Against NATO Supreme Commander General John Craddock For Force-Feeding in Guantánamo 2004-2006
    • Save the United Nations reform!
    • Statement of the NGO Coalition for an Optional Protocol to the ICESCR and the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
    • Sustainable Development: The States must direct world governance to a turning point
    • Tackling impunity: expectations and challenges facing the Human Rights Council
    • The international community has to consider Indigenous peoples’ rights as a central human rights concern and work toward timely adoption of the Declaration
    • The Human Rights Council keeps Belarus high on its agenda
    • The Human Rights Council must renew the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on Iran - Priority #HRC28
    • The Human Rights Council should continue to take responsibility regarding the Human Rights situation in Belarus - Priority #HRC28 #HRC29
    • The Human Rights Council should reaffirm international consensus on freedom of expression and freedom of religion - Priority #HRC28
    • The Human Rights Council should respond to the gravity of the situation in South Sudan - Priority #HRC28 #HRC29
    • The Ongoing Business of Strengthening the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies
    • The Third Committee must echo the voices of the victims of human rights violations and work together on putting an end to them
    • The UN General Assembly, Reflecting Universality, Must Not Fail Human Rights and Justice
    • The UN Security Council Fails to Significantly Improve its Blacklisting Regime
    • The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders: the historical and universal protection mechanism
    • The United Nations Counter-Terrorism Complex: Bureaucracy, Political Influence, Civil Liberties
    • The United Nations General Assembly must echo the voice of the voiceless and condemn, as well as prevent, serious human rights violations
    • Thematic Debate: Non-Citizens and Racial Discrimination
    • Two major breakthroughs for the victims
    • UN : Defending the universality of human rights - Priority #HRC29
    • UN at 70! What are the stakes and challenges for human rights?
    • UN General Assembly strengthens its collective response to the use of the veto by the Security Council
    • UN Human Rights Council : significant steps on country situations and LGBT protection amid double standards
    • UN Human Rights Council: ending collective pushbacks of migrants at borders
    • UN Member States should adopt the draft resolution on the Human Rights Council
    • UN must recognize the role of human rights defenders and the need for their protection
    • UN Reform Must Strengthen and Enhance Existing Mechanisms of Protection of Human Rights
    • UN: A Special Rapporteur mandate is more needed than ever to protect the right to privacy - Priority #HRC28
    • UN: Open letter for the Establishment of a new UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change
    • United Nations: 22nd session of the Human Rights Council: Joint oral intervention under Item 3
    • Universal Human Rights Under Attack: a Key Moment for the Human Rights Council
    • Working Group efforts on an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
    • Archives UN
      • 55th Session
        • Disapointing outcom of the 55th session of the Commission on Human Rights
      • 58th Session
        • Defeat and a very meagre harvest at the Commission on Human Rights :The 58th session gives a blank cheque to the oppressors
        • Point 4 of the Order of the Day : Report of the High Commissioner of Human Rights of the United Nations and followed by the World Conference on Human Rights.
        • Struggle Against Terrorism and Respect for Human Rights
      • 58th session
        • Sub-Commission, Item 4: Economic, social and cultural rights.
        • Sub-Commission: Item 5 of the agenda - Prevention of discriminations
        • Sub-Commission: Item 5 of the agenda - Roma communities in Russia.
      • 59th session
        • Position Paper
      • 60th Session
        • Civil Society sidelined from highest United Nations Human Rights body
        • Human rights Defenders
        • POSITION PAPER
      • 61st session
        • Item 6 : RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION
        • Item 9 of the agenda : Bahrain
        • Item 9 of the agenda : Egypt
        • Reforming the CHR: safeguarding the mandate and mechanisms of protection
        • Closing Statement
        • Item 10 of the agenda : Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
        • Item 10_ESCR Oral Intervention
        • Item 15 - Indigenous People - Oral Intervention
        • Item 16 - Business and Human Rights - Oral Intervention
        • Item 16 - Discrimination based on work and Descent - Oral Intervention
        • Item 17 - Human Rights Defenders - Oral Intervention
        • Item 17 of the agenda : "Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms While Countering Terrorism"
        • Item 17: Promotion and protection of human rights: (b) Human rights defenders
        • Item 18 - Amnesty in Algeria - Oral Intervention
        • Item 18 - Cooperation with Special Procedures - Oral Intervention
        • Item 3 - Darfur - Oral Intervention
        • Item 5: THE RIGHT OF PEOPLES TO SELF-DETERMINATION AND ITS APPLICATION TO PEOPLES UNDER COLONIAL OR ALIEN DOMINATION OR FOREIGN OCCUPATION
        • Item 6 - Sexual Orientation - Oral Intervention
        • Item 8 - OPT - Oral Intervention
        • Item 8: Question of the Violation of Human Rights in the Occupied Arab Territories, including Palestine
        • Item 9 - Bangladesh - Written intervention
        • Item 9 - Belarus - Written intervention
        • Item 9 - Country Situations - Oral Intervention
        • Item 9 - Iran - Written intervention
        • Item 9 - Russian Federation - Written intervention
        • Item 9 - Sudan - Written intervention
        • Item 9 - Togo - Written intervention
        • Item 9 - Vietnam - Written intervention
        • Item 9 of the agenda : Bahrain
        • Item 9 of the agenda : Malaysia
        • Item 9 of the agenda : Myanmar
        • Item 9 of the agenda : Pakistan
        • Item 9 of the agenda : People’s Republic of China
        • Oral Intervention Item 9
        • Position Paper
        • Progresses, stifling silences and the call into question of the protection mandate : lessons to be learnt for the « reform »
        • Question of the death penalty
      • 62nd session - CHR
        • "the Commission needs to address five core elements of the UN human rights protection mandate"
        • ICJ and FIDH’s observations on procedural arguments to prevent the adoption of the draft convention for the protection of all persons from enforced disappearences at CHR 62
        • NGOs call on Member States to adopt Draft Convention on Enforced Disappearance
        • Position paper
      • CAT
        • FIDH, CCR, Liberty and SHRC strongly urge the United Kingdom and the United States of America to implement the Convention Against Torture in all matters and in all territories under their jurisdiction
      • CEDAW
      • CERD
        • Discrimination against non-citizens : important decision by a UN body
        • The FIDH requests the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination for Urgent Procedure on anti terrorist legislations in the UK, USA and Germany
      • CESCR
        • Joint statement for an Optional Protocol to the ICESCR
        • The ECOSOC grants consultative status to three LGBT NGOs
        • The Observatory calls upon the ECOSOC to grant consultative status to several LGBT NGOs
      • CMW
      • CRC
      • Cultural Diversity
        • In support of the Draft Convention on the Protection of the Diversity of Cultural Contents and Artistic Expressions.
      • HRCommittee
    • Human Rights Council
      • FIDH welcomes establishment of new mechanism on laws that discriminate against women by United Nations Human Rights Council
      • United Nations Human Rights Council: Positive steps on country situations and the protection of human rights norms
      • 20 Critical issues for a successful outcome of the Human Rights Council’s Institution Building Process
      • 30th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council
      • A call for action
      • ACJPS, FIDH and IRRI submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Sudan 2016
      • Action on Countries: a Litmus Test for the Human Rights Council
      • Adopt Safeguards against hazardous review of human rights
      • Adoption of an unprecedented resolution at the UN to end the financial strangulation of human rights NGOs
      • At UN Human Rights Council, China manœuvres to ensure its own impunity
      • Bahrain - The Human Rights Council must address deteriorating rights situation
      • Between steps forward and neglected situations, the UN Human Rights Council concludes its 19th session
      • Burma: Call on the Human Rights Council to extend the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur
      • Burundi: NGOs Call for a Special Session of the Human Rights Council
      • Business and Human Rights: FIDH Calls on the International Community to Enhance Standards and Ensure Redress
      • Call on the Human Rights Council to dedicate its utmost attention to the DRC at its 33rd session
      • Call to renew the mandate of the Commission of Inquiry
      • Criteria for a successful outcome of the Review of Special Procedures
      • Draft Code of Conduct for Special Procedures - Strong Protection Stepbacks
      • Egypt: Silence is not an option
      • Emerging Powers Succeeding in Debilitating the Human Rights Council
      • Ethiopia: addressing the escalating human rights crisis
      • FIDH Oral statement - Adoption of the report on the UPR of Iran
      • FIDH Oral Statement on Myanmar
      • FIDH Position Paper
      • FIDH Press release: HRC Special Session on the "The human rights situation in Sri Lanka’
      • FIDH’s oral intervention about the situation in Darfur
      • FIDH’s reaction to the report of the High Commissioner
      • FIDH’s reaction to the review of mandates
      • FIDH’s statement on UPR at the Human Rights Council
      • FIDH’s areas of focus for 2022’s first UN Human Rights Council session
      • Final report on the first session of the Human Rights Council
      • France: UN review should condemn setbacks to rule of law in fight against terrorism
      • Guinea: Call for the adoption of a resolution on the assessment of the impact of technical cooperation
      • Half-Relevant? The Human Rights Council’s Responses to Unfolding Crises
      • High level panel on death penalty
      • HRC 47 Climate Change: Joint statement under Item 2 during the Interactive Dialogue on the Annual Report of the High Commissioner
      • HRC 47 Joint statement during the Panel discussion on the adverse impact of climate change on the full and effective enjoyment of human rights by older persons
      • HRC 53 end of session press release
      • HRC33 - STATEMENT Adoption of the report on the UPR of Sudan
      • HRC33: Oral statement on Sudan
      • HRC44 Joint statement for the Enhanced interactive dialogue on the oral reports of the Government of the Sudan and OHCHR under Item 10
      • HRC44 Oral statement for the Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on human rights situation in the Philippines
      • HRC45 Joint Statement during the General debate under item 10
      • HRC45 Joint statement during the General Debate under Item 4
      • HRC45 Joint statement during the Interactive Dialogue under Item 2
      • HRC45 Oral statement during the Enhanced interactive dialogue on Independent Expert report on Sudan
      • HRC45 Oral statement during the Oral update by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
      • HRC45 Oral statement during the UPR outcome of Turkey
      • HRC45 Oral Statement for Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention under Item 4: Belarus, China, the Philippines, Egypt and Gaza
      • HRC46 Joint statement calling for an international mechanism aimed at ensuring criminal accountability for international crimes committed in Yemen, and reparations to civilian victims
      • HRC46 Joint Statement during the General debate under item 10
      • HRC46 Joint Statement during the General debate under item 4
      • HRC46 Joint Statement during the General debate under item 7
      • HRC46 Joint Statement during the ID on oral update of GEE on Yemen
      • HRC46 NGOs call to support the renewal of the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on Iran
      • HRC46 Oral Statement during the General debate under item 7
      • HRC46 Oral Statement for the Enhanced Interactive dialogue on the High Commissioner report on the situation of human rights in Belarus
      • HRC46 Oral Statement for the General debate on the oral update by the High Commissioner
      • HRC46 [Joint Statement] Philippines: Duterte’s administration should be held accountable for the killings of activists and human rights defenders
      • HRC47 Oral Statement during the Interactive dialogue with the UN Special Adviser on Prevention of Genocide
      • HRC48 Oral Statement for the General Debate under item 4 calling for the creation of a new UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and climate change
      • HRC48: Civil society presents key takeaways from Human Rights Council
      • HRC49: Open letter to States on the draft resolution on human rights defenders
      • HRC52: end of the first session of the Human Rights Council in 2023
      • Human Rights Council calls on Myanmar to accept a follow-up mission
      • Human Rights Council puts an end to a special mechanism on Darfur and overburdens the mandate on Sudan.
      • Human Rights Council to Burundi: “You Are Under Scrutiny”
      • Human Rights Council unable to act strongly
      • Human Rights Council: Create an international investigating mechanism for Yemen
      • Human Rights in the Republic of the Philippines
      • Human Rights in the South African Republic
      • Inter-active dialogue with the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders
      • Inter-active dialogue with the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, UN Human Rights Council Second Session (18 September - 6 October 2006)
      • Interactive dialogue with the Special rapporteur on human rights defenders
      • Item 10, Interactive Dialogue on Cambodia
      • Item 4, pressing issue 5: Role of Human Rights Defenders
      • Joint Letter calling for an independent international investigative mechanism on the human rights situation in the Philippines
      • Joint Letter calling for the Human Rights Council to support systemic human rights reforms in Sudan
      • Joint oral intervention by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)[1] and the Rencontre Africaine pour la Défense des Droits de l’Homme (Radho)
      • Joint oral Statement on Belarus at the 5th session of the Human Rights Council
      • Joint Statement - Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
      • Joint statement on the Progress report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the second session of the Human Rights Council
      • Killings of Peaceful Sudanese Democracy Protesters Demand Accountability Urgent International Action Needed to Prevent Further Violence
      • Letter to Ambassadors: Elections to the Human Rights Council in May
      • Libya: The Human Rights Council should establish the mandate of an Independent Expert on Libya
      • Mass Surveillance and Beyond: the Human Rights Council Takes an Important Step to Protect the Right to Privacy
      • Member States of the UN should refrain from voting for candidates to the Human Rights Council that are unfit for membership
      • More Action, Less Conversation Needed at the Human Rights Council
      • Mounting Attacks against NGOs: The Human Rights Council Should Take a Firm Stand to Protect their Right to Speak
      • NGO Coalition Welcomes Historic Decision: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Track to have Equal Footing with Other International Human Rights Law
      • Observations concerning the report of the Working Group on the implementation of operative paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 60/251
      • Online Event - Sudan at a crossroads: what role for the HRC?
      • Oral intervention Interactive dialogue with John Ruggie, June 2nd 2009
      • Oral Intervention to Human Rights Council: Amnesty International, ESCR-Net, Human Rights Watch, International Commission of Jurists, FIDH
      • Oral joint statement of 26 April on Review of Mandates
      • Oral Statement - Group of Experts Darfur
      • Oral statement - HRC 4 - OPT
      • Oral Statement - Human Rights in Pakistan
      • Oral Statement - Independence of Judges and Lawyers
      • Oral Statement - Sudan
      • Oral Statement in Working Group on Review of Mandates
      • Oral statement of 6th February , 2007 on Review of Mandates
      • Oral statement of 7th February , 2007 on Review of Mandates
      • Oral statement of the FIDH on item 4 - General Debate, at the 9th session of the Human Rights Council
      • Oral statement on Human Rights situations that require the Council’s attention.
      • Oral statement on item 4
      • Oral statement on Sudan at the 5th session of the Human Right Council
      • Oral statement on the report of Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights
      • Oral Statement on Universal Periodic Review
      • Oral statement, report of the special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Sudan
      • Oral Statment- Human Rights situation in Burma
      • Panel discussion on civil society space
      • Position Paper
      • POSITION PAPER Developping a robust UPR : safeguards against selectivity and arbitrariness required
      • Position Paper HRC 4
      • Position paper of the FIDH : maintaining Country Procedures, at the 9th session of the Human Rights Council
      • Preserving Country Procedures
      • Press Release - UN Human Rights Council
      • Reform of the UN human rights protection mechanisms : protective capacities in danger
      • Right to Food: The world does not need more of the same medecine
      • South Sudan: The Human Rights Council should renew the Commission on Humain Rights in South Sudan and address the need for accountability
      • Special Session on the Right to Food
      • Special Session The Impact of the Global Economic and Financial Crises on the Universal Realization and Effective Enjoyment of Human Rights
      • Statement on the occasion of the interactive dialogue with Ms. Sekaggya, Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders. 10th session of the Human Rights Council
      • Stifled Southeast Asian Voices: NGOs Unite Against Criminalization of Free Expression on the Internet
      • Sudan: Letter from 36 NGOs and individuals regarding the human rights situation in advance of the 33rd session of the UN Human Rights Council
      • Summary of FIDH’s Position on Key Elements for Effective Protection of Human Rights in the HRC Institution-Building
      • The 31st Session of the UN Human Rights Council called to utilize Election Observer Mission reports on Uganda’s February 2016 General Elections
      • The Human Rights Council Concludes its Second Session : Protection capacity yet to be found
      • The Human Rights Council must act to end impunity in the DRC
      • The Human Rights Council must be ambitious on freedom of religion or belief and combating religious intolerance
      • The Human Rights Council should act as a sounding board for global efforts to protect human rights defenders
      • The Human Rights Council should continue to closely monitor Cambodia - Priority #HRC30
      • The Human Rights Council should step up its action towards the release of the detained and disappeared in Syria - Priority #HRC30
      • The UN Human Rights Council Moves Away from Decades of Legal and Societal Progress
      • The UN Human Rights Council points (again) at Belarus
      • The UN must demonstrate its capacity to react: FIDH’s advocacy at the 35th session of the Human Rights Council
      • The world does not need more of the same medicine
      • Three weeks to take urgent action: the Human Rights Council gathers in Geneva
      • Turkey: submission to the UN Human Rights Committee (CCPR)
      • UN : The Human Rights Council should create a new special procedure on the right to privacy in the digital age
      • UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL MAINTAINS SUDAN ON ITS AGENDA
      • UN Human Rights Council, resolution on defamation of religions : Moving away from the human rights mandate
      • UN Member States should make strong recommendations to Sudan at upcoming human rights review
      • UN member States should urge Mali to choose justice in the face of crisis
      • United Nations Human Rights Council: While mechanisms are maintained, safeguards need strengthening
      • UPR – Adopt Safeguards against hazardous review of human rights
      • URGENT - Call for a Special Session of the Human Rights Council with regard to the human rights crisis in Kenya
      • Violations of the Principle of Independence and Impartiality of the Judiciary and the Independence of the Legal Profession of Prosecutors in the German Case against Donald Rumsfeld and others for War Crimes
      • Written Comments to the Draft Code of Conduct for Special Procedures
      • Written statement on the right to housing in China
      • Yemen: Urgent Need for an Independent International Inquiry
      • «United Nations Human Rights Council:Criteria for the Successful Establishment of the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism»
    • Security Council
      • 44 Syrian and international NGOs call for immediate end to attacks on civilians and hospitals in Idlib
      • Appealing for Urgent Intervention to Prevent further Bloodshed in Sudan
      • Burundi: Call for a Coordinated Global Response to the Escalating Human Rights Crisis
      • Countering terrorist narratives at the expense of human rights? The UN Security Council sets the alarming tone
      • DRC: FIDH welcomes MONUSCO’s new mandate
      • Limiting the use of veto in case of mass atrocity crimes
      • UN High-Level Debate on Resolution 1325: Time for the Security Council to act on Women, Peace and Security
      • UN Member States must hold North Korea responsible for its massive human rights abuses
• Issues
  • Human Rights Defenders
    • Announcement of the nominees for the Martin Ennals Award 2006
    • ANGOLA: José Marcos Mavungo acquitted and released!
    • AZERBAIJAN : Gold medal on repression in the run-up to the Baku Games
    • Azerbaijan: Ongoing judicial harassments and deprivation of her lawyers against Ms. Leyla Yunus
    • AZERBAIJAN: Rasul Jafarov sentenced to 6.5 years of jail for human rights work
    • Bahrain: Ongoing judicial harassment against Ms. Zainab Al-Khawaja
    • Bahrain: WHRDIC Statement: Free woman human rights defender Ebtisam Al-Saegh
    • BANGLADESH: Call for justice after another police shooting of a human rights defender
    • Belarus: Judicial harassment of Mr. Sergei Kaspiarovich and Ms. Natalia Satsunkevich
    • Burma/Myanmar: Arbitrary arrest of the leader of the Myanmar Farmers Union Ms. Su Su Nway
    • Cambodia: civil society groups condemn the continued arbitrary detention of the #FREETHE5KH detainees
    • CAMBODIA: On the 1st anniversary of the arbitrary detention of Tep Vanny, CSOs call for her release
    • Canadian Government asked for support to help free Syrian human rights defender Razan Zaitouneh on 2-year anniversary of abduction
    • Champions of Change - Human rights defenders, at the forefront of development and democracy
    • China: Free Shu Xiangxin, rights defence lawyer tortured in custody
    • Civil society organizations call for all baseless charges against journalists to be dropped
    • Crackdown on Saudi women human rights defenders sets off alarms - Over 30 human rights groups call for their immediate release
    • Egypt: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Mr. Hossam Bahgat
    • EGYPT: International rights organisations call for the release of rights defender Mohamed El-Baqer
    • Egypt: Release of Mr. Hossam Bahgat
    • EGYPT: Stop Harassment of Women Human Rights Defenders and Drop Politically-Motivated Case 173
    • Egypt: Ten organisations renew their call for the immediate and unconditional release of human rights defender Abdulrahman Tarek as he receives Index on Censorship’s Freedom of Expression Award
    • FIDH pays tribute to Asma Jahangir, a Pakistani lawyer and activist for human rights
    • FIDH, OMCT and CIHRS stand in solidarity with attacked Palestinian human rights groups
    • GUATEMALA: Alert regarding the escalation of aggressions against human rights defenders
    • Honduras Must Investigate Illicit Actions Denounced in Berta Cáceres Case
    • HONDURAS: Intimidation and Assaults on participants in the “Berta Caceres Vive” International Gathering must be investigated
    • India: Ongoing arbitrary detention of Mr. Stan Swamy
    • Iran: Arbitrary detention of labour rights activist Ms. Sepideh Gholian
    • Iran: Sentencing of Mses. Saba Kord-Afshari, Yassman Aryani, Monireh Arabshahi and Mojgan Keshavarz
    • Israel/OPT: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Mr. Salah Hamouri
    • Israel/OPT: Arbitrary detention of Mr. Mahmoud Nawajaa, General Coordinator of the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee
    • Kenya: Administrative harassment of the Kenyan Human Rights Commission (KHRC)
    • Kyrgyzstan: Prominent women human rights defenders at risk following their participation in OSCE meeting
    • Malaysia: Attempts to intimidate human rights lawyer Charles Hector
    • Maldives: End the targeted harassment and intimidation of human rights defender Shahindha Ismail
    • Micheline Calmy-Rey Announces Nominees for 2012 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders
    • Nabeel Rajab Transferred to Hospital After 15 Days in Isolation, Heart Problems
    • Open Letter from Over 50 NGOs and Individuals to the UAE authorities: Freedom of expression must be upheld at all times, not only tolerated during Hay Festival Abu Dhabi
    • Oral Intervention during the 67th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights
    • Pakistan: Acquittal of Ms. Gulalai Ismail and her parents
    • Russia: Renewed crackdown on civil society amid invasion of Ukraine
    • States should end reprisals against anti-corruption human rights defenders
    • Sudan: Human rights defenders detained, face death penalty Authorities should release all in arbitrary detention, drop charges
    • SUDAN: Urgent Concern for Rights Defender on Hunger Strike Over Unlawful Detention
    • Syria: Abducted Activists’ Whereabouts Remain - Unknown 3 Years on, No Word on Douma 4
    • Thailand: Ongoing judicial harassment against Ms. Sirikan Charoensiri, from the organization Thai Lawyers for Human Rights
    • Thailand: Sentence against student and pro-democracy activist Jatuphat Boonpattaraksa (aka Pai)
    • The adoption of the Partnership Priorities is an opportunity for the EU to push for meaningful progress in the protection of human rights defenders in Algeria
    • Turkey: Developments in the trial against human rights lawyer Levent Pişkin
    • UZBEKISTAN: Release of human rights defenders a positive sign, others must follow
    • VENEZUELA: Restrictions on the freedom of association persist
    • Viet Nam: Conviction and sentencing of labour and land rights defender Ms. Tran Thi Nga
    • Zimbabwe: Human rights defenders at risk as elections approach
    • "If you can’t beat them, jail them": The case of human rights defender Rasul Jafarov
    • #FreeAlaa: Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah on hunger strike protesting his continued illegal detention
    • (AthensLive News) “Europe nowadays does not only have a human rights problem; it is a human rights problem”
    • (France24) France’s state of emergency ’sends wrong message to the world’
    • (Greek News Agenda) Rethinking Greece: human rights as a political struggle for emancipation and peace
    • (ROAR) Europe’s solidarity crisis: a perspective from Greece
    • 10 YEARS ANNIVERSARY OF THE UN DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS: much done, yet much left to do?
    • 127 Rights groups call for immediate release of Nabeel Rajab after UN group calls his detention arbitrary and discriminatory
    • 20 years on from the adoption of the UN Declaration on Defenders: The protection of human rights defenders is non-negotiable
    • 2006 laureates for the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders (MEA)
    • 2015 International Human Rights Day
    • 2017 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders goes to Mohamed Zaree
    • 25 years of protecting human rights defenders: The Observatory is evolving!
    • 38th ordinary session of the AFRICAN COMMISSION FOR HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS / Under the topic on the agenda: "Situation of Human Rights Defenders"
    • 4th inter-mechanisms meeting: Concrete steps towards better protection of human rights defenders
    • 60th session ACHPR: Intervention on Human Rights Defenders in Africa
    • A call to the President of Kazakhstan not to sign into law the "NGO" bill
    • A decisive moment for the future of human rights defenders in Burundi
    • ACHPR 61 - Written intervention submitted by the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
    • Afghanistan: human rights defenders, journalists, and civil society members must be protected
    • Afghanistan: Increased targeting of members of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission
    • Afghanistan: Killing of AIHRC’ staffs Fatima Khalil and Jawid Folad
    • Afghanistan: Killing of Mr. Asmatullah Salaam, director of Zhowand in Ghazni
    • Afghanistan: Killing of Mr. Ibrahim Ebrat, representative of the Civil Society Joint Working Group in Zabul Province
    • Ahmed Mansoor Selected as the 2015 Laureate Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders
    • Algeria: Criminalisation of Fundamental Freedoms Requires Urgent Response
    • Andorra: Threats and judicial harassment against Ms. Vanessa Mendoza Cortés
    • Angola : Arbitrary arrest and detention of thirteen members of the Revolutionary Movement and of Mr. Domingos da Cruz
    • Angola chairs Security Council but refuses to release human rights defender
    • Angola: 17 pro-democracy activists should be cleared of all charges following UN decision
    • Angola: Conditional release and ongoing judicial harassment of 16 pro-democracy activists
    • Angola: Continued arbitrary detention at Calomboloca Prison of fourteen pro-democracy activists
    • Angola: Continuing judicial harassment of 16 pro-democracy activists
    • Angola: Detained pro-democracy activists should be released
    • ANGOLA: José Marcos Mavungo’s sentence is arbitrary and must be nullified
    • Angola: Judicial harassment of the ward-winning investigative journalist, Mr. Rafael Marques de Morais
    • Angola: Ongoing judicial harassment of Mr. Rafael Marques de Morais
    • Angola: Open Letter of concern on members of civil society and religious body facing death threats and intimidation in the Cuando Cubango province
    • Angola: Sentencing and arbitrary detention of Mr. Manuel Nito Alves in the context of the continuing judicial harassment of the 16 pro-democracy activists
    • Angola: The Angola 15 must be released and their right to a fair trial guaranteed
    • Angola: The Angola 15 to be placed under house arrest, charges against them still to be dropped
    • Anniversary of journalist Khadija Ismayilova’s arrest highlights Azerbaijani regime’s unprecedented repression in 2015
    • Arbitrary arrest, Release and Judicial harassment of Mr. Atilla Yazar and Ms. Nalan Durdu in Turkey
    • Armenia: Arbitrary arrest of several environmental rights defenders
    • Armenia: Judicial harassment and defamation campaigns against several environmental defenders
    • Arrest and arbitrary detention of Mr. Nguyen Van Dai, a human rights lawyer and well-known defender of religious freedom
    • Attack on Igor Kalyapin, Head of the Joint Mobile Group and the Committee for the Prevention of Torture, by a mob of unidentified people
    • Attacks against Al-Haq’s representative in Europe, Ms. Nada Kiswanson
    • Attacks against relatives of Mr. Ajimuddin Sarkar
    • Azerbaidjan: Leyla Yunus released on probation!
    • AZERBAIJAN/NETHERLANDS: Open letter to INTERPOL on Leyla Yunusova and Arif Yunus case
    • Azerbaijan/The Netherlands: Azeri Court issues decision ordering Leyla Yunus and Arif Yunusov to be forcibly returned to Azerbaijan
    • Azerbaijan: Appeal dismissed: Investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova to remain in jail for 7.5 years
    • Azerbaijan: Arbitrary detention and criminalisation of Elchin Sadigov and Avaz Zeynalli
    • Azerbaijan: Arbitrary detention of Mr. Elchin Mammad
    • Azerbaijan : Beginning of the first trial against Ms. Leyla Yunus and Mr. Arif Yunusov
    • Azerbaijan: Court decision forbidding Leyla Yunus and Arif Yunusov to travel abroad to receive medical treatment
    • Azerbaijan: Degradation of health condition while in detention of Elchin Mammad
    • Azerbaijan: Denial of mitigation of sentence of Elchin Mammad
    • Azerbaijan: Denial of the commutation of sentence for Elchin Mammad
    • Azerbaijan: Deteriorating health and ongoing arbitrary detention of Elchin Mammad
    • Azerbaijan: Extension of pre-trial detention of Ms. Leyla Yunus until July 28, 2015
    • Azerbaijan: Extreme concern about Ms. Leyla Yunus’ deteriorating health. The international community must react before it is too late!
    • Azerbaijan: Free Azerbaijani Journalist Mehman Huseynov
    • Azerbaijan : Intigam Aliyev’s sentence upheld following a summary trial
    • Azerbaijan: Investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova free at last!
    • Azerbaijan : Investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova sentenced to 7.5 years in jail
    • Azerbaijan: Joint Statement: Suspension of sentences of Leyla and Arif Yunus is a welcome step, but justice is still elusive
    • Azerbaijan: Journalist Rasim Aliyev murdered as human rights crackdown continues in aftermath of European Games
    • AZERBAIJAN: Leyla and Arif Yunus finally out of the country to receive urgent medical treatment
    • Azerbaijan: Measure of restraint against Mr. Arif Yunusov changed from detention to conditional release for the period of appeal
    • Azerbaijan: New developments concerning the appeal trial against Ms. Leyla Yunus and Mr. Arif Yunusov
    • Azerbaijan: New developments in the trial against Leyla and Arif Yunus and potential acts of ill-treatment against Leyla Yunus
    • Azerbaijan: Press Release: Dismay as Rasul Jafarov is sentenced to 6 years and 3 months imprisonment in appeal
    • Azerbaijan: Prosecutor requests outrageous jail sentences for Leyla and Arif Yunus
    • Azerbaijan: Rasul Jafarov finally acquitted!
    • Azerbaijan: Repression Escalates in Run-up to European Games
    • Azerbaijan: Sentencing and ongoing arbitrary detention of Mr. Elchin Mammad
    • Azerbaijan: several human rights defenders free at last, while others remain behind bars
    • AZERBAIJAN : Sport for Rights campaign letter to Mr. Donald Tusk, President of the European Council
    • Azerbaijan: Sport for Rights coalition condemns conviction of human rights defenders Leyla and Arif Yunus
    • Azerbaijan: Sport for Rights coalition condemns sentencing of journalist Khadija Ismayilova
    • Azerbaijan: Sport For Rights: Another human rights lawyer at risk of disbarment in Azerbaijan
    • Azerbaijan: Time for justice in the case against Leyla and Arif Yunus
    • Azerbaijan: Trial against Leyla and Arif Yunus: Fainting of Mr. Yunusov and hurdles to trial observers
    • Azimjan Askarov Case: Kyrgyzstan should uphold, not undermine the international human rights framework
    • Azimjan Askarov Case: the decision of the Supreme Court is nowhere near the implementation of the UN decision
    • Backgrounder and First Week of David Castillo Trial for Murder of Berta Cáceres in Honduras
    • Bahrain sinks deeper in repression of all dissident voices
    • BAHRAIN: 15 Rights Groups to US, UK and EU: Support Nabeel Rajab Ahead of the Appeal Judgement Against 2-Year Sentence For Speaking to Press
    • Bahrain: 53 NGOs urge UN to voice support for Nabeel Rajab
    • Bahrain: Acquittal of Mr. Mohammed Al-Maskati
    • BAHRAIN: After 282 days of arbitrary detention, human rights defender Nabeel Rajab’s trial postponed once again
    • BAHRAIN: another hearing against Nabeel Rajab scheduled for May 30
    • BAHRAIN: Appeal to release Nabeel Rajab and Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and concern over their deteriorating health
    • Bahrain: Arbitrary arrest and detention of Mrs. Ebtisam Al-Saegh
    • Bahrain: As human rights defender Dr. Al-Singace enters 300th day of hunger strike, NGOs call for his immediate release
    • BAHRAIN: Call for immediate release of Nabeel Rajab, as prison sentence is upheld
    • BAHRAIN: Call for immediate release of Nabeel Rajab, as trial resumes tomorrow
    • Bahrain: Charges brought against Mrs. Ebtisam Al-Saegh arbitrarily detained and sentencing of Ms. Nazeeha Saeed
    • BAHRAIN: continued arbitrary detention and judicial harassment faced by Mr. Nabeel Rajab
    • Bahrain: Continued arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Ms. Ghada Jamsheer
    • Bahrain: Continued ill-treatment of Mr. Nabeel Rajab
    • Bahrain: Continued judicial harassment and arbitrary detention of Mr. Nabeel Rajab
    • Bahrain: Continued judicial harassment, arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of Nabeel Rajab
    • Bahrain: Continuing judicial harassment of Ms. Ghada Jamsheer, Head of the Women’s Petition Committee
    • BAHRAIN: Court postpones verdict for human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, facing up to 15 years in jail
    • BAHRAIN: Court postpones verdict for the fifth time of human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, facing up to 15 years in jail
    • Bahrain: Decision of the High Criminal Court to postpone the trial of Mr. Nabeel Rajab to 31 October
    • Bahrain: Deterioration of the medical conditions of Nabeel Rajab
    • Bahrain: FCO Silence on Nabeel Rajab “Appalling”, Say 17 Rights Groups & MPs Ahead Of His Trial Tomorrow
    • Bahrain: Fears for Nabeel Rajab’s life inside his prison
    • Bahrain: FIDH Deputy Secretary General is Finally Free!
    • Bahrain: Harassment of various human rights defenders, including excessive use of force, ill-treatment and torture in custody
    • Bahrain: High Criminal Court postpones for the third time the trial of Nabeel Rajab
    • Bahrain: Human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja faces reprisals in detention after protesting poor prison conditions
    • Bahrain: Human rights defender Ghada Jamsheer remains in jail despite poor health
    • BAHRAIN: Human rights defender Nabeel Rajab is finally free!
    • BAHRAIN: Human rights defender Nabeel Rajab re-arrested on other charges despite court order to temporarily release him
    • BAHRAIN: Joint Open Letter to Boris Johnson calling for the release of Nabeel Rajab
    • Bahrain: Judicial harassment and restrictions to freedom of movement Mr. Maytham Al Salman
    • Bahrain: Judicial harassment of Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman
    • Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab sentenced to five more years in prison for tweeting in unfair trial proceedings, according to trial observation mission
    • Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab sentenced to two years in prison
    • Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab subjected to degrading treatment after his transfer to Jaw prison
    • Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab was refused non-custodial sentence
    • Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab’s hearing postponed until September 11, 2017
    • Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab’s trial to resume after nine postponements
    • Bahrain: New arrest and arbitrary detention of Nabeel Rajab
    • Bahrain: New charges and another hearing postponed for Nabeel Rajab
    • Bahrain: NGOs call for release of human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja on 7th anniversary of his arrest
    • Bahrain: NGOs call for women’s rights defender Ghada Jamsheer to remain free and an end to judicial harassment of women human rights defenders
    • Bahrain: On 7th anniversary of beginning of popular movement, NGOs call for end to systematic targeting of human rights defenders and journalists
    • Bahrain: Ongoing arbitrary detention of Ms. Ebtisam Al-Saegh as well as of Mr. Mohammed Al-Shakhoori and Mr. Radhi Saleh Al-Qatari
    • Bahrain: Ongoing arbitrary detention of Naji Fateel
    • Bahrain: Ongoing judicial harassment against Ms. Zainab Al-Khawaja
    • Bahrain: Ongoing obstacles to Ms. Nedal Al Salman’s freedom of movement
    • Bahrain: Provisional release and ongoing judicial harassment against Ms. Ebtisam Al-Saegh, Mr. Mohammed Al-Shakhoori and Mr. Radhi Saleh Al-Qatari
    • Bahrain: Renewed judicial harassment against Mr. Nabeel Rajab ahead of his verdict
    • Bahrain: Restrictions of movement against Mr. Nabeel Rajab
    • Bahrain: Restrictions on freedom of movement against Nabeel Rajab
    • Bahrain: Rights groups raise serious concerns over Nabeel Rajab’s appeal hearing following trial observation mission
    • BAHRAIN: Sentenced to two years in prison for advocating and exercising the right to peaceful assembly
    • Bahrain: Sentencing and continuing judicial harassment of Ms. Ghada Jamsheer
    • Bahrain: Systematic pattern of obstacles to freedom of movement against human rights defenders
    • Bahrain: Threats and defamation against Sayed Yousif Almuhadafdha and Hussein al-Satri
    • Bahrain: Travel ban of human rights defender Nabeel Rajab must be overturned so family can travel for medical assistance, say NGOs in letter to King
    • Bahrain: UN Member and Observer States should call on Bahraini authorities to free human rights defender Nabeel Rajab
    • Bahrain: Urgent Appeal for the Release of Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab
    • Bahrain: Wave of summons and travel bans targeting several human rights defenders and political activists
    • Bahrain: ‘Call for Nabeel Rajab’s release’, rights groups urge 50 governments
    • Bahraini human rights defender Mohammed Al-Maskati faces prison if his sentence is upheld in December; NGOs call for his sentence to be overturned
    • Baku European Games : don’t forget the ongoing repression in Azerbaïdjan.
    • Bangladesh: Acts of harassment against Mr. Pinaki Bhattacharya’s relatives
    • Bangladesh: Arbitrary arrest and incommunicado detention of 13 student leaders
    • Bangladesh: Arbitrary cancellation of Odhikar’s licence
    • Bangladesh: Arbitrary detention and torture of photographer Mr. Shahidul Alam
    • Bangladesh: Arbitrary detention of Mohamed Abdul Kaium, member of Odhikar’s HRDs network
    • Bangladesh: Arbitrary detention of two journalists associated with Odhikar
    • Bangladesh: Death in detention of Mushtaq Ahmed and release on bail of Ahmed Kabir Kishore
    • Bangladesh: Further acts of administrative and judicial harassment against Odhikar and its Secretary
    • Bangladesh: Further acts of judicial harassment against Messrs. Adilur Rahman Khan and ASM Nasiruddin Elan
    • Bangladesh: Judicial harassment of Adilur Rahman Khan and ASM Nasiruddin Elan from Odhikar
    • Bangladesh: Killing of Rohingya leader Muhib Ullah
    • BANGLADESH: Mahmudur Rahman finally freed after more than three years in arbitrary detention
    • BANGLADESH: Mahmudur Rahman should be allowed to travel for medical treatment
    • Bangladesh: Ongoing arbitrary detention, judicial harassment, and ill-treatment of Mr. Mahmudur Rahman
    • BANGLADESH: Parliament adopts NGO Law aimed at eradicating any critical voice
    • Bangladesh: Parliament should withdraw Foreign Donations Regulation Bill 2015
    • Bangladesh: Release on bail of Hasan Ali and Aslam Ali, two journalists associated with Odhikar
    • Bangladesh: Release on bail of journalist Rozina Islam
    • Bangladesh: Release on bail of Mr. Mohammad Abdul Kaium
    • Bangladesh: Release on bail of photographer Mr. Shahidul Alam
    • Bangladesh: Slanderous accusations against Odhikar
    • Bangladesh: Stop punishing human rights work
    • Bangladesh: threats and harassment of Ms. Shampa Goswami
    • Bangladesh: Upcoming verdict in the case of Adilur Khan and ASM Nasiruddin Elan
    • Belarus: Acts of harassment against the Human Rights Centre Viasna
    • Belarus: Administrative detention and judicial harassment of Ms. Maryna Kastylianchanka and arbitrary detention and subsequent release of Mr. Aliaksandr Paplauski
    • Belarus: Andrey Chapiuk and Marfa Rabkova’s prison sentences confirmed in appeal
    • Belarus: Appeal upholds prison sentences against Viasna members
    • Belarus: Arbitrary arrest and judicial harassment of human rights lawyer Ms. Liudmila Kazak
    • Belarus: Arbitrary arrest and judicial harassment of member of "Viasna" Marfa Rabkova
    • Belarus: Arbitrary arrest and judicial harassment of Messrs. Kabanov, Andrasyuk and Bekalyuk
    • Belarus: Arbitrary arrest and judicial harassment of Vladimir Velichkin and other 17 environmental defenders
    • Belarus: Arbitrary arrest and subsequent release of seven observers of the Human Rights Center Viasna and the Belarusian Helsinki Committee (BHC), and obstacles to the right to peaceful assembly
    • Belarus: Arbitrary arrest of several environmental rights defenders in Brest
    • Belarus: Arbitrary detention and subsequent release of Nasta Loika
    • Belarus: Arbitrary detention of Siarhei Drazdouski and Aleh Hrableuski
    • Belarus: Arbitrary detention of Viasna members Leanid Sudalenka and Maria Tarasenka
    • Belarus: Arbitrary detention of Viasna members Leanid Sudalenka and Tatsiana Lasitsa
    • Belarus: Arbitrary detention of woman rights defender Olga Gorbunova
    • Belarus: Controls on lawyers endangering human rights
    • Belarus: Coordinated searches and detentions of journalists and human rights defenders
    • BELARUS: Crackdown continues, more human rights defenders detained
    • Belarus: Crackdown on Peaceful Protesters Marks Beginning of Presidential Campaign Season
    • Belarus: Criminal prosecution and limitation of freedom of human rights lawyer Andrei Machalau
    • Belarus: First hearing in the trial against Leanid Sudalenka, Tatsiana Lasitsa and Maria Tarasenka
    • Belarus: Harassment and obstacles to freedom of association of ’Zyvano’
    • Belarus: HRC “Viasna” office unlawfully raided, dozens arrested
    • Belarus: Judicial harassment against Roman Kislyak
    • Belarus: Judicial harassment against several leaders of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union of Radio and Electronic Industry Workers (REP) and the Belarusian Independent Trade Union (BITU)
    • Belarus: Judicial harassment against the Human Rights Centre ’Viasna’
    • Belarus: Judicial harassment and intimidation against Mr. Aliaksandr Pylchanka and Ms. Yulia Levanchuk
    • Belarus: judicial harassment of 2 HRDs, including Viasna member Alena Masliukova
    • Belarus: judicial harassment of 3 environmental activists
    • Belarus: Judicial harassment of Ales Burakou from HRC Viasna
    • Belarus: Judicial harassment of environmental rights defender Alena Masliukova
    • Belarus: Judicial harassment of Leanid Sudalenka
    • Belarus: Judicial harassment of Leanid Sudalenka and Anatolii Poplavnyi, members of the Human Rights Centre “Viasna”
    • Belarus: Judicial harassment of Mr. Aliaksandr Burakou
    • Belarus: Judicial harassment of six human rights defenders
    • Belarus: Latest developments in the trial of Leanid Sudalenka and Tatsiana Lasitsa
    • Belarus: Nasta Loika faces serious criminal charges
    • Belarus: Nasta Loika sentenced for the fourth consecutive time
    • Belarus: New charges against the leadership of the Human Rights Center "Viasna"
    • Belarus: New charges against Viasna coordinator Marfa Rabkova
    • Belarus: Ongoing arbitrary detention and acts of torture and ill-treatment against Nasta Loika
    • Belarus: Ongoing arbitrary detention of Ales Kaputski
    • Belarus: Ongoing crackdown on human rights defenders, journalists and civil society organisations
    • Belarus: Ongoing searches and arrests of human rights defenders and journalists
    • Belarus: Re-arrest and arbitrary detention of Mr. Pavel Levinau, board member of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee
    • Belarus: Release Marfa Rabkova, free all detained Viasna members
    • Belarus: Remaining human rights organisations liquidated in Belarus
    • Belarus: Rights defender Nasta Loika unjustly detained again
    • Belarus: Sentencing and arbitrary detention of independent BelaPAN journalists
    • Belarus: Sentencing and arbitrary detention of Marfa Rabkova, Andrey Chapiuk and Nasta Loika
    • Belarus: Sentencing and release of Ms. Liudmila Kazak
    • Belarus: Sentencing and restriction of freedom of movement of WHRD Volha Harbunova
    • Belarus: Sentencing of Alena Masliukova and Anatoly Zmitrovich
    • Belarus: Sentencing of Viasna members
    • Belarus: Sentencing of Viasna members Leanid Sudalenka and Tatsiana Lasitsa
    • Belarus: Trade Union leaders found guilty of tax evasion after a sham trial
    • Belarus: Trial against the leaders of Viasna begins on January 5
    • BELARUS: Trial observation reports breaches of international law in the trial of two trade union leaders
    • Belarus: Trial of Viasna members Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovich, and Uladzimir Labkovich
    • Belarus: Upcoming trial and deteriorating health condition while in detention of Marfa Rabkova
    • Belarus: upcoming trial of Viasna members
    • Belarus: Viasna Human Rights Center declared an “extremist formation”
    • Belgium/Kazakhstan: Judicial harassment against Ms. Botagoz Jardemalie
    • Brazil: Arrest and trial of Cacique Babau and his brother Teity Tupinambá
    • Brazil: Covid-19 deaths of human rights defenders due to dismantling of social policies and government neglect
    • Brazil: Killing of councillor and activist Ms. Marielle Franco
    • BRAZIL: Wave of attacks against human rights institutions
    • Bulgarian draft NGO law violates EU law and stigmatizes groups receiving foreign funding
    • Burma/Myanmar: Murder of land rights defender Mr. Htay Aung
    • Burma: Arbitrary detention of environmental rights defender Mr. Khaing Myo Htun
    • Burma: Death threats against human rights lawyer Mr. Robert Sann Aung
    • Burma: Drop charges against Mandalay farmers and land rights defenders
    • BURMA: Investigate murder of lawyer Ko Ni, take measures to protect human rights defenders
    • Burma: Murder of Mr. Soe Moe Tun
    • Burma: Murder of Ms. Chit Pandaing
    • Burma: Ongoing judicial harassment against Mandalay farmers and two land rights defenders of the Farmers Network Interest of Farmers and Labor (FNI-FL)
    • Burma: Recent development in the investigation of Mr. Soe Moe Tun’s murder
    • Burma: Sentencing of environmental rights defender Mr. Khaing Myo Htun
    • Burundi: 21 international and Burundian human rights organisations condemn new irregularities in the case of Germain Rukuki
    • Burundi: Assassination of Mr. Welli Nzitonda, son of Mr. Pierre Claver Mbonimpa
    • Burundi: Civil society organisations call for Germain Rukuki’s acquittal
    • Burundi: International and local NGOs strongly condemn the conviction against human rights defender Germain Rukuki upheld on appeal and call for his immediate and unconditional release
    • Call for protection of human rights defenders working on issues related to Palestine
    • CAMBODIA - Joint Statement: CSOs call on Appeal Court to overturn the unjust conviction of Tep Vanny
    • CAMBODIA: #FreeThe5KH released after more than a year in pre-trial detention
    • Cambodia: #FreeThe5KH sentenced to 5 years’ imprisonment, sentence suspended
    • Cambodia: #FreeThe5KH, arbitrarily detained for one year
    • Cambodia: Acts of Intimidation and harassment against Mr. Thun Ratha
    • Cambodia: Arbitrary arrest and pre-trial detention of Messrs. Hun Vannak and Doem Kundy
    • Cambodia: Arbitrary arrest of three Mother Nature activists
    • Cambodia: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Cambodian Confederation of Unions’s President Mr. Rong Chhun
    • Cambodia: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Mother Nature Cambodia activists
    • Cambodia: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Mr. Heng Sok
    • Cambodia: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Mr. Ven Vorn
    • Cambodia: Arbitrary detention of Chhim Sithar and harassment of labour rights defenders
    • Cambodia: Arbitrary detention of Messrs. Koet Saray, Mean Prommony, Kong Sam An, Tha Lavy, Muong Sopheak and Ms. Eng Malai
    • Cambodia: Civil Society Condemns Charging of Human Rights Defenders
    • CAMBODIA: Closing civic space for human rights defenders
    • Cambodia: Continued arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Mr. Ven Vorn
    • Cambodia: Continued arbitrary detention of Messrs. Ny Sokha, Yi Soksan, Nay Vanda, Ny Chakrya, and Ms. Lim Mony
    • Cambodia: Continued arbitrary detention of Mr. Ny Chakrya
    • Cambodia: Continued harassment faced by Messrs. Sim Somnang, Tri Sovikea and San Mala
    • Cambodia: Continued judicial harassment and detention of Mr. Ny Chakrya
    • Cambodia: Continued judicial harassment faced by Messrs. Vorn Pao, Theng Savoeun, Chan Puthisak and Sokun Sambath Piseth
    • Cambodia: Conviction and sentencing of Messrs. Hun Vannak and Doem Kundy
    • Cambodia: Conviction of human rights defender Rong Chhun to two years in prison
    • Cambodia: Denial of bail to Rong Chhun and Sar Kanika
    • Cambodia: Harassment of five environmental rights defenders
    • Cambodia: Judicial harassment of prominent defenders Pa Nguon Teang, Venerable But Buntenh and Moeun Tola
    • Cambodia: Killing of Kem Ley adds grave concern to the deteriorating human rights situation
    • Cambodia: Mr. Ven Vorn’s conviction upheld by Court of Appeal
    • Cambodia: New charges against sentenced Mother Nature Cambodia members
    • CAMBODIA: New wave of arrests targeting human rights defenders threatens to destroy vibrant human rights community
    • Cambodia: No Justice At 5-Year Anniversary of Kem Ley’s Death
    • Cambodia: Ny Chakrya’s unjust conviction must be overturned
    • Cambodia: Ny Sokha, Nay Vanda, Yi Soksan, Lim Mony and Ny Chakrya denied bail
    • Cambodia: Ongoing arbitrary detention of Khmer Thavrak and KSILA members
    • Cambodia: Ongoing arbitrary detention of Ny Chakrya, Ny Sokha, Yi Soksan, Nay Vanda and Lim Mony
    • Cambodia: Ongoing arbitrary detention of three Mother Nature Cambodia activists
    • Cambodia: Ongoing judicial harassment and arbitrary detention of Messrs. Ny Chakrya, Ny Sokha, Yi Soksan, Nay Vanda, and Ms. Lim Mony
    • Cambodia: Ongoing judicial harassment of land rights activist Ms. Tep Vanny
    • CAMBODIA: Prominent human rights NGO ordered to close down
    • Cambodia: Rejection of the appeal of the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association members
    • CAMBODIA: Release detained human rights defenders and stop their harassment
    • Cambodia: Release of fourteen human rights defenders
    • Cambodia: Retrial and renewed sentencing of Ms. Yorm Bopha
    • Cambodia: Sentencing of Chhim Sithar and eight other members of the LRSU
    • Cambodia: Sentencing of five environmental activists
    • Cambodia: Sentencing of land rights defender Ms. Tep Vanny
    • Cambodia: Sentencing of land rights defender Ms. Tep Vanny
    • Cambodia: Sentencing of land rights defenders Ms. Tep Vanny, Ms. Bo Chhorvy and Ms. Kong Chantha
    • Cambodia: Sentencing of Mr. Ven Vorn, environmental activist and indigenous community leader
    • Cambodia: Sentencing of Ms. Tep Vanny and Ms. Bov Sophea
    • Cambodia: Suspended sentences and subsequent release of Messrs. Sim Somnang, Tri Sovikea and San Mala
    • Cambodian and international CSOs condemn removal of banners calling for the release of human rights defenders #FreeThe5KH #FreeTepVanny
    • Cameroon: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Mr. Alain Patrice Nganang
    • Cameroon: Arbitrary detention of five members of the Esu Youth Development Association (EYDA)
    • Cameroon: Arrest and arbitrary detention of five members of the association Avenir Jeune de l’Ouest (AJO)
    • Cameroon: Confirmation of the death while in detention of Mr. Samuel Ajiekah Abuwe, aka Samuel Wazizi
    • Cameroon: Continued judicial harassment against Mr. Nasako Besingi, Director of the NGO SEFE
    • Cameroon: Death threats against human rights defender Akem Kelvin Nkwain
    • Cameroon: Death threats against human rights lawyer Felix Agbor Nkongho
    • Cameroon: Ensure Independent Probe of Reporter’s Death
    • Cameroon: Harassment against human rights lawyer Felix Agbor Nkongho, aka Agbor-Balla
    • Cameroon: Judicial harassment and acts of intimidation against several members of the Organic Farming for Gorillas (OFFGO)
    • Cameroon: Judicial harassment of Esu community leaders, including nine members of EYDA
    • Cameroon: Mr. Mancho Bibixy Tse sentenced to 15 years in prison
    • Cameroon: Musa Usman Ndamba released on bail but still facing judicial harassment
    • Cameroon: Ongoing detention and judicial harassment of Mr. Mancho Bibixy Tse (known as BBC)
    • Cameroon: ongoing enforced disappearance and rumoured torture and killing of Mr. Samuel Ajiekah Abuwe, aka Samuel Wazizi
    • Cameroon: Ongoing judicial harassment against Mr. Musa Usman Ndamba
    • Cameroon: Ongoing judicial harassment against Mr. Musa Usman Ndamba
    • Cameroon: Ongoing judicial harassment and arbitrary detention of Mr. Musa Usman Ndamba
    • Cameroon: Ongoing judicial harassment and death threats targeting OFFGO members
    • Cameroon: Ongoing judicial harassment of members of the Esu Youths Development Association (EYDA)
    • Cameroon: Ongoing judicial harassment of Mr. Musa Usman Ndamba
    • Cameroon: Ongoing judicial harassment targeting members of the Organic Farming for Gorillas (OFFGO)
    • Cameroon: Sentencing and arbitrary detention of Mr. Musa Usman Ndamba
    • Chad: Attempted assassination of Baldal Oyamta, Chadian League for Human Rights (LTDH)
    • CHILE - Machi Linconao and Mapuches must be acquitted. The Chilean State must stop using the anti-terrorist law as basis for their prosecution
    • China: Acts of torture against detained HRD Chang Weiping
    • China: Arbitrary and incommunicado detention of Mr. Chang Weiping
    • China: Arbitrary arrest of Mr. Chen Weixiang
    • China: Closed-door trial and arbitrary detention of Huang Qi
    • China: Concerning health condition and ongoing arbitrary detention of Guo Feixiong
    • China: Continued incommunicado detention of Mr. Li Ming-Che
    • China: Conviction and ongoing arbitrary detention of Mr. Yu Wensheng
    • China: Deteriorating health of detained journalist Zhang Zhan
    • China: Drop “Subversion” Charge & Release Woman Human Rights Defender Chen Jianfang
    • China: Huang Qi sentenced to 12 years in prison
    • China: Immediately and Unconditionally Release Huang Qi & Ensure Access to Prompt Medical Care for all Detained Human Rights Defenders
    • China: Incommunicado detention of human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong
    • China: Incommunicado detention of Mr. Li Ming-Che
    • China: Joint letter urging President Xi Jinping to release journalist Zhang Zhan
    • China: Journalist Zhang Zhan at imminent risk of death
    • China: Messrs Liu Dazhi, Wu Gejianxiong and Chen Yuan indicted for “subversion of State power”
    • China: NGOs urge governments to speak out on human rights violations
    • China: Ongoing arbitrary and incommunicado detention of Mr. Wang Quanzhang
    • China: Ongoing arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Mr. Shu Xiangxin
    • China : Ongoing arbitrary detention, judicial harassment, slandering campaign and ill-treatment of Mr. Wu Zeheng
    • China: Ongoing incommunicado detention of Mr. Li Ming-che
    • China: Release and transfer 400km far from home of Mr. Wang Quanzhang
    • China: Release Taiwanese Activist Li Ming-Che
    • China: Sentencing and ongoing arbitrary detention of prominent Buddhist leader, Wu Zeheng, as well as some of his followers
    • China: Sentencing of freelance journalist Zhang Zhan
    • China: Sentencing of human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong
    • China: Sentencing of Mr. Li Ming-Che to five years in prison
    • China: Sentencing of Mr. Liu Feiyue
    • China: Sentencing of Mr. Wang Quanzhang
    • China: The Government Must Respect Due Process and Uphold the Rule of Law: A call for the Release of 36 Illegally Detained Human Rights Lawyers and Defenders
    • China: Torture and ill-treatment while in detention of Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi
    • China: Upcoming trial and ongoing arbitrary detention of freelance journalist Zhang Zhan
    • China: Violation of Li Ming-che’s rights as a prisoner
    • China: Wang Quanzhang should be free to join his family!
    • China: WHRDIC condemns closure of women’s legal aid center in China
    • Civil society groups urge Laos, Thailand to investigate enforced disappearances, reveal fate of Sombath Somphone and Od Sayavong
    • Civil Society launches #Freethe5KH campaign in support of the imprisoned ADHOC staff and NEC official
    • Colombia: Attacks on human rights defenders as part of the National Strike
    • Colombia: Attempted assassination on Germán Graciano Posso, Legal Representative of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó
    • COLOMBIA: Dear Mr Defence Minister: these are not “lovers’ quarrels”; they are attacks against the right to defend human rights!
    • Colombia: International organisations repudiate military illegal intelligence activities and ask public statement by European countries and institutions
    • Colombia: International statement condemning attacks and threats against Afro- Colombian and indigenous leaders
    • Colombia: No peace for human rights defenders - Preliminary findings of a fact-finding mission
    • Colombia: No peace for human rights defenders, no peace without them
    • COLOMBIA: Report reveals the role of business and State actors in increasing threats to land and environmental rights defenders
    • Colombia: The international community must call for the protection of the Living Rivers Movement in the Antioquia department (Movimiento Ríos Vivos Antioquia) and an investigation into murders of the Movement’s members
    • Colombia: Theft of information from home of CCEEU coordinator
    • Condemnation of trade union leaders, additional blows to freedom of association - Case Belarus v. Henadz Fiadynich and Ihar Komlik
    • Condemned to silence: the situation of women human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia
    • Continuing judicial harassment of labour activists of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU)
    • Contribution of the Observatory on Freedom of assembly and association
    • Conviction of two members of Human Rights Center “Viasna” and the Head of the Human Rights Center “Legal Assistance to the Population”
    • Covid-19 pandemic and human rights
    • COVID-19: How the global crisis has affected human rights defenders
    • COVID-19: Jailed Human Rights Defenders Must Be Released Immediately
    • COVID-19: Prioritise human rights and protect the most vulnerable
    • Crimea: Human rights defender Emil Kurbedinov arrested today on extremism charges
    • Criminalisation of human rights defenders must stop now !
    • Criminalization of Human Rights Defenders : The Phenomenon in 10 Images
    • CSOs Call for Immediate Release of Mother Nature Cambodia Activists Hun Vannak and Doem Kundy
    • CSOs call for the immediate implementation of the decision of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention #FREETHE5KH
    • CSOs call on authorities to step up the fight against endemic impunity in Cambodia
    • Cuba: Release and subsequent re-arrest of Zaqueo Báez Guerrero, Ismael Bonet Reñé and María Josefa Acón Sardiñas and detention of approximatively 70 members of the Ladies in White
    • Cyprus: Deregistration of the NGO KISA
    • Cyprus: Police abuse and arbitrary detention against Mr. Doros Polykarpou
    • Cyprus: Sentencing of KISA, an NGO working for the rights of migrants
    • Death of Jean-Baptiste Nsabimana: FIDH pays tribute to a young and brilliant human rights defender
    • Death threats against Director of Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Bahey el-Din Hassan: European States and US must take measures to protect Egyptian human rights defenders, both home and abroad
    • Declaration of the FIDH Congress in solidarity with human rights defenders at risk
    • Declaration of the FIDH Congress in solidarity with human rights defenders at risk
    • Despite ’backlash against human rights defenders’, ’we must not lose hope’
    • Djibouti: Reprisals against human rights defender Kadar Abdi Ibrahim upon his return from an advocacy mission in Geneva
    • DRC: Break-in at Dismas Kitenge’s home, threats and intimidation
    • Durban Review Conference : Oral Intervention April 23rd 2009
    • EGYPT : Human rights defenders Yara Sallam and Sanaa Seif are free !
    • Egypt’s Draft NGO Law Dismantles Civil Society
    • Egypt: Abduction and arbitrary and incommunicado detention of Ibrahim Metwally Hegazy
    • Egypt: Abduction and arbitrary detention of Ms. Sanaa Seif, sister of Alaa Abdel Fattah
    • Egypt: Abduction and incommunicado detention of Mr. Wael Abbas
    • Egypt: Abduction of Amr Imam and physical assault of Gamal Eid, members of ANHRI
    • Egypt: Acquittal of Ms. Azza Soliman, human rights lawyer and founder of the Centre for Egyptian Women Legal Aid (CEWLA)
    • Egypt: Administrative closure by the police of El Nadeem Center
    • Egypt: Ahead of tomorrow’s verdict, the Observatory renews its call to drop all charges against Ms. Amal Fathy
    • Egypt: Alaa Abdel Fattah and Mohamed El-Baqer arbitrarily added to "terror list"
    • Egypt: Amal Fathy sentenced to 2 years in prison
    • Egypt: Arbitrary arrest and enforced disappearance of WHRD Asmaa Dabees
    • Egypt: Arbitrary arrest of Ms. Mahienour El-Massry
    • Egypt: Arbitrary arrest of Ms. Mona Seif, Ms. Laila Souef, Ms.Ahdaf Souef and Ms. Rabab Elmahdy
    • Egypt: Arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of women’s rights student Ahmed Samir Santawy
    • Egypt: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment against six members of the performance satirical group Atfal al-Shawarea (“Street Children”)
    • Egypt: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Amr Imam
    • Egypt: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of LGBT+ rights defender Malak Al-Kashif
    • Egypt: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Mohamed El-Baqer and Alaa Abdel Fattah
    • Egypt: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Ms. Mahienour El Massry
    • Egypt: Arbitrary detention of activist Ms. Amal Fathy
    • Egypt: Arbitrary detention of Messrs. Karim Ennarah and Gasser Abdel Razeq, Director and Executive Director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
    • Egypt: Arbitrary detention of Mr. Ahmed Abdel Fattah
    • Egypt: Arbitrary detention of Mr. Haytham Mohamadein
    • Egypt: Arbitrary detention of Mr. Mohamed Basheer, Administrative Manager of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
    • Egypt: Arbitrary detention of Mr. Omar Mohamed Ali
    • Egypt: Arbitrary detention of Mr. Ramy Kamel
    • Egypt: Arbitrary detention, release on bail and judicial harassment against Ms. Esraa Fehead and Mr. Mahmoud Naguib
    • Egypt: Arbitrary detention, torture and judicial harassment of Mr. Patrick George Zaki
    • Egypt: Arrest and release on bail of Azza Soliman
    • Egypt: Arrest, arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of Mr. Tarek Hussein (known as Tito)
    • Egypt: Asset freeze of El Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation for Victims of Violence and Torture
    • Egypt: Asset freezes against Mozn Hassan, Nazra for Feminist Studies, Mohamed Zarea, Atef Hafez and the Arab Penal Reform Organization
    • Egypt: Attempt of closure against the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF)
    • EGYPT: Blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah is detained arbitrarily according to UN Working Group
    • Egypt: Call to postpone the EU-Egypt Association Council
    • Egypt: CIHRS Director and four additional human rights defenders and their family members added to the assets freeze request
    • Egypt: CIHRS Director, Bahey eldin Hassan, sentenced to 15 years in prison
    • Egypt: Civil society faces existential threat
    • Egypt: Conditional release and continuing judicial harassment of Mohamed Ramadan
    • Egypt: Conditional release of 4 members of the performance satirical group "Street Children"
    • Egypt: Conditional release of Alaa Abdel Fatah
    • Egypt: Conditional release of Mr. Malek Adly
    • Egypt: Conditional release of Wael Abbas
    • Egypt: Continuing arbitrary detention of Mr. Haytham Mohamadein
    • Egypt: Continuing judicial harassment against Judge Hesham Raouf, Mr. Negad El-Borai and Judge Assem Abdel Gabar
    • Egypt: Continuing judicial harassment against Mr. Negad El-Borai
    • Egypt: Court confirms asset freeze against 5 human rights defenders and 3 NGOs
    • Egypt: Court order confirming the freezing of the personal assets of Ms. Azza Soliman and of her law firm
    • Egypt: Court orders the release of Mr. Malek Adly, but prosecution appeals
    • EGYPT: CSOs strongly condemn the use of travel bans against human rights defenders in Egypt
    • Egypt: Death in custody of Mr. Gamal Sorour and judicial harassment of 32 Nubian rights activists
    • Egypt: Death while in custody of Mr. Shady Habash
    • Egypt: Deterioration of health condition while in detention of Alaa Abdel Fattah
    • Egypt: Disciplinary harassment of Judges Assem Abel Gabbar and Hesham Raouf within the anti-torture bill case
    • Egypt: Dr. Shadi al-Ghazali Harb held in solitary confinement
    • Egypt: El Nadim Center must not be silenced
    • EGYPT: Elimination of civil society signed into law by President Sisi
    • Egypt: End arbitrary detention, Free them all
    • Egypt: Enforced disappearance of Mr. Ibrahim Ezz El-Din
    • Egypt: Enforced disappearance of Mr. Mohamed El-Baqer and Mr. Alaa Abdel Fattah
    • Egypt: Enforced disappearance while in detention of Mr. Tarek Hussein
    • Egypt: Extension of the preventive detention of Mr. Ibrahim Metwally Hegazy
    • Egypt: Fear that adoption of new draft NGO Law will endorse a “no human rights” era
    • Egypt: First trial session of Patrick George Zaki
    • Egypt: Free Hossam Bahgat, prominent human rights defender
    • EGYPT: FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION IN JEOPARDY
    • Egypt: Haytham Mohamadein released on probation, still under judicial harassment
    • Egypt: Human rights lawyer Mohamed Ramadan detained for a "yellow vest" picture
    • Egypt: Ill-treatment of Alaa Abdel Fattah and Mohamed El-Baqer while in detention
    • Egypt: Incommunicado detention of Mr. Tarek Hussein (known as Tito)
    • Egypt: Inhumane and degrading detention conditions of Mr. Gasser Abdel Razeq, Executive Director of EIPR
    • Egypt: Intimidation and judicial harassment of Ms. Aida Seif al Dawla
    • Egypt: Judicial harassment of Hossam Bahgat, Executive Director of EIPR
    • Egypt: Judicial harassment of Mr. Bahey el-Din Hassan, Director of CIHRS
    • Egypt: Judicial harassment of Mr. Khaled Ali
    • Egypt: Judicial harrassment of 32 Nubian human rights defenders
    • Egypt: Mohamed El-Baqer and Alaa Abdel Fattah’s detention is ongoing
    • Egypt: Mohamed El-Baqer, Alaa Abdel Fattah and Mohamed Ibrahim referred to trial
    • Egypt: Mohamed Zaree, Egypt Director of CIHRS, interrogated and charged within the NGO Foreign Funding case
    • Egypt: Mohamed Zaree, Egypt Director of CIHRS, summoned within the NGO Foreign Funding case
    • Egypt: Mozn Hassan, Nazra for Feminist Studies Executive Director released on bail
    • Egypt: Mozn Hassan, Nazra for Feminist studies Executive Director summoned
    • Egypt: Ms. Amal Fathy remains detained despite court’s order to release her on bail
    • Egypt: Ms. Amal Fathy remains in detention despite worsening health conditions
    • Egypt: New charges against master’s student Ahmed Samir Santawy
    • Egypt: New Law Will Cripple Egyptian NGOs
    • Egypt: Newly adopted NGO Bill to annihilate the human rights movement
    • Egypt: Ongoing arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Asmaa Dabees and her family members
    • Egypt: Ongoing arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of human rights lawyer Malek Adly
    • Egypt: Ongoing arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Mr. Wael Abbas
    • Egypt: Ongoing arbitrary detention Ms. Amal Fathy
    • Egypt: Ongoing arbitrary detention of Amal Fathy
    • Egypt: Ongoing arbitrary detention of Dr. Shadi al-Ghazali Harb
    • Egypt: Ongoing arbitrary detention of Ibrahim Metwally Hegazy
    • Egypt: Ongoing arbitrary detention of Mr. Ibrahim Ezz El-Din
    • Egypt: Ongoing arbitrary detention on remand of Ms. Amal Fathy
    • Egypt: Ongoing arbitrary detention on remand of Ms. Amal Fathy
    • Egypt: Ongoing harassment against El Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation for Victims of Violence and Torture
    • Egypt: Ongoing harassment and restrictions to freedom of association against several human rights NGOs
    • Egypt: Ongoing harassment and restrictions to freedom of association faced by human rights defenders and organisations
    • Egypt: Ongoing harassment of El Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation for Victims of Violence and Torture
    • Egypt: Ongoing judicial harassment against Mozn Hassan, Nazra for Feminist Studies, Mohamed Zarea and the Arab Penal Reform Organization
    • Egypt: Ongoing judicial harassment against Ms. Mozn Hassan
    • Egypt: Ongoing judicial harassment and restrictions to freedom of association against more than 37 human rights defenders and organisations
    • EGYPT: Ongoing judicial harassment faced by several human rights defenders and organisations
    • Egypt: Ongoing judicial harassment of 32 Nubian human rights defenders
    • Egypt: Ongoing judicial harassment of 32 Nubian human rights defenders
    • Egypt: Ongoing judicial harassment of Mohamed Azmy, Maysara Abdoun, Seham Osman and 29 other Nubian human rights defenders
    • Egypt: Ongoing judicial harassment of Ms. Azza Soliman
    • Egypt: Prominent human rights organization pioneered by WHRDs faces threat of closure
    • Egypt: Provisional release of Malak al-Kashif
    • Egypt: Re-arrest of Haytham Mohamadein
    • Egypt: Reappearance and arbitrary detention of Mr. Ibrahim Ezz El-Din
    • Egypt: Rejection of the appeals of Nazra for Feminist Studies and its Executive Director Ms. Mozn Hassan
    • Egypt: Release of human rights defender Ibrahim Ezz El-Din
    • Egypt: Release of Mr. Tarek Hussein
    • Egypt: Release of Ms. Mahienour El-Massry and Mr. Youssef Shaban
    • Egypt: Release of Patrick George Zaki
    • Egypt: Release on bail of Mr. Ahmed Abdel Fattah
    • Egypt: Release Renowned Human Rights Defender Mohamed Ramadan
    • Egypt: Renewed judicial harassment and arbitrary detention of Ibrahim Ezz El-Din
    • Egypt: Reprisal against human rights defender Mohamed Soltan for human rights advocacy
    • Egypt: Rights Defender’s Relatives Arrested
    • Egypt: Rights groups call on US Secretary Blinken to urge the authorities to withdraw upcoming NGO registration deadline
    • Egypt: Rights groups condemn the referral of Mada Masr journalists to trial
    • Egypt: Sentencing and ongoing arbitrary detention of Sanaa Seif
    • Egypt: Sentencing and ongoing judicial harassment against Amal Fathy
    • Egypt: Sentencing of Ahmed Samir Santawy
    • Egypt: Sentencing of Amal Fathy
    • Egypt: Sentencing of human rights lawyer Ms. Mahienour El-Massry
    • Egypt: Sentencing of Mohamed El-Baqer, Alaa Abdel Fattah and Mohamed "Oxygen"
    • Egypt: State Council’s report declared illegal the administrative closure order against El Nadeem Clinic
    • Egypt: the campaign against Gamal Eid must stop!
    • Egypt: The United Nations Working Group declares the detention of Yara Sallam as arbitrary and requests compensation
    • Egypt: Threat of imminent closure to the El Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation for Victims of Violence and Torture
    • Egypt: Threats against Mr. Ahmed Saïd family members
    • Egypt: Threats against Mr. Gamal Eid
    • Egypt: Torture and ongoing arbitrary detention of Mr. Ibrahim Metwally Hegazy
    • Egypt: Travel ban against Aida Seif El-Dawla, Director of El Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture and Violence
    • Egypt: Travel ban and assets freeze against Azza Soliman
    • Egypt: travel ban issued against Mr. Negad El-Borai
    • Egypt: Travel ban on Mozn Hassan, Founder and Executive Director of Nazra for Feminist Studies
    • Egypt: Unprecedented crackdown on NGOs
    • Egypt: Urgent appeal for the release of Malak Al-Kashif
    • Egypt: Veteran Human Rights Defender Bahey eldin Hassan sentenced to 15-Years in Prison
    • Egypt: WHRD Esraa Abdel Fattah abducted and tortured, arbitrarily detained
    • Egypt’s independent human rights community at risk of complete eradication
    • El Salvador: extortion and death threats suffered by Ms Karla Stephanie Avelar
    • Enough, Bahrain must release Nabeel Rajab who has already served three years in detention!
    • Equatorial Guinea: Arbitrary arrest and detention of Mr. Nsé Ramón Esono Ebalé (aka Jamón y Queso)
    • Equatorial Guinea: arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Alfredo Okenve Ndoho
    • Equatorial Guinea: Artist Freed From Prison
    • EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Artist, Finally Free, Leaves Country
    • Equatorial Guinea: Government Critic Blocked from Leaving Country Unreasonable Delay in Renewing Cartoonist’s Passport
    • Equatorial Guinea: Ongoing arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of cartoonist and blogger Nsé Ramón Esono Ebalé (aka Jamón y Queso)
    • Equatorial Guinea: Ongoing arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Mr. Nsé Ramón Esono Ebalé
    • Equatorial Guinea: Release of Mr. Nsé Ramón Esono Ebalé
    • Equatorial Guinea: Rights Lawyer Faces Bogus Charges
    • Equatorial Guinea: Trial Set for Imprisoned Artist
    • Eswatini: Condemnation of assassination of renowed HRD Thulani Maseko
    • ETHIOPIA: A new era for human rights organisations?
    • Ethiopia: Arbitrary arrest and detention of four EHRCO members
    • Ethiopie: Address restrictions in draft CSO Proclamation and protect freedom of association
    • EU Mechanism: ProtectDefenders.eu
    • EU: Over 100 organisations call Von der Leyen to stop criminalisation of solidarity with migrants
    • European Parliament (EP) mobilises for Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) in Guatemala
    • European Parliament Resolution on Algeria: One Year After
    • Farewell Antoine
    • FIDH Computer Security & Good Practice guide
    • FIDH International Board calls on the end to repressions against Human Right Defenders in Belarus
    • FIDH International Board reiterates its solidarity with Deputy Secretary General Nabeel Rajab
    • FIDH international bureau calls for Nabeel Rajab’s immediate and unconditional release
    • First sentence under the new anti-protest legislation in Russia: three years for Ildar Dadin while two more activists face conviction
    • Five years on, 122 organizations worldwide demand to know: “Where is Sombath?”
    • Forced disappearance / Fear of torture - IRN 001 / 0606 /OBS 076
    • France: criminal complaint against the Israeli company NSO for illegally infiltrating the phone of French-Palestinian human rights defender Salah Hamouri
    • France: Migrant rights defender Cédric Herrou finally released!
    • France: The harassment of Cédric Herrou, defender of migrants’ rights, must end
    • Free human rights defender Dr. Nasser Bin Ghaith, on trial for online posts in violation of his right to free expression
    • Free Rights Activists
    • From Cell to Cell: Detained Azeri Human Rights Defender Leyla Yunus Writes to Her Imprisoned Husband
    • Georgia/Azerbaijan: Afgan Mukhtarli kidnapped across border and placed in pre-trial detention in Baku
    • Georgia: Assault of three international election observers from a joint mission of NHC, IPHR and EPDE
    • Georgia: Attack against the Human Rights Center office in the framework of the Pride Week
    • Get mobilised for International Human Rights Day
    • Greece: Break-in and arson attack of the Afghan Community Centre and threats targeting the Hellenic League for Human Rights by an extreme right-wing group
    • Greece: Judicial harassment of migrants’ rights defenders Panayote Dimitras and Tommy Olsen
    • Greece: Ongoing crackdown on civil society providing humanitarian assistance to migrants and asylum seekers
    • Greece: Ongoing judicial harassment against Panayote Dimitras
    • Greece: Sentencing of Greek Helsinki Monitor (GHM) members Panayote Dimitras and Andrea Gilbert
    • Greece: Smear campaign against Panayote Dimitras for defending migrants’ rights
    • Guatemala: A country resisting, a State torturing
    • Guatemala: Additional criminalisation against independent justice operators
    • Guatemala: intimidation against civil society after decision not to renew CICIG
    • Guatemala: Judicial harassment of Claudia Virginia Samayoa Pineda and José Manuel Martínez Cabrera
    • Guatemala: One year after President Giammattei took office, violence against human rights defenders continues to rise
    • Guatemala: Serious attacks on civil society continue to undermine the country’s already fragile democracy
    • Guinea: Oumar Sylla released from prison
    • Guinea: Oumar Sylla’s health deteriorates in detention
    • High Criminal Court decided to postpone the trial of Mr. Nabeel Rajab
    • Honduras : Attacks and criminalisation: defenders caught between a rock and a hard place
    • Honduras: Attack against ACI-PARTICIPA general coordinator, Hedme Castro’s daughter
    • Honduras: Concern over COPINH’s exclusion as a victim in corruption case denounced by Berta Cáceres
    • Honduras: Historic Murder Conviction in Berta Caceres Case Compels State to Fight Impunity
    • Honduras: Human rights defenders between a rock and a hard place
    • Honduras: In the current electoral situation, international organisations are standing up to violence against human rights defenders
    • Honduras: Letter from the Observation Mission in the case of Berta Cáceres to the Ombudsman (CONADEH)
    • Honduras: Murder of the prominent human rights defender Berta Cáceres
    • Honduras: Rights of victims in the Berta Cáceres murder trial are not respected
    • Honduras: Serious Irregularities Create Obstacles to Truth and Justice in Berta Cáceres Case
    • Hong Kong: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of 3 pro-democracy activists
    • Hong Kong: Arbitrary detention of Tonyee Chow Hang Tung
    • HONG KONG: Immediately release four pro-democracy activists
    • Hong Kong: Judicial harassment and sentencing of ’Umbrella Movement’ protesters
    • Hong Kong: Sentencing and ongoing arbitrary detention of Messrs. Joshua Wong and Ivan Lam and Ms. Agnes Chow Ting
    • How you can help the people of Ukraine
    • HRC31 - STATEMENT Interactive Dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
    • HRC52: Support consensus renewal of the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
    • Huda Al-Sarari is the laureate of the 2020 Martin Ennals Award for human rights defenders
    • Human Rights Council should adopt resolution on human rights defenders and reject hostile amendments
    • Human Rights Day - Human Rights Defenders Remain Key To Fighting Inequalities
    • Human rights defender Oyub Titiev convicted following an unfair and absurd judicial process
    • Human rights defender Oyub Titiev released on parole after spending 17 months in prison
    • Human Rights Defenders - Urgent Appeals
    • Human Rights Defenders are not criminals
    • Human Rights Defenders unite against danger
    • Human Rights Defenders’ Summit : Honouring the Defenders
    • Human Rights groups Al-Haq and B’Tselem to receive the French Republic 2018 Human Rights Award
    • Hungarian authorities to criminalise humanitarian assistance to migrants
    • HUNGARY: Call to vote down the proposed Law on the taxation of civil society organisations
    • HUNGARY: New bill hampers NGOs’ access to funding and seriously threatens civil society
    • HUNGARY: OPEN LETTER TO THE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT
    • IB Declaration: International pressure works and has to be exerted over dictators repressing the rights of their people
    • Ilham Tohti selected as the 2016 Martin Ennals Award Laureate for Human Rights Defenders
    • In landmark decision, UN body declares the detention of five human rights defenders arbitrary #FreeThe5KH
    • In solidarity with Civil Society in Hungary
    • In the wake of assassinations of activists, the UN Human Rights Council recognizes the major role of defenders of economic, social and cultural rights
    • India : Abduction, arbitrary detention, ill-treatment and judicial harassment of Mr. Ajimuddin Sarkar
    • India: Acts of harassment against Soni Sori, tribal rights activist and women’s rights defender
    • India: Acts of harassment and death threats against Ms. Swathi Vadlamudi
    • India: Acts of harassment and intimidation against Ms. Shila Bewa
    • India: Acts of harassment and intimidation against several members of MASUM
    • India: Acts of intimidation and harassment against Ms. Salima Memcha
    • India: Akhil Gogoi tested positive for COVID-19 in jail
    • India: Arbitrary arrest and judicial harassment of land rights activist Mr. Akhil Gogoi
    • India: Arbitrary arrest, harassment and threats against Ms. Soni Sori and members of her family
    • India: Arbitrary detention and alleged torture of Mr. Panda Podiyami
    • India: Arbitrary detention and deteriorating health of Mr. Miyan Abdul Qayoom
    • India: Arbitrary detention and judicial harrassment of ​Mr. Surendra Gadling, Mr. Rona Wilson, Mr. Sudhir Dhawale, Ms. Shoma Sen and Mr. Mahesh Raut
    • India: Arbitrary detention and police harassment of four HRDs in Manipur State
    • India: Arbitrary detention and torture of journalist Kanishk Tiwari
    • India: Arbitrary detention of Adivasi rights activist Mr. Stan Swamy
    • India: Arbitrary detention of Afreen Fatima’s family members and demolition of their house
    • India: Arbitrary detention of journalist Irfan Mehraj amid renewed crackdown on Kashmiri human rights defenders
    • India: Arbitrary detention of Khurram Parvez in Jammu and Kashmir
    • India: Arbitrary detention of Mr. Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan
    • India: Arbitrary detention of prominent journalist Mohammad Zubair
    • India: Arbitrary detention of several defenders for protesting against the CAA
    • INDIA: Authorities prolong unlawful detention of Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez
    • India: Cancellation of the license of Sabrang Trust under the Foreign Contributions (Regulations) Act of 2010
    • India: Criminal case filed against Lawyers Collective and its representatives including Mr. Anand Grover
    • India: Criminalization of various “Outlook” Magazine journalists including Editor-in-Chief and publisher Neha Dixit
    • India: Denial of phone calls to defenders detained in Maharashtra State
    • India: Deteriorating health condition of Covid-19 positive Mr. Varavara Rao
    • India: Deteriorating health condition while in detention of Mr. Akhil Gogoi
    • India: Freelance journalist and MASUM member Arkadeep Goswami faces intimidation
    • India: Harassment against Ms. Indira Jaising, Mr. Anand Grover and Lawyers Collective NGO
    • India: Harassment and intimidation by the police against Mr. Kirity Roy and other members of MASUM
    • India: Harassment and restrictions to freedom of association of Indira Jaising and Anand Grover
    • India: Independent media outlet and journalists targeted
    • India: Indian Government should withdraw criminal charges against NGO ‘Lawyers Collective’ and its representatives
    • India: Inhuman and degrading detention conditions of Mr. Stan Swamy
    • India: Intimidation and harassment against Ms. Ranjeeta Sadokpam
    • India: Judicial harassment against the Centre for Promotion of Social Concerns
    • India: Judicial harassment of Hiren Gohain, Akhil Gogoi and Manjit Mahanta
    • India: Judicial harassment of Laishram Herojit Singh
    • India: Khurram Parvez transferred to Tihar maximum security prison
    • India: Mr. Miyan Abdul Qayoom was denied his habeas corpus request
    • India: Murder of Mr. Lafiqul Islam Ahmed
    • India: Murder of Ms. Gauri Lankesh
    • India: Obstacles to freedom of movement and subsequent deportation of Mr. Mukunda Raj Kattel
    • India: Ongoing arbitrary detention and criminalisation of Afreen Fatima’s father
    • India: Ongoing arbitrary detention of prominent woman rights defender Teesta Setalvad
    • India: Ongoing harassment against the NGO Lawyers Collective and its co-founders
    • India: Police harassment and intimidation against Mr. Sanjit Mondal
    • India: Prominent rights defender Khurram Parvez is still in prison
    • India: Raids on the house of Khurram Parvez and extension of his pre-trial detention period
    • India: Refusal to renew the licence of the Centre for Promotion of Social Concerns (CPSC)
    • India: Release human rights defenders at risk in the context of COVID-19
    • India: Release on bail and ongoing judicial harassment of Mr. Ajimuddin Sarkar
    • India: Release on bail on humanitarian grounds of Ms. Safoora Zargar
    • India: Renewed acts of police harassment and intimidation against Mr. Sanjit Mondal
    • India: Renewed threats and harassment against relatives of Mr. Ajimuddin Sarkar
    • India: Repression of a peaceful protest, resulting in the death of 13 protesters
    • India: S. Vanchinathan arbitrarily arrested and detained
    • India: Simultaneous NIA raids on human rights defenders’ home, NGOs and newspaper’s offices
    • India: Temporary release on bail of Mr. Varavara Rao
    • Indian authorities prevent Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez from travelling to Geneva for U.N. Human Rights Council session
    • INDONESIA: Drop defamation complaints against human rights defender Haris Azhar
    • Indonesia: Harassment against Fatia Maulidiyanti and Haris Azhar
    • Indonesia: Judicial harassment against Fatia Maulidiyanti and Haris Azhar
    • International Human Rights Defenders Day: Renewed commitment towards better protection
    • International Memorial for Murdered Human Rights Defenders Launched in Dublin
    • Intervention to the 58th session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
    • Intervention to the 59th session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
    • Invitation to a side event a the UN Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights
    • Iran: Alarm over mass arrests of human rights defenders amidst protests
    • Iran: Appeals by five human rights defenders convicted for denouncing COVID-19 mismanagement rejected
    • Iran: Arbitrarily detained defender Kaboudvand on hunger strike must be immediately released
    • Iran: Arbitrary detention and critical health condition of Ms. Narges Mohammadi
    • Iran: Arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of Farhad Mayssami
    • Iran: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Ms. Vida Movahedi, women’s rights defender
    • IRAN: Arbitrary detention of human rights defender Reza Eslami
    • IRAN: Briefing Note on the Repression of Trade Unionists
    • Iran: Conditional release of Abdolfattah Soltani!
    • Iran: Continuing judicial harassment of Ms. Narges Mohammadi
    • Iran: Conviction of 12 labour rights defenders and arbitrary detention of two of them
    • Iran: Conviction on appeal of 7 human rights defenders
    • Iran: Convictions and prison sentences upheld for Najmeh Vahedi and Hoda Amid
    • Iran: Deterioration of Ms. Nasrin Sotoudeh’s health while in detention, and arbitrary arrest of her daughter
    • Iran: Deterioration of the medical situation of Ms. Narges Mohammadi
    • Iran: Dire situation of human rights defenders detailed in report for UN review
    • Iran: Enforced disappearance of Payam Derafshan and continuing judicial harassment against him and Farrokh Forouzan-Kermani
    • Iran: Free seven human rights defenders arbitrarily detained in the latest crackdown
    • IRAN: Heavy sentence against human rights defender Nargess Mohammadi must be overturned
    • Iran: Judicial harassment and arbitrary arrest of several human rights lawyers
    • Iran: Judicial harassment and arbitrary detention of 3 human rights lawyers
    • Iran: Judicial harassment of Ms. Rezvaneh Mohammadi
    • Iran: Nasrin Sotoudeh prominent human rights lawyer arbitrarily detained
    • Iran: Nasrin Sotoudeh sentenced to 33 more years in jail
    • Iran: New prison sentence issued against imprisoned woman human rights defender, a travesty of justice
    • Iran: New report documents the systematic criminalisation of human rights defenders
    • Iran: Ongoing judicial harassment against human rights lawyers Mr. Amir Salar Davoodi and Mr. Mohammad Najafi
    • Iran: ongoing judicial harassment of human rights lawyers
    • Iran: Open letter to President Hassan Rouhani: Stop the persecution of HRDs
    • Iran: Prominent human rights lawyer detained today
    • Iran: Release on bail of 5 HRDs
    • Iran: Release on bail of Reza Khandan
    • Iran: Release on bail of Zeinab Taheri
    • Iran: Sentencing and ongoing arbitrary detention of human rights lawyers
    • Iran: Sentencing and ongoing arbitrary detention of Mr. Farhad Mayssami
    • Iran: Sentencing of human rights lawyer Amir Salar Davoodi
    • Iran: Sentencing of journalist Issa Saharkhiz
    • Iran: Sentencing of Mr. Reza Khandan
    • Iran: Sentencing of Narges Mohammadi
    • Iran: Sentencing of seven human rights defenders to long-term prison terms
    • Iran: The cruel & inhuman treatment of Ms. Nargess Mohammadi must stop
    • Iran: The Observatory petitions UN body over the ongoing detention of human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
    • Iran: We welcome Seifzadeh’s release; free all prisoners of conscience
    • Iran: Zeinab Taheri arbitrarily arrested and detained incommunicado
    • Iraq: Judicial harassment of Dr Ali Akram al-Bayati
    • Iraq: Killings, attempted killings, threats and harassment of several human rights defenders in Basra
    • Iraq: Sentencing of journalists Sherwan Sherwani, Ayaz Karam Bruji and Kohdar Mohammed Amin Zebari
    • Israel / Occupied Palestinian Territory: Ongoing arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Mr. Salah Hamouri
    • Israel / Occupied Palestinian Territory: ongoing smear campaign against Al-Haq staff members Mr. Shawan Jabarin and Ms. Nada Kiswanson
    • Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT): Arbitrary detention of human rights lawyer Salah Hamouri
    • Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Mr. Salah Hamouri
    • Israel-Occupied Palestinian Territory: Continued hostility towards human rights organisations
    • Israel-OPT : [FOLLOW UP] Ongoing judicial harassment of Salah Hamouri
    • Israel-Palestine: Al-Haq human rights lawyer based in The Hague receives death threats, as attacks against the organisation escalate
    • ISRAEL/OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY: Escalation of the campaign of attacks against prominent Palestinian human rights organisations
    • Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territory: Prolongation of the arbitrary detention of Salah Hamouri
    • Israel/OPT: Conditional release of Mr. Salah Hamouri
    • Israel/OPT: Illegal deportation of Salah Hamouri to France sets a dangerous precedent
    • Israel/OPT: Imminent deportation to France of human rights lawyer Salah Hammouri
    • Israel/OPT: Judicial harassment against Mr. Salah Hamouri
    • Israel/OPT: New hearing in the case against human rights defender Shatha Odeh
    • Israel/OPT: Release of Mr. Mahmoud Nawajaa, General Coordinator of the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee
    • Israel/OPT: Sentencing of Issa Amro
    • Israel/OPT: Six prominent Palestinian human rights groups banned
    • Israel/OPT: Smear campaign against Al-Haq & Shawan Jabarin
    • Israel: Controversial bill targeting international funding for NGOs passes the first reading in Parliament
    • Israel: Salah Hamouri finally released!
    • Israel: several attacks against anti-occupation groups
    • Israeli Knesset approves controversial law targeting foreign-government funding for NGOs
    • Italy: arbitrary arrest and judicial harassment of Carola Rackete for rescuing migrants
    • Italy: Domenico Lucano under house arrest
    • Italy: Judicial harassment of 10 Search and Rescue volunteers
    • Join the global call to protect human rights defenders everywhere
    • Joint letter to the Sultan of Oman on the right of press freedom and the targeting of journalists and human rights defenders
    • Joint NGO Letter: Call for Strong Action on Egypt at the UN Human Rights Council
    • Joint Open Letter to members of PACE Election Observation Mission: Legislative elections in Azerbaijan
    • Joint Open letter to President Obama to help free jailed human rights defenders in the Gulf prior to the GCC Summit
    • Joint Open Letter to the EU: HONDURAS: Visit to Brussels of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Honduras
    • Joint Open Letter to the Honduras President on the killing of Berta Cáceres
    • Joint statement of human rights groups condemning the arbitrary detention of Yemeni human rights defenders and urging authorities to permit advocates to freely travel and conduct human rights work
    • Joint Statement: Free Azerbaijani Journalist Mehman Huseynov
    • Joint Statement: The EU must stop the criminalisation of solidarity with migrants and refugees
    • Judicial harassment against members of the Khon Rak Ban Kerd Group
    • Judicial Observation in the Criminalization of Defenders in Bajo Aguán
    • Justice for Berta Cáceres, protection for the defense of human rights in Latin America
    • Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez arbitrarily arrested and denied due process rights
    • Kazakhstan: Attacks against Mr. Yevgeniy Zhovtis and other representatives of KIBHR
    • Kazakhstan: Attacks and harassment against Gulzada Serzhan and Zhanar Sekerbayeva
    • Kazakhstan: Closure of the criminal case against Ms. Elena Semenova
    • Kazakhstan: Harassment on the part of the Kazakh tax authorities against human rights NGO "International Legal Initiative"
    • Kazakhstan: Judicial harassment of KIBHR and ILI Foundation
    • Kazakhstan: Judicial harassment of Ms. Larisa Kharkova
    • Kazakhstan: Ongoing arbitrary detention of Max Bokayev and Talgat Ayanov
    • Kazakhstan: Physical attack against Mr. Ramazan Yesergepov, chairman of the Journalists in Trouble Public Foundation
    • Kazakhstan: Release and continuing judicial harassment of Max Bokayev
    • Kazakhstan: Sentencing in appeal of Messrs. Max Bokayev and Talgat Ayan
    • Kazakhstan: Sentencing of the human rights NGO"International Legal Initiative" (ILI)
    • Kazakhstan: Smear campaign against Mr. Yevgeniy Zhovtis and other representatives of KIBHR
    • KAZAKHSTAN: UN body declares the detention of Max Bokayev and Talgat Ayanov arbitrary
    • Kazakhstan: Withdrawal of charges against KIBHR and ILI Foundation
    • KAZAKHSTAN: “Nothing new under the Kazakh sun”: president signs new law designed to stymie the freedom to protest
    • KENYA: 2017 elections: broken promises put human rights defenders at risk
    • Kenya: 4 years after the signing of the PBO Act into law, Kenyan civil society is still under attack
    • Kenya: Arbitrary detention and disproportionate bail against 10 land rights defenders from Taita Taveta County
    • KENYA: Authorities should re-register leading human rights NGOs harassed for election monitoring work
    • Kenya: Bank account of human rights organisations Haki Africa and Muslims for Human Rights (MUHURI) must be unfrozen
    • Kenya: court decision to unfreeze the bank accounts of Haki Africa and Muslims for Human Rights
    • Kenya: Demolition of one the Coalition for Grassroots Human Rights Defenders offices
    • Kenya: Extrajudicial killing of human rights lawyer Willie Kimani, together with his client and their taxi driver
    • Kenya: Four police officers charged with murder for the killing of Willie Kimani, his client and their taxi driver
    • KENYA: High Court orders the commencement of the PBO Act without further delays, 1,000 days after its signing into law
    • KENYA: Human rights defenders should be protected during electoral processes
    • KENYA: Last warning from the court to implement the PBO Act 2013 within 30 days
    • KENYA: Looking at the 2017 elections, is civil society beyond the brink?
    • Kenya: New acts of intimidation against civil society and restrictions on their access to foreign funding
    • Kenya: Violent repression against an anti-corruption demonstration
    • Kenyan authorities should implement the PBO Act before it becomes paper tiger
    • Khurram Parvez still illegally detained, despite High Court order for his release
    • Kuwaiti Cyber Crimes Law silences dissent: ongoing prosecution of Sara Al-Drees
    • Kyrgyzstan at a Crossroads: Shrink or Widen the Scene for Human Rights Defenders
    • Kyrgyzstan at a Crossroads: the authorities must widen the scene for human rights defenders
    • Kyrgyzstan tramples upon its human rights commitments and maintains Askarov in jail
    • Kyrgyzstan: ADC Memorial and Bir Duino targeted after alternative report to the UN
    • Kyrgyzstan: Alarming health condition and mounting harassment by prison authorities of Mr. Azimjan Askarov
    • Kyrgyzstan: Arrest and judicial harassment of three anti-war protesters and their lawyer
    • Kyrgyzstan: Attack against Ms. Cholpon Dzhakupova & other Adilet members
    • Kyrgyzstan: Azimjan Askarov’s conviction will be reviewed by the court on July 30, 2019
    • KYRGYZSTAN: Court decision on human rights defender Azimjan Askarov expected on January 24
    • Kyrgyzstan: Court to hear Azimjan Askarov’s application to release seizure on his family home
    • KYRGYZSTAN: Critical health condition of Mr. Azimjan Askarov, unjustly detained for more than a decade
    • Kyrgyzstan: Decision to order the partial confiscation of the house of Mr. Azimjan Askarov
    • KYRGYZSTAN: Insults to the honour and dignity of leading human rights defenders go unpunished
    • Kyrgyzstan: judicial harassment of anti-corruption rights defenders Bolot Temirov and Bolot Nazarov
    • Kyrgyzstan: Judicial harassment of Ms. Cholpon Djakupova, Ms. Dina Maslova and Mr. Narynbek Idinov aka Naryn Aiyp
    • Kyrgyzstan: Life sentence of Mr. Azimjan Askarov upheld by Chuy Regional Court of Kyrgyzstan
    • Kyrgyzstan: Mounting pressure on human rights defenders as the Constitutional referendum approaches
    • Kyrgyzstan: Ongoing judicial harassment against anti-corruption activist Bolot Temirov
    • Kyrgyzstan: Parliament must reject discriminatory bill targeting NGOs
    • Kyrgyzstan: Rights defender and journalist Bolot Temirov illegally deported to Russia
    • KYRGYZSTAN: searches and confiscations in Bir Duino offices and in the homes of two prominent lawyers
    • KYRGYZSTAN: Slanderous comments of Kyrgyz President against two leading human rights defenders go unpunished. Decision to be appealed
    • Kyrgyzstan: Supreme Court to Hear Case of Human Rights Defender Azimjan Askarov on May 13
    • Kyrgyzstan: Supreme Court Upheld Human Rights Defender Azimjan Askarov’s Life Sentence In An Appalling Decision
    • Kyrgyzstan: The Supreme Court overturns the decision of the lower court designating Reports of FIDH Member Organisations as “Extremist”
    • KYRGYZSTAN: UN calls for immediate release of human rights defender Azimjan Askarov
    • Kyrgyzstan’s retrial of human rights defender Azimjan Askarov a mockery unworthy of closer EU ties
    • Land and environmental rights defenders in danger: a compilation of recent cases
    • Laos: Attempted murder of 25-year-old activist Anousa "Jack" Luangsouphom
    • Laos: Six years on, civil society worldwide demands answers to the enforced disappearance of Sombath Somphone
    • Lawyers attempt to reach human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor, who is held incommunicado in United Arab Emirates
    • Lebanon: Arbitrary arrest and detention of Mr. Ghassan Abdullah
    • Lebanon: Behind the summons of Nizar Saghiyé, a threat to freedom of expression
    • Lebanon: Harassment of Ghassan Abdallah, Palestinian Human Rights Organisation Director
    • Lebanon: Ongoing judicial harassment against members of the Lebanese Centre for Human Rights (CLDH), Ms. Marie Daunay and Mr. Wadih Al-Asmar
    • Lebanon: Release of Mr. Ghassan Abdullah
    • Lesotho: Harassment and attack against Mr. Lloyd Mutungamiri and other staff members of the Lesotho Times
    • Letter to Kyrgyz President Jeenbekov to Release Azimjan Askarov due to COVID-19
    • Letter to Member States of the UN Human Rights Council: Support consensus renewal of the mandate of Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders
    • Liberia: Judicial harassment and threats against Alfred Lahai Brownell and the Green Advocates’ staff
    • Libya: Arbitrary detention of Messrs. Essam Safar and Ramadan Althoweeb
    • Libya: Release of of Mr. Ramadan Althoweeb and ongoing arbitrary detention of Mr. Essam Safar
    • Macedonia: Smear campaign and administrative harassment against the Macedonian Helsinki Committee (MHC)
    • Malawi: Judicial harassment of Timothy Mtambo, Gift Trapence and Rvd. MacDonald Sembereka
    • Malaysia: Arbitrary arrest of Mr. Adilur Rahman Khan
    • Malaysia: Continued arbitrary detention and solitary confinement of Maria Chin Abdullah, Chairperson of Bersih 2.0
    • Malaysia: Joint Open Letters to the Prime Minister and Attorney General on the Prosecution of Ms. Lena Hendry
    • Malaysia: Judicial harassment of several members of the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih 2.0)
    • Malaysia: Police harassment against SUARAM’s Executive Director, Mr. Sevan Doraisamy
    • Malaysia: Police raid at the offices of Bersih 2.0 and arbitrary arrest of Ms. Maria Chin Abdullah, Mr. Mandeep Singh and seven supporters of the Bersih 5 rally
    • Malaysia: Release and subsequent deportation of Mr. Adilur Rahman Khan
    • Malaysia: Sentencing of Ms. Lena Hendry
    • Malaysia: Threats against, and judicial harassment of, Ms. Maria Chin Abdullah
    • Maldives: Death threats and harassment against Ms. Shahindha Ismail
    • Maldives: Government announces the Maldivian Democracy Network’s official dissolution
    • Maldives: Joint Open Letter: Killing of Yameen Rasheed Underscores Urgent Need for Reform in the Maldives
    • MALDIVES: Lift restrictions against Maldivian Democracy Network, protect its associates from attacks
    • Maldives: Murder of Mr. Yameen Rasheed
    • Maldives: Open letter to President Solih: Take action to stop the ongoing threats against HRDs
    • Maldives: Reverse the decision to dissolve the Maldivian Democracy Network
    • Martin Ennals Award 2005 : Appeal to participation
    • Martin Ennals Award for human rights defenders: Abdul Aziz Muhamat (Sudan/Papua New Guinea) is the 2019 laureate
    • Mauritania : Joint letter to President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
    • MAURITANIA: Blogger still detained one year after court decision quashing his death sentence
    • Members of FIDH Movement in prison
    • Members of FIDH Movement in prison
    • Message from Tawakkol Karman, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Yemen
    • Mexico: criminalisation and arbitrary detention of Ms. Kenia Inés Hernández Montalván
    • Mexico: A call to end impunity and concern for human rights defenders one year after the Nochixtlán repression
    • Mexico: Allegations of spying on journalists and human rights activists must be investigated
    • Mexico: Civil lawsuit: French energy company EDF must comply with human rights obligations
    • Mexico: illegal raid on the home of Juan Carlos Flores Solís and Myriam Vargas Teutle
    • Mexico: Illegal surveillance against several human rights defenders, journalists and anti-corruption activists
    • Mexico: National Human Rights Commission cites federal authorities’ responsibility for serious violations committed against human rights defenders Damián Gallardo and Enrique Guerrero
    • MEXICO: No developments in investigation one year after the disappearance of Ernesto Sernas
    • MEXICO: Security concerns for Soledad Jarquín rise one year after her daughter’s feminicide
    • MEXICO: Stop the Criminalisation of Members of CECOP
    • Mexico: “In Defense of Life” - Report on the situation of human rights defenders
    • Moldova / Region of Transnistria: Arbitrary detention of Mr. Alexandru Rjavitin
    • Mongolia: Stop reprisals against human rights defender Sukhgerel Dugersuren
    • Morocco/Western Sahara: Mohamed Lamin Haddi’s health deteriorating in custody
    • Morocco: convictions and deteriorating health of detained journalists Omar Radi and Soulaiman Raissouni
    • Morocco: Criminal case against Helena Maleno dropped
    • Morocco: End the judicial harassment against journalist Omar Radi.
    • Morocco: Intimidation and harassment campaign against human rights defender Maati Monjib must end
    • Mozambique: Civil Society groups call for the unconditional and immediate release of radio journalist
    • Myanmar: Arbitrary detention of 5 lawyers
    • Myanmar: Arbitrary detention of Mr. Gei Om, member of the Myanmar Alliance for Transparency and Accountability
    • Myanmar: Arbitrary detention of Mr. Nay Myo Lin and judicial harassment of four other journalists
    • Myanmar: Armed attack and detention of Man Zar Myay Mon
    • Myanmar: Brutal crackdown and targeting of human rights defenders and civil society continue
    • Myanmar: Incommunicado detention of MATA member Kyaw Min Htut
    • Myanmar: Judicial harassment against Mr. Tha Phoe
    • Myanmar: Killing of Ah Khu and arbitrary detention of Thin Thin Aung and Myo Aye
    • Myanmar: Killing of Khet Thi and Sein Win and arbitrary detention of Min Nyo
    • Myanmar: Killing of Mr. O Moo
    • Myanmar: Man Zar Myay Mon Subjected to Torture While in Custody
    • Nepal: Arbitrary arrest of twelve human rights defenders and victims of human rights violations
    • New Funding Opportunity for Human Rights Defenders in Turkey
    • New website and new database of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders!
    • Nicaragua: A year of violence against those defending the rights of the Mayangna and Miskitu indigenous peoples
    • Nicaragua: Criminalisation of the president of the Fundación del Río, Amaru Ruiz
    • Nicaragua: Destruction of the CENIDH headquarters
    • NICARAGUA: FIDH member organisation threatened by dictatorial regime
    • NICARAGUA: National Assembly should not approve the legislative proposal for the Law for Regulation of Foreign Agents
    • NICARAGUA: OAS must take urgent measures in response to the wave of repression against civil society
    • Nicaragua: Repressive machinery used against human rights defenders and democracy
    • Niger – Civil society organisations call on authorities to end harassment of human rights defenders
    • Niger: This 25 May marks two months in detention of 26 activists and civil society members
    • Niger: Wrongly prosecuted human rights defenders must be immediately and unconditionally released
    • Occupied Crimea: Human rights lawyers stripped of professional licences
    • Oman: Arbitrary detention of environmental rights defender Ahmed Issa Qatan
    • OMAN: Case against “Azamn” journalists must be overturned on appeal
    • OMAN: Court postpones verdict of “Azamn” journalists, in a trial held below international standards, according to trial observation report
    • Oman: Death in custody of Mr. Hassan Al-Basham
    • Oman: Ongoing judicial harassment against environmental rights defenders
    • On 4th anniversary of enforced disappearance, civil society demands to know: “Where is Sombath Somphone?”
    • On International Human Rights Day, a dangerous escalation against human rights defenders and activists in Iraq
    • On the 10th anniversary of the establishment of ACPRA, NGOs jointly call on Saudi authorities to release all detained members
    • On the tenth anniversary of Natalia Estemirova’s murder, human rights groups call for justice long overdue
    • Open Letter on Counter-terrorism laws and civic space
    • Open Letter to Bahraini authorities: Drop all charges and release Nabeel Rajab
    • Open letter to the Government of Mozambique: Killing of activist Dr. Anastácio Matavel and restrictions on civic space mar upcoming elections
    • Open Letter to the President of Equatorial Guinea: Release Artist and Writer Ramón Esono Ebalé
    • Open letter to the United Arab Emirates calling for the release of prominent lawyer and human rights defender Dr Mohammed Al-Roken
    • Open Letter to UN Secretary General Re Slandering statements against Palestinian NGOs Al-Haq and Al-Mezan
    • Organisations request UN attention to on-going criminalisation of Sudanese defenders who may face death penalty
    • Organizations Urge Governments to Protect Activists and Communities Threatened by Armed Groups During COVID-19 Pandemic
    • Oyub Titiev and Nabeel Rajab among the three shortlisted finalists for the Vaclav Havel Prize 2018
    • Oyub Titiev: How absurd a trial could get!
    • Pakistan: Abduction and enforced disappearance of Ms. Gulalai Ismail’s father
    • Pakistan: Alleged abduction and enforced disappearance of Mr. Idris Khattak
    • Pakistan: Arbitrary arrest of human rights defender Muhammad Ismail
    • Pakistan: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Ms. Gulalai Ismail’s father
    • Pakistan: Arbitrary detention of Mr. Manzoor Pashteen and 23 other HRDs, including PTM members and supporters
    • Pakistan: Gunshot attack against Mr. Imran Anjum
    • Pakistan: Judicial harassment of human rights defender Muhammed Ismail persists amid pandemic
    • Pakistan: Killing of Mr. Ibrahim Arman Loni & arbitrary detention of Ms. Gulalai Ismail and several PTM members
    • Pakistan: Killing of PTM leader Arif Wazir
    • Pakistan: Ongoing harassment against Ms. Gulalai Ismail and her relatives
    • Pakistan: Online threats against Ms. Marvi Sirmed over "blasphemy" accusations
    • Pakistan: Smear campaign against Dr. Arfana Mallah
    • Peru: Human rights defenders stigmatised, criminalised and repressed
    • Peru: Stop Criminalizing Land Rights Defenders for Protesting against the Las Bambas Mining Project
    • Peru: The Erosion of Human Rights by Economic Interests
    • Petition to the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP)
    • Philippines: Sentencing of Ms. Maria Ressa and Mr. Reynaldo Santos Jr.
    • Philippines: Arbitrarily imprisoned Senator de Lima prevented from participating in Senate sessions via teleconference
    • Philippines: Arbitrary arrest of 2 Karapatan members & 4 other HRDs in Western Mindanao and Eastern Visayas
    • Philippines: Arbitrary arrest of Senator Antonio Trillanes
    • Philippines: Arbitrary arrest, judicial harassment, and imminent deportation of Sister Patricia Fox
    • Philippines: Arbitrary detention of Karapatan paralegal Renalyn Tejero
    • Philippines: Arbitrary detention of rights defender and health practitioner Naty Castro
    • Philippines: Casualties on the rise in President Duterte’s war on human rights defenders
    • PHILIPPINES: Crackdown on human rights defenders likely to intensify after President Rodrigo Duterte’s candidates sweep Senate elections
    • Philippines: Deadly crackdown on human rights defenders
    • PHILIPPINES: Extrajudicial killings and attacks against human rights defenders surge under Duterte
    • Philippines: Human rights defenders remain steadfast in their struggle for justice amid pervasive culture of violence and impunity
    • Philippines: Incommunicado detention of Senator Leila de Lima
    • Philippines: Judicial harassment against ten members of Karapatan, RMP and Gabriela
    • Philippines: Judicial harassment of Daisy ’Jackie’ Valencia
    • Philippines: Judicial harassment of Karapatan members Elisa "Tita" Lubi and Jayvee "Jay" Apiag
    • Philippines: Killing of human rights lawyer Benjamin Ramos
    • Philippines: Killing of Mr. Bernardino Patigas and death threats against Ms. Cristina Palabay and Ms. Clarizza Singson
    • Philippines: Killing of Ms. Elisa Badayos and Mr. Eleuterio Moises
    • Philippines: Killing of Ms. Zara Alvarez, Karapatan Paralegal in Negros Occidental Province
    • Philippines: Release of human rights defender Teresita Naul
    • Philippines: Release of rights defender and health practitioner Naty Castro
    • Philippines: Release of Senator Leila de Lima urged on the one-year anniversary of her detention
    • Philippines: Senate must adopt Human Rights Defenders Bill, after landmark adoption by House of Representatives
    • Philippines: Simultaneous raids on the houses of six trade unionists and a journalist and subsequent arbitrary arrest
    • Philippines: Slanderous comments against human rights NGOs
    • Philippines: Threats and acts of intimidation against Ms. Cristina “Tinay” Palabay, Secretary General of Karapatan
    • Philippines: Unfounded terrorist accusations against dozens of human rights defenders
    • Poland: Threats and retaliation against EESC member Ms. Karolina Dreszer-Smalec
    • Press freedom in Algeria: judicial harassment of journalist Merzoug Touati
    • Press Release on Yemen (eng)
    • Pro-democracy student leaders must be released after over 16 years of arbitrary detention
    • Prominent human rights defender under serious threats to his life in Equatorial Guinea
    • ProtectDefenders.eu Joint Statement: Human Rights Defenders are not criminals
    • Quash the sentences against 13 IRA-Mauritania members and cease harassment of human rights defenders
    • Renewed calls for Bassel Khartabil’s release on 4th anniversary of detention
    • Report launch: MEXICO: Arbitrary and Illegal Detentions – Criminalisation: A State Policy to Hindrance the Defense of Human Rights in Mexico
    • Report: Cambodian Civil Society Faces Intensified Restrictions and Rights Abuses
    • Review of Mandate of the Special Representative of the Secretary General on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders
    • Russia must quash wrongful accusations against historian and human rights defender Yuri Dmitriev
    • Russia/Ukraine: New acts of administrative harassment against Abdureshit Dzhepparov
    • Russia: Judicial harassment of members of "Siberia Without Torture" Mr. Svyatoslav Khromenkov and Ms. Natalya Varshney
    • Russia: Abduction of mother of prominent human rights lawyer Abubakar Yangulbaev
    • Russia: Administrative harassment against Chairperson of the Civic Assistance Committee
    • Russia: Administrative harassment and stigmatisation of Oleg Orlov
    • Russia: Arbitrary and incommunicado detention of Zarema Musaeva
    • Russia: Arbitrary detention and imminent deportation of Valentina Chupik
    • Russia: Arbitrary detention of seven members of the Committee Against Torture
    • Russia: Call for immediate release of Oyub Titiev, as trial starts today
    • Russia: Continuing judicial harassment and arbitrary detention of Oyub Titiev
    • Russia: Conviction and arbitrary detention of Sergei Davidis
    • Russia: Death threats against Igor Kochetkov, Russian LGBT Network’s Director
    • Russia: Death threats, ongoing arbitrary detention and risks of imminent deportation to Uzbekistan of Valentina Chupik
    • Russia: First human rights organisation liquidated by court for "influencing public opinion"
    • Russia: Home raids and criminal proceedings against seven members of International Memorial and Oleg Orlov
    • Russia: Imminent disbarment of Emil Kurbedinov
    • Russia: Intimidation and judicial harassment of six activists
    • Russia: Judicial harassment against prominent rights defenders Oleg Orlov and Svetlana Gannushkina
    • Russia: Judicial harassment of human rights lawyer Ivan Pavlov
    • RUSSIA: Judicial harassment of human rights NGOs must end!
    • Russia: Judicial harassment of Memorial co-chair Oleg Orlov
    • Russia: Liquidation of the Moscow Helsinki Group, the country’s oldest human rights organisation
    • Russia: Liquidation of the Sakharov Center
    • Russia: Liquidation of the SOVA Center for Information and Analysis
    • Russia: Massive detention of peaceful protesters, including Mr. Lev Ponomarev
    • Russia: NGOs officially portrayed as “foreign agents”, “anti-constitutional” and “anti-Russian”, what next?
    • Russia: ongoing arbitrary detention and judicial harassment against Yuri Dmitriyev
    • Russia: Ongoing arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Yuri Dmitriev
    • Russia: ongoing judicial harassment against Yuri Dmitriyev
    • Russia: Raids on CAT-Russia office and Olga Sadovskaya’s home
    • Russia: Risks of liquidation of International Memorial and the Human Rights Center "Memorial"
    • Russia: Sentencing and arbitrary detention of Lev Ponomarev, “For Human Rights” movement’s Director
    • Russia: Sentencing and ongoing arbitrary detention of Mr. Yuri Dmitriev
    • Russia: Torture and ill-treatment in detention of humanitarian volunteers in occupied Ukraine
    • Russia: Violent attack on journalist Elena Milashina and human rights lawyer Alexander Nemov
    • Russian Federation: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Mr. Oyub Titiev
    • Russian Federation: Arson of the office of the Human Rights Center (HRC) Memorial in Nazran, Ingushetia, Chechen Republic
    • Russian Federation: Blocking of the website of OVD-Info
    • RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Caucasian Knot journalist sentenced to three years’ in prison
    • Russian Federation: Designation of CAT-Russia as a "foreign agent"
    • RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Human rights work is legitimate and needs to be protected
    • Russian Federation: inclusion of “People in Need” in the list of undesirable organisations
    • Russian Federation: Judicial harassment of Ms. Alexandra Koroleva from Ecodefence!
    • Russian Federation: Liquidation of International Memorial and the Human Rights Center “Memorial”
    • RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Members of the Joint Mobile Group and journalists attacked in Ingushetia
    • Russian Federation: Ministry of Justice attempts to shut down the "For Human Rights" NGO
    • Russian Federation: Ongoing judicial harassment and arbitrary detention of Mr. Oyub Titiev
    • Russian Federation: Ongoing judicial harassment and arbitrary detention of Mr. Oyub Titiev
    • Russian Federation: Physical assault of Mr. Sirazhutdin Datsiyev
    • Russian Federation: Prolonged arbitrary detention of environmental rights activist Mr. Evgeny Vitishko
    • RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Threats against Caucasian Knot Editor by Chechnya’s Parliament Speaker Must Be Investigated
    • Rwanda: Arrest and release of seven members of the steering Committee of the Great Lakes Human Rights League (LDGL)
    • Saudi Arabia arrests Ms. Hatoon Al Fassi in ongoing crackdown against human rights defenders
    • Saudi Arabia/Sudan: Secret detention of Messrs. Waleed Imam and Algasim Mohamed Sidahmed
    • Saudi Arabia: Arbitrary detention of Ms. Noha Al-Balawi
    • Saudi Arabia: Arrest and ongoing arbitrary detention of nine human rights defenders
    • Saudi Arabia: Authorities are responsible for Dr. Abdullah Al-Hamid’s passing
    • Saudi Arabia: Continuing arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of five women rights defenders
    • Saudi Arabia: Continuing judicial harassment and arbitrary detention of 10 women human rights defenders
    • Saudi Arabia: Continuing judicial harassment and arbitrary detention of Loujain al-Hatloul and other WHRDs
    • Saudi Arabia: Degradation of the health condition in detention of Dr. Abdullah Al-Hamid
    • Saudi Arabia: First female rights defender facing death penalty, to appear before Court on January 13
    • Saudi Arabia: Incommunicado detention and judicial harassment of Israa Al-Ghomgham
    • Saudi Arabia: Incommunicado detention of Messrs. Ahmed Al-Mshikhs and Essam Koshak
    • Saudi Arabia: Incommunicado detention of Mr. Mohamed al-Bejadi and ongoing arbitrary detention of Ms. Eman al-Nafjan, Ms. Aziza al-Youssef, Ms. Loujain al-Hathloul, Mr. Mohammed al-Rabiah and Mr. Ibrahim al-Mudaimeegh
    • Saudi Arabia: Israa Al-Ghomgham no longer facing death penalty
    • Saudi Arabia: Judicial harassment of Ms. Samar Badawi
    • Saudi Arabia: Nouf Abdulaziz and Mayya Al-Zahrani detained incommunicado in wave of arrests
    • Saudi Arabia: One year on, crackdown on women’s rights defenders continues
    • Saudi Arabia: Ongoing judicial harassment against Samar Badawi
    • Saudi Arabia: Ongoing judicial harassment and arbitrary detention of Mohamed Al-Otaibi
    • Saudi Arabia: Ongoing judicial harassment and provisional release of Mses. Aziza al-Youssef and Eman al-Nafjan
    • Saudi Arabia: ongoing judicial harassment of 10 women human rights defenders
    • Saudi Arabia: Sentencing of Loujain al-Hathloul and Mayaa al-Zahrani
    • Saudi Arabia: Sentencing of Messrs. Abdullah Al-Attawi and Mohamed Al-Otaibi
    • Saudi Arabia: The UN finds the detention of Waleed Abu Al-Khair and eight other human rights defenders arbitrary; and call for their immediate and unconditional release and for reparations
    • Saudi Arabia: Women’s rights defenders must be immediately and unconditionally released
    • Second "inter-mechanisms" meeting: definition of strategies of increased cooperation
    • Sentenced to 32 years in prison, Germain Rukuki is the victim of a travesty of justice
    • Sentencing and arbitrary detention of 16 pro-democracy activists
    • Serbia: Physical assault against 9 members of the Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR)
    • Shrinking space for civil society in Israel : Open Letter to Federica Mogherini
    • Sierra Leone : Judicial harassment of land rights defenders
    • Sierra Leone: Arbitrary detention and continued judicial harassment against several members of the Malen Land Owners and Users Association (MALOA) in three different criminal cases
    • Sierra Leone: Continuing judicial harassment against members of the Malen Land Owners and Users Association (MALOA)
    • Sierra Leone: Continuing judicial harassment against members of the Malen Land Owners and Users Association (MALOA)
    • Singapore: Conviction in appeal of Jolovan Wham for "organising an illegal assembly"
    • Singapore: Jolovan Wham convicted for "organising an illegal assembly"
    • Singapore: Jolovan Wham convicted for "scandalising the court"
    • Singapore: Jolovan Wham sentenced for illegal assembly
    • Singapore: Judicial harassment against Mr. Jolovan Wham and eight other activists
    • Singapore: Judicial harassment of Mr. Jolovan Wham
    • Singapore: Seelan Palay sentenced and arbitrarily detained for an art performance
    • Singapore: Sentencing in appeal of Mr. Jolovan Wham
    • Singapore: Sentencing of Jolovan Wham for scandalising the court
    • Slovakia: Violent attack against Ms. Alena Krempaská, member of the Human Rights Institute (ILP)
    • Slovenia: Harassment and threat of eviction of the Peace Institute and 17 other NGOs
    • Souhayr Belhassen dedicates the 90th anniversary of FIDH to its 26 emprisoned activists
    • South Africa: Killing of Mr. Sikhosiphi “Bazooka” Rhadebe
    • South Korea: Arbitrary detention of Mr. Sang-gyun Han, president of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU)
    • South Korea: Arrest, arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Ms. Lee Young-joo
    • South Korea: Continued judicial harassment of four defenders working on the Sewol Ferry Disaster
    • South Korea: Ongoing and unprecedented judicial harassment of members and officers of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions
    • South Korea: Release of KCTU former President Mr. Han Sang-gyun
    • SOUTH KOREA: Release of trade union leader Lee Young-joo
    • SOUTH KOREA: Supreme Court upholds three years’ prison sentence for trade unionist Han Sang-gyun
    • SOUTH KOREA: UN body declares detention of trade unionist arbitrary, orders his release
    • South Korea: Unprecedented 8-year prison sentence sought against Mr. Sang-gyun Han
    • South Korean court unjustly sentences labour rights leader to five years in prison
    • Spain: Criminalisation of Mr. Iñaki Rivera
    • Special motion of the FIDH Congress in solidarity with threatened human rights defenders
    • Sri Lanka: Arbitrary arrest and subsequent release on bail of Shehan Malaka
    • Sri Lanka: End arbitrary arrests, reprisals against human rights defenders and activists advocating for education rights
    • Sri Lanka: Human Rights Under Attack
    • Sri Lanka: Judicial harassment against independent journalist Tharindu Uduwaragedara
    • Sri Lanka: Public statement regarding allegations and threats against Yasmin Sooka by the Government of Sri Lanka
    • State of Honduras Remains Endebted for Murder of Berta Cáceres
    • Statement: The Spanish State must urgently uphold Helena Maleno’s and Caminando Fronteras’ right to defend human rights
    • Stop the Attacks against Human Rights Defenders, and Protect Civic Space in the Philippines
    • Sudan : Incommunicado detention of 8 human rights defenders, lawyer and journalists, and arbitrary detention of a journalist and human rights defender for participating in peaceful protests
    • Sudan blocks civil society participation in UN-led human rights review
    • Sudan: A shrinking environment for Women Human Rights Defenders
    • Sudan: Arbitrary detention of two community leaders from Port Sudan, Red Sea state
    • Sudan: Continuing judicial harassment of 5 defenders from TRACKs and the Director of ZORD
    • Sudan: Continuing judicial harassment of 5 defenders from TRACKs and the Director of ZORD
    • Sudan: Developments in the judicial harassment of 5 defenders from TRACKs and the Director of ZORD
    • Sudan: Judicial harassment of Waad Bahjat
    • Sudan: Judicial harassment of women’s rights defender Khadeeja Aldewaihi
    • Sudan: Ongoing arbitrary detention of Mr. Osman Salih, Mr. Salih Mahmoud Osman and Mr. Amjed Fareed
    • Sudan: Ongoing judicial harassment against 5 defenders working at TRACKs and the Director of ZORD
    • Sudan: Ongoing trial and judicial harassment against 5 defenders from TRACKs and the Director of ZORD
    • Sudan: Release of Mr. Osman Salih, Mr.Salih Mahmoud Osman and Mr. Amjed Fareed
    • Sudan: Release of Ms. Rawa Jaafar Bakhit, Ms. Nahid Jabrallah, Ms. Amel Habani, Ms. Hanan Hassan Khalifa, and Mr. Mohamed Abdallah Aldouma.
    • Sudan: Sentencing of women’s rights defender Waad Bahjat
    • Sudan: The judicial harassment of 5 defenders from TRACKs and the Director of ZORD continues
    • SUDAN: TRACKs-affiliated rights defenders sentenced, fined and finally released after ten months of arbitrary detention
    • SUDAN: Verdict against three arbitrarily detained human rights defenders postponed to March 5
    • SYRIA: Disclose Whereabouts of Detained Freedom of Expression Advocate Bassel Khartabil
    • Syria: Fears for Life of Free Expression Advocate
    • Syria: Free Human Rights Lawyer Khalil Ma’touq, Held for 4 Years
    • SYRIA: Human rights organizations mark birthday of Razan Zaitouneh with renewed call for release of ‘Duma Four’
    • Syria: Joint appeal to help free Syrian human rights defender Razan Zaitouneh and her colleagues on her birthday
    • Syria: No Word on Activist Bassel Khartabil’s Whereabouts
    • Syria: Release Human Rights Lawyer Khalil Ma’touq
    • Syria: Rights groups condemn execution of human rights defender and software engineer Bassel Khartabil
    • Tajikistan: Arbitrary detention of human rights defender Ulfathonim Mamadshoeva and attack on four journalists
    • Tajikistan: Arbitrary detention of lawyers Manuchehr Kholiknazarov, Faromuz Irgashov and Khursand Mamadshoev
    • Tajikistan: Clampdown on civil society
    • Tajikistan: Heavy prison sentences for rights defenders from Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous region
    • TAJIKISTAN: How human rights defenders are being squeezed out
    • Tajikistan: Mr. Khayrullo Mirsaidov sentenced to 12 years in high-security penal colony
    • Take action for the release of human rights defenders
    • Tanzania: Judicial harassment of Mr. Maxence Melo and Mr. Mike William
    • Tanzania: Arbitrary detention of Mr. Tito Magoti
    • Tanzania: Attemps to hinder book launch event and arbitrary arrest of Messrs. Onesmo and Baraka
    • Tanzania: Continuing arbitrary detention and judicial harassment faced by Mr. Tito Magoti
    • Tanzania: Continuing arbitrary detention of Mr. Tito Magoti
    • Tanzania: Conviction of Mr. Maxence Melo from JamiiForums
    • Tanzania: Independent Commission of Inquiry into Acts of Violence against Dr. Stephen Ulimboka Needed
    • Tanzania: Release of human rights defender Tito Magoti
    • TANZANIA: Stop harassment against human rights defenders!
    • Target Locked: Smear Campaigns against human rights defenders in Israel
    • Target one to silence a hundred: the repression of human rights lawyers in Sudan - Publication of a joint report
    • Thailand: Acquittal and continuing judicial harassment of Mr. Andy Hall
    • Thailand: Acquittal of 6 defenders for their involvement in a peaceful demonstration
    • Thailand: Arbitrary arrest of human rights lawyer Mr. Anon Nampa and student activisist Mr. Panupong Chadnok
    • Thailand: Arbitrary arrest, subsequent release and judicial harassment of 15 pro-democracy activists
    • Thailand: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Tantawan Tuatulanon
    • Thailand: Arbitrary detention and subsequent release of 4 pro-democracy activists and a journalist
    • Thailand: Arbitrary detention and subsequent release on bail of pro-democracy activist Mr. Rangsiman Rome
    • Thailand: Arbitrary detention of eight pro-democracy activists
    • Thailand: Arbitrary detention of Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul
    • Thailand: Arbitrary detention of pro-democracy activist Benja Apan
    • Thailand: Arbitrary detention of pro-democracy activist Mr. Jatuphat Boonpattaraksa (aka Pai)
    • Thailand: Arbitrary detention of three human rights defenders and pro-democracy activists
    • Thailand: Arbitrary detention of two pro-democracy activists
    • Thailand: Arrest followed by the release of five of the 11 activists facing ongoing judiciary harassment
    • Thailand: Arrest, judicial harassment, and restrictions to freedom of association against 13 activists of the New Democracy Movement
    • Thailand: Charges against Ms. Pornpen, Mr. Somchai and Ms. Anchana for publishing a report on torture
    • Thailand: Charges of sedition and violating the ban on political gatherings against Sirikan “June” Charoensiri, a human rights lawyer with TLHR
    • Thailand: Continued arbitrary detention of Mr. Jatuphat Boonpattaraksa
    • Thailand: Death threats against Mr. Lertsak Kumkongsak, environmental rights defender
    • Thailand: Decision to withdraw all charges against Ms. Pornpen Khongkachonkiet, Mr. Somchai Homlaor and Ms. Anchana Heemmina
    • Thailand: Deteriorating health and arbitrary detention of two pro-democracy activists
    • Thailand: Dismissal of charges against seven women environmental rights defenders
    • Thailand: Dismissal of the cases against Mr. Nan Win and Ms. Sutharee Wannasiri
    • Thailand: Drop defamation complaints against rights defenders
    • Thailand: End harassment of Suchanee Cloitre, human rights defenders
    • Thailand: End Impunity and Ensure Justice for Community under Attack
    • Thailand: End judicial harassment of human rights defenders, repeal criminal defamation laws
    • Thailand: Free Somyot, arbitrarily detained for 2,000 days
    • Thailand: Harassment of eight defenders for their involvement in the ‘We Walk for Friendship’ march
    • Thailand: Immediately drop sedition case and all proceedings against human rights lawyer Sirikan Charoensiri
    • THAILAND: In landmark review, UN calls for protection of women human rights defenders
    • Thailand: Intimidation and judicial harassment of Ms. Thaweeporn Kummetha
    • Thailand: Judicial harassment against Ms. Suchanee Cloitre
    • Thailand: Judicial harassment against Ms. Thanaporn Saleephol
    • Thailand: Judicial harassment against staff of NGO Fortify Rights Ms. Puttanee Kangkun in relation to social media publications
    • Thailand: Judicial harassment against women’s and LGBTQI+ rights defender Nada Chaiyajit
    • Thailand: Judicial harassment of 15 pro-democracy activists
    • Thailand: Judicial harassment of 7 human rights defenders for leading a peaceful protest
    • Thailand: Judicial harassment of Mr. Anon Nampa
    • Thailand: Judicial harassment of Ms. Angkhana Neelapaijit over defamation complaint by Thammakaset company
    • Thailand: Judicial harassment of Ms. Sutharee Wannasiri and Mr. Nan Win
    • Thailand: Judicial harassment of seven defenders for their involvement in a peaceful demonstration
    • Thailand: Judicial harassment of Sitanan Satsaksit
    • Thailand: New lawsuits brought by Thammakaset Company Limited against human rights defenders
    • Thailand: Ongoing harassment against human rights lawyer Ms. Sirikan “June” Charoensiri
    • Thailand: Ongoing harassment of Prachatai journalist Mr. Taweesak Kerdpoka
    • Thailand: Ongoing judicial harassment against 11 activists
    • Thailand: Ongoing judicial harassment against 11 activists
    • Thailand: Ongoing judicial harassment against four pro-democracy activists and a journalist
    • Thailand: Ongoing judicial harassment against members of the Khon Rak Ban Kerd Group (KRBKG)
    • Thailand: Ongoing judicial harassment against seven KRBKG members
    • Thailand : Ongoing judicial harassment of Mr. Andy Hall
    • Thailand: Ongoing judicial harassment of Mr. Andy Hall, a migrant labour rights researcher
    • Thailand: Ongoing judicial harassment of Mr. Andy Hall, a migrant worker rights defender
    • Thailand: Ongoing judicial harassment of Sutharee Wannasiri and Nan Win
    • Thailand: Release of six of the seven Neo Democracy Movement activists
    • Thailand: Reprisals against Human Rights Defenders, Ms. Pornpen Khongkachonkiet, Ms. Anchana Heemmina, and Mr. Somchai Homlaor
    • Thailand: Sentencing of human rights lawyer and prominent pro-democracy activist Anon Nampa
    • Thailand: Sentencing of Mr. Andy Hall, a migrant labor rights researcher
    • THAILAND: Somyot Phrueksakasemsuk’s sentence reduced, injustice continues
    • Thailand: Summoning and ongoing judicial harassment of Sirikan “June” Charoensiri from Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR)
    • THAILAND: Thammakaset must end its judicial harassment of human rights defenders
    • Thailand: Thammakaset watch
    • Thailand: The judicial harassment against Ms. Sirikan Charoensiri continues
    • THAILAND: Women human rights defenders at heightened risk of attacks and intimidation
    • The 2019 CSO Law: winds of change for human rights defenders in Ethiopia?
    • The Chilean government must not use antiterrorist legislation to prosecute Machi Linconao and the Mapuche
    • The Death Penalty In Japan, A Practice Unworthy of a Democracy
    • The Debt of Justice: Delay in Berta Cáceres case causes concern
    • The League of Human Rights announces the death of its former president Michel Tubiana
    • The Martin Ennals Jury announced the three Final Nominees for the Martin Ennals Award 2013
    • THE OBSERVATORY FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS: AN FIDH AND OMCT JOINT PROGRAMME
    • The Observatory launches a website dedicated to public information on human rights defenders’ protection mechanisms and programmes
    • The Philippines: Acquittal to Mr. Temogen Sahipa Cocoyâ Tulawie
    • The Philippines: Assassination of Ms. Gloria Capitan
    • The price for speaking out: Nabeel Rajab sentenced to 5 years for tweeting in Bahrain
    • The silencing of Egypt’s civil society: the EU must uphold its policy commitments
    • The situation of workers rights and the repression of unionists in Iran
    • The Sunflower Declaration : A call to action to protect human rights defenders at risk
    • Three Exceptional Women Nominated for the 2020 Martin Ennals Award
    • Three FIDH members awarded Nobel Peace Prize
    • To put an end on the criminalisation of human rights defenders must be a priority for the new Mexican government
    • Togo: Provisional release of Ferdinand Ayité and Joël Egah
    • Trial of Leyla and Arif Yunus to open after a year in custody
    • Tunisia: Do not extradite human rights defender Zakaria Hannache!
    • Turkey / Open letter: Concerns regarding the judicial harassment of physician and HRD Dr. Serdar Küni
    • Turkey: Judicial harassment of nine lawyers, members of the Association of Lawyers for Freedom
    • Turkey: Sentencing and continued judicial harassment of human rights lawyer Sevda Özbingöl Çelik
    • Turkey: Acquittal of Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp
    • Turkey: Acquittal of Mr. Osman Isçi and ongoing harassment of members of Academics for Peace
    • Turkey: Acquittal of Mr. Öztürk Türkdoğan
    • Turkey: Acquittal of Ms. Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Mr. Erol Önderoğlu and Mr. Ahmet Nesin
    • Turkey: Administrative harassment against physician and rights defender Benan Koyuncu
    • Turkey: Arbitrary arrest and conditional release of Ms. Gülseren Yoleri and Mr. Dogan Ozkan
    • Turkey: Arbitrary arrest and detention of eight human rights defenders
    • Turkey: Arbitrary arrest and judicial harassment of Ms. Gülseren Yoleri, Istanbul Branch President of the Human Rights Association (IHD)
    • Turkey: Arbitrary arrest and judicial harassment of six members of IHD and ongoing detention of four of them
    • Turkey: Arbitrary arrest and subsequent release of 49 individuals participating in a press conference organised by the İzmir Peace Block
    • Turkey: Arbitrary arrest and subsequent release of İHD Turkey President Mr. Ozturk Turkdogan, and three IHD executives and members
    • Turkey: Arbitrary arrest and subsequent release of Ms. Nurcan Baysal
    • Turkey: Arbitrary arrest of human rights defenders Orhan Kemal Cengiz and Sibel Semira Hurtas
    • Turkey: Arbitrary arrest of Raci Bilici, Vice-President of the Human Rights Association (IHD)
    • Turkey: Arbitrary detention and acts of ill-treatment against Ersin Berke Gök and Caner Perit Özen
    • Turkey: Arbitrary detention and inhuman treatment of Ms. Sevil Rojbin
    • Turkey: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment against academics and researchers Esra Mungan Gürsoy, Meral Camcı, Kıvanç Ersoy and Muzaffer Kaya
    • Turkey: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of 11 members of the Central Council of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB)
    • Turkey: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Dr. İştar Gözaydın
    • Turkey: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Mr. Taner Kılıç
    • Turkey: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Ms. Ayşe Dicle, Co-Chair of MEYA-DER
    • Turkey: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of several women’s rights defenders in Diyarbakır
    • Turkey: Arbitrary detention and subsequent release of İHD Co-Chairperson Mr. Türkdoğan
    • Turkey: Arbitrary detention of 13 prominent human rights lawyers from Diyarbakır, Urfa and Şırnak
    • Turkey: Arbitrary detention of 20 university academics and researchers, among whom Mr. M.D. Ümit Biçer
    • Turkey: Arbitrary detention of 22 members of the Migration Monitoring Association
    • Turkey: Arbitrary detention of members of IHD Ms. Seher Acay, Mr. Fevzi Adsiz, Mr. Ziya Baği, and Mr. Mahmut Bingöl
    • Turkey: arbitrary detention of Ms. Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Mr. Erol Önderoğlu and Mr. Ahmet Nesin
    • Turkey: Arbitrary detention of Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu
    • Turkey: Arbitrary detention of Şebnem Korur Fincancı
    • Turkey: Arbitrary detention of Şeyhmus Gökalp
    • Turkey: Arbitrary detention of WHRDs and judicial harassment of Rosa Women’s Association
    • Turkey: Arrest and arbitrary detention of Dr. Serdar Küni (TIHV) and release of Mr. Ismail Akbulut (IHD)
    • Turkey: Attack against lawyers Harika Günay Karataş and Tevfik Gündüz
    • Turkey: Authorities are responsible for Ebru Timtik’s death in custody
    • Turkey: Break-in of Ms. Eren Keskin’s apartement
    • Turkey: Conditional release of Ramazan Demir and Ayşe Acinikli, members of the Association of Lawyers for Freedom (OHD)
    • Turkey: Continuing arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Ramazan Demir and Ayşe Acinikli from OHD
    • Turkey: Continuing judicial harassment and obstacle to freedom of movement of Mr. Tuna Altınel
    • Turkey: Continuing judicial harassment of 13 prominent human rights lawyers
    • Turkey: Continuing judicial harassment of Ms. Eren Keskin
    • Turkey: Continuing judicial harassment of Ms. Nurcan Baysal
    • Turkey: Conviction and sentence against Dr. Serdar Küni (TIHV)
    • Turkey: Conviction of Mr. Muharrem Erbey, human rights lawyer and former IHD President
    • Turkey: Court of Cassation upholds conviction of 14 members of the Progressive Lawyers’ Association
    • Turkey: Death threats against human rights defender Jiyan Tosun and her family
    • Turkey: Eren Keskin sentenced to 3 years and 9 months of prison
    • Turkey: Four human rights defenders convicted under terrorism charges
    • Turkey: Harassment of several HRDs as a reprisal for their calls for peace and respect of human rights in the context of the “Operation Peace Spring”
    • Turkey: Indictment on terrorism charges of 11 human rights defenders
    • Turkey: Joint NGO Statement following the arrest of three human rights defenders
    • Turkey: Judicial harassment against Mr. Ali Tanrıverdi
    • Turkey: Judicial harassment and arbitrary detention of human rights lawyer Levent Pişkin
    • Turkey: Judicial harassment of 19 prominent human rights lawyers from the Progressive Lawyers’ Association
    • Turkey: Judicial harassment of Ms. Eren Keskin
    • Turkey: Judicial harassment of Ms. Nurcan Baysal
    • Turkey: Judicial harassment of the Saturday Mothers/People movement
    • Turkey: Killing of Mr. Tahir Elçi, President of the Bar Association in south-east Diyarbakir province and member of İHD
    • Turkey: Lifelong sentencing of Eren Keskin has to be prevented
    • Turkey: lift of travel ban against Eren Keskin
    • Turkey: Ms. Eren Keskin’s kafkaesque judicial harassment
    • Turkey: Multiple arbitrary detentions in Diyarbakır
    • Turkey: New law seriously threatens freedom of association and must be repealed!
    • Turkey: Ongoing arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Şebnem Korur Fincancı
    • Turkey: Ongoing arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of ten human rights defenders
    • Turkey: Ongoing arbitrary detention of ten human rights defenders
    • Turkey: Ongoing judicial harassment against Dr. Serdar Küni
    • Turkey: Ongoing judicial harassment against Mr. Öztürk Türkdoğan
    • Turkey: Ongoing judicial harassment of Dr.Şeyhmus Gökalp
    • Turkey: Ongoing judicial harassment of human rights lawyer Eren Keskin
    • Turkey: Ongoing judicial harassment of Mr. Taner Kılıç and 10 HRDs
    • Turkey: Ongoing judicial harassment of Ms. Şebnem Korur Fincancı (HRFT), Mr. Erol Önderoğlu (RSF) and Mr. Ahmet Nesin
    • Turkey: Ongoing judicial harassment of Ms. Şebnem Korur Fincancı (HRFT), Mr. Erol Önderoğlu (RSF) and Mr. Ahmet Nesin, after their first hearing
    • Turkey: Ongoing judicial harassment of Ms. Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Mr. Erol Önderoğlu and Mr. Ahmet Nesin
    • Turkey: Ongoing judicial harassment of Ms. Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Mr. Erol Önderoğlu, Mr. Ahmet Nesin and Mr. Murat Çelikkan
    • Turkey: Physical and verbal attack against Diyarbakir Bar Association Board Members and lawyers by police in courtroom
    • Turkey: Police raid of the offices of the Siirt branch of the Human Rights Association (İHD) and arbitrary detention of Messrs. Zana Aksu, Azat Taş and Mirza Ekin
    • Turkey: Provisional release and ongoing judicial harassment of ten human rights defenders and arbitrary detention of Mr. Taner Kılıç
    • Turkey: Provisional release of human rights lawyer Mr. Levent Pişkin
    • Turkey: Provisional release of Mr. Orhan Kemal Cengiz and travel ban against him
    • Turkey: Provisional release of Raci Bilici, Vice-President of the Human Rights Association (IHD) and Chairperson of IHD Diyarbakır
    • Turkey: Provisional release on health grounds of Mr. Aytaç Ünsal
    • Turkey: Re-arrest of human rights lawyer Aytaç Ünsal
    • Turkey: Release and ongoing judicial harassment of Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp
    • Turkey: Release and ongoing judicial harassment of Ersin Berke Gök and Caner Perit Özen
    • Turkey: Release and ongoing judicial harassment of four academics and researchers
    • Turkey: Release and ongoing judicial harassment of Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Erol Önderoğlu and Ahmet Nesin
    • Turkey: Release on condition of Nejat Taştan and Şeyhmuz Özbekli, re-arrest of Nalan Erkem and İlknur Üstün, while Veli Acu, Idil Eser, Özlem Dalkıran, Günal Kurşun, Ali Gharawi and Peter Steudtner remain arbitrarily detained
    • Turkey: Remand in custody of Ramazan Demir & Ayşe Acinikli, members of the Association of Lawyers for Freedom, pending the next hearing in their trial
    • Turkey: Saturday Mothers/People at court for fourth hearing
    • Turkey: Schedule of the trial of human rights lawyer Levent Pişkin
    • Turkey: Şebnem Korur Fincancı from HRFT sentenced to 2,5 years in prison
    • Turkey: Second hearing in the case against Öztürk Türkdoğan
    • Turkey: Sentencing of Human Rights Association co-president Eren Keskin
    • Turkey: Sentencing of Human Rights Association member Fırat Akdeniz
    • Turkey: Sentencing of human rights lawyer Eren Keskin
    • Turkey: Sentencing of woman rights defender Ayşe Gökkan
    • Turkey: Sentencing to aggravated life imprisonment of Osman Kavala
    • Turkey: Ten human rights defenders indicted on terrorism charges
    • Turkey: Threat against human rights lawyers Erdoğan Akdoğdu and Mehdi Zana Akkaya
    • Turkey: Threats and acts of harassment against human rights lawyer Abdurrahman Karabulut
    • Turkey: Torture, threats and attacks against human rights lawyer Aytekin Aktaş
    • Turkey: Trial against lawyers Ramazan Demir and Ayse Acinikli opens on June 22
    • Turkey: Trial against social worker and rights defender Bilal Yıldız
    • Turkey: Upcoming trial hearing of women’s rights defender Elif Tirenç İpek Ulaş
    • Turkey: Upcoming verdict in the trial of environmental defender Füsun Ergün aka Füsun Kayra
    • Turkey: Violations of the right to a fair trial and due process guarantees of Bilal Yıldız
    • Turkey: Women’s Rights Defenders in the Crosshairs
    • Türkiye: Göç İzleme Derneği’nin 22 üyesinin keyfi olarak gözaltına alınması
    • Türkiye: İnsan Hakları Avukatı Sevda Özbingöl Çelik Hapis Cezasına Mahkum Edildi
    • TWEETING IS NOT A CRIME - RETWEET FOR FREEDOM
    • Twenty-Six NGOs Call for Immediate and Unconditional Release of Bahraini Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab, Prior to His Trial Tomorrow
    • Two defenders who testified in the trial against Total are at risk in Uganda
    • UAE: Free prominent rights defender Ahmed Mansoor, held on speech-related charges
    • UAE: Mission report illustrates difficulty of verifying conditions of detention and trial of Ahmed Mansoor
    • UAE: One year on, award-winning human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor’s whereabouts remain unknown
    • UAE: Open Letter to drivers, teams and performers at the Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix 2018
    • UAE: Open letter to the Emirati authorities to free human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor on his 50th Birthday
    • UAE: Take action to help free prominent human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor, now on hunger strike
    • Uganda: Administrative harassment faced by several NGOs
    • Uganda: Arbitrary detention and release of Mr. Jelousy Mugisha following his testimony in France in a case against Total
    • Uganda: Arbitrary detention and subsequent release of nine environmental human rights defenders
    • Uganda: Arbitrary detention of a HRD and a journalist working on impacts of Total projects
    • Uganda: Authorities attempt to silence human rights organisations ahead of constitutional amendment
    • Uganda: Break-in of the Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF)’s premises
    • Uganda: Break-in of TRIUMPH Uganda offices
    • Uganda: Burglary of the Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum
    • Uganda: Judicial harassment against human rights defenders and organisations
    • Uganda: Judicial harassment of environmental and human rights activist Desire Nkurunziza
    • Uganda: Murder of Mr. Erasmus Irumba, Coordinator of the Twerwaneho Listeners Club (TLC)
    • UGANDA: Police raids Uganda Pride event, arrests several human rights defenders and assaults participants
    • Uganda: Shooting of Mr. James Rukanpana and judicial harassment of Messrs. Suleiman Trader, Jackson Magezi, Fred Kyaligonza and Prosper Businge
    • Uganda: third break-in in a month at TLC’s office
    • Uganda: Uganda’s NGO Bureau suspends the activities of 54 NGOs in the country
    • Ukraine/Russia: Abduction of citizen journalist Iryna Danilovich
    • Ukraine/Russia: Administrative arrest of Crimean Tatar rights defender Abdureshit Dzhepparov
    • Ukraine/Russia: Administrative detention of Crimean Tatar rights defender Abdureshit Dzhepparov
    • Ukraine/Russia: Administrative harassment of four human rights lawyers in occupied Crimea
    • Ukraine/Russia: Arrest and continuing arbitrary detention of citizen journalist Iryna Danilovich
    • Ukraine/Russia: Disappearance of Ukrainian journalist Oleg Baturin
    • Ukraine/Russia: Iryna Danilovich sentenced to seven years in prison in occupied Crimea
    • Ukraine/Russia: Iryna Danilovich starts a dry hunger strike while in detention
    • Ukraine/Russia: Sentencing of indigenous rights defender Nariman Dzhelyal
    • Ukraine/Russian Federation: Arbitrary detention and release of Mr. Edem Semedlyaev
    • Ukraine/Russian Federation: Arbitrary detention of Nariman Dzhelyal
    • Ukraine: Adoption of a “Foreign Agents” law would threaten human rights work
    • Ukraine: Stop Persecution of Anti-corruption Activists
    • Ukraine: Suspect arrested in the killing of Katerina Gandzyuk: Fighting impunity must be a priority
    • UNGA passes resolution on the protection of human rights defenders
    • United Arab Emirates: #FreeAhmed Mansoor immediately and without any conditions
    • United Arab Emirates: Arrest and detention in a secret location of Mr. Ahmed Mansoor
    • United Arab Emirates : Arrest and disappearance of Mr. Nasser Bin Ghaith
    • United Arab Emirates: Inclusion of 4 HRDs from "UAE 94" on a terrorist list
    • UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Open letter to the Mayor of Greater Manchester on Ahmed Mansoor’s street naming and release
    • United Arab Emirates: Speech Charges Violate Academic’s Rights
    • United Arab Emirates: Stop paying lip service to human rights and release Dr Nasser Bin Ghaith
    • United Nations General Assembly adopts resolution on the protection of human rights defenders by increased majority
    • Urgent call for release of Saudi human rights defenders
    • USA: Arbitrary arrest, ill-treatment, and subsequent deportation of Mr. Jerome Succor Aba
    • Uzbekistan: Abduction of Dauletmurat Tajimuratov and his relatives
    • Uzbekistan: Agzam Turgunov arbitrarily arrested, fined and denied an exit visa
    • Uzbekistan: arbitrary detention and criminalisation of Aziz Yusupov
    • Uzbekistan: Arrest and judicial harassment of human rights activist Mr. Uktam Pardaev
    • Uzbekistan: Attack and judicial harassment against Miraziz Bazarov
    • Uzbekistan: Defender of farmers’ rights Azam Formonov spends a 10th birthday behind bars
    • Uzbekistan: Elena Urlaeva arrested, ill-treated and forcibly placed in a psychiatric facility during an ILO visit in Uzbekistan
    • Uzbekistan: Opening of the trial against Dauletmurat Tajimuratov
    • Uzbekistan: Sentencing of blogger Miraziz Bazarov
    • Venezuela: Acts of harassment and defamation against Provea
    • Video testimonies on the situation of human rights defenders in Belarus, Colombia, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey and the Democratic Republic of Congo
    • Viet Nam: Arbitrary detention and sentencing of six members of Brotherhood for Democracy
    • Viet Nam: Arbitrary detention of labour and land rights defender Ms. Tran Thi Nga
    • Vietnam: Arbitrary detention and imminent deportation of Ms. Debbie Stothard
    • Vietnam: Arbitrary detention of journalist Pham Chi Dung
    • Vietnam: Arbitrary detention of Ms. Pham Thi Doan Trang
    • Vietnam: Arbitrary detention of Nguyen Thuy Hanh
    • Vietnam: Arbitrary detention of woman human rights defender Dinh Thi Phuong Thao
    • Vietnam: As trial begins, human rights groups call for the release of Nguyen Van Dai and other members of the Brotherhood for Democracy
    • Vietnam: Civil society organisations call for the immediate and unconditional release of Mr. Nguyễn Bắc Truyển
    • Vietnam: ill-treatment of detained land rights defender Trinh Ba Phuong
    • Vietnam: Immediately release independent journalist and human rights defender Pham Doan Trang
    • VIETNAM: Immediately release labour and land rights defender Tran Thi Nga
    • Vietnam: Land rights defender Trinh Ba Tu continues to be tortured in prison
    • Vietnam: Land rights defender Trinh Ba Tu tortured in prison
    • Vietnam: Ongoing arbitrary detention and judicial harassment against four environmental rights defenders
    • VIETNAM: Prominent Blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh sentenced to 10 years in prison
    • Vietnam: Rejection of the appeal on the prison sentence of Trinh Ba Phuong
    • Vietnam: Release of Ms. Dinh Thi Phuong Thao
    • Vietnam: Sentencing and arbitrary detention of environmental rights defender Nguy Thi Khanh
    • Vietnam: Sentencing of Pham Chi Dung, Nguyen Tuong Thuy and Le Huu Minh Tuan
    • Vietnam: Suspected abduction and arbitrary detention of blogger Truong Duy Nhat
    • What are the stakes of COP21 for human rights?
    • Why the “Angola 15” trial is a parody of justice?
    • World summit brings surge of new commitments to protect human rights defenders
    • Zimbabwe: Acquittal of Pastor Evan Mawarire
    • Zimbabwe: Arbitrary arrest of Messrs. Hopewell Chin’ono and Jacob Ngarivhume
    • Zimbabwe: Arbitrary arrest, subsequent release and ongoing judicial harassment against Pastor Evan Mawarire
    • Zimbabwe: Arbitrary detention of Mr. Hopewell Chin’ono (alias Daddy Hope)
    • Zimbabwe: Intimidation of Okay Machisa and other members of ZimRights
    • Zimbabwe: Judicial harassment of Mr. Hopewell Chin’ono’s lawyer Ms. Beatrice Mtetwa
    • Zimbabwe: New arbitrary detention of Hopewell Chin’ono
    • Zimbabwe: Pastor Evan Mawarire arrested over peaceful protest
    • Zimbabwe: Pastor Evan Mawarire must be immediately and unconditionally released
    • Zimbabwe: Physical assault and arbitrary arrest of Mr. Gamuchirai Mukura
    • Zimbabwe: Release on bail and continuing judicial harassment against Pastor Evan Mawarire
    • Zimbabwe: Release on bail of Messrs. Hopewell Chin’ono (alias Daddy Hope) and Jacob Ngarivhume
    • Zimbabwe: Release on bail of Pastor Evan Mawarire
    • Zimbabwe: State ordered to pay 150,000USD reparation to Jestina Mukoko
    • “Defenders are not criminals - Countering criminalisation of Human Rights Defenders”
    • “Inter-mechanisms 5.1”: enhanced cooperation will lead to better protection of human rights defenders
    • “Smaller than David”: the struggle of human rights defenders in Guatemala
    • Arbitrary detention
      • China: Critical health condition and ongoing ill-treatment of Guo Feixiong
      • Cuba: Judicial harassment and arbitrary detention of members of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU)
      • Egypt: Continued arbitrary detention of Ms. Mahienour El-Massry, Mr. Youssef Shaban, and Mr. Loay Mohamed Abdel Rahman
    • Archives Human Rights Defenders
      • Annual Reports
        • Huffington Post (USA)
        • Human Rights Defenders : Between Recognition and Repression
        • HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN A SECURITY FIRST ENVIRONMENT
        • Human Rights Defenders on the Front Line
        • Human Rights Defenders on the Frontline
        • Human Rights Defenders on the Frontline
        • Land rights defenders: attacked for confronting unbridled development
        • Launch of the 2011 Annual Report of the Observatory at the United Nations Headquarters in New York
        • OBS Annual Report 2013: Violations of the right of NGOs to funding - from harassment to criminalisation
        • Steadfast in Protest
        • Steadfast in Protest
        • Steadfast in protest
        • Steadfast in protest
        • Steadfast in Protest
        • Steadfast in Protest - 2011 Report
        • The "new criminals" - human rights defenders on the front line
        • “We are not afraid!”
      • International and regional protection of human rights defenders
        • HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS’ PROTECTION MECHANISMS
      • International fact-finding missions
      • Interventions before IGOs
        • Inter-active dialogue with the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders
        • Opening speech by Souhayr Belhassen, President of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
        • OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION IMPLEMENTATION MEETING, WARSAW - October 2006
        • OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION IMPLEMENTATION MEETING, WARSAW - September 2002
        • OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION IMPLEMENTATION MEETING, WARSAW - September 2005
        • OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION IMPLEMENTATION MEETING, WARSAW – 24 September-5 October 2007
        • OSCE SUPPLEMENTARY HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING, VIENNA - 12-13 July 2007
        • OSCE SUPPLEMENTARY HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING, VIENNA - March 2007
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        • Acknowledgement
      • Monthly newsletters
        • Newsletter N° 31 - November - December 2004 / January 2005
        • Newsletter N° 32 - February / March / April 2005
        • Newsletter N° 33 - May / June 2005
        • Newsletter N° 35 - October 2005
        • Newsletter N° 37 - January / March 2006
        • Newsletter N° 38 - April / May 2006
        • Newsletter N° 39 - June / July 2006
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    • Reinforcing mechanisms for the protection of Human Rights defenders
      • TAILS is a free software project which preserves privacy and provides anonymity for Human Rights Defenders
    • Shrinking space for civil society
      • #DefendingMaleno
  • International Justice
    • 13th session of the ICC Assembly of States Parties #ASP13
    • 14th ASP : " Some States have tried to undermine the ICC’s credibility"
    • 14th ASP : States should refrain from discussing judicial matters during the ASP
    • 21st of March 2013 – 22nd session UNHRC: FIDH welcomes the establishment of a UN Commission of Inquiry to investigate the systematic, widespread and grave violations of human rights in North Korea.
    • 5,000 victims of Bemba’s crimes in Central African Republic anxiously await reparation
    • Adoption of the Mutual Legal Assistance Convention on international crimes: a milestone in the fight against impunity for international crimes
    • After a long wait by victims, International Criminal Court may investigate crimes in Georgia
    • Anti-Impunity Initiative Must Bolster, Not Undermine, Victims’ Rights
    • August 30 2008 : Enforced Disappearances
    • Civil society group calls for a strong instrument for cooperation in terms of international crimes investigations and prosecutions
    • Covid-19 Spreading Faster than Vaccines: Rich Countries Must Address Vaccine Inequality
    • Declaration of the International Coalition against Enforced Disappearances
    • Disputed Entities in Eastern Europe: Human Rights Sacrificed
    • Don’t Buy Into Occupation : French financial institutions linked to Israeli colonisation in Palestine
    • Entry into force of the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons From Enforced Disappearances
    • Entry into force of the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons From Enforced Disappearances
    • EP Committee vote on corporate due diligence: A step in the right direction, further improvements needed
    • Establishing a Seamless Web of Justice: National and International Prosecutors Meet in Arusha
    • EU: Renewed Impetus for International Justice - New Human Rights Representative
    • EU: Use National Courts to Fight Impunity - EU Day Against Impunity Highlights Progress, Challenges
    • Families of the disappeared from all continents visit New York to lobby in favor of the adoption by the U.N. General Assembly of the Convention on Enforced Disappearances
    • Farewell to the last surviving Nuremberg Trials Prosecutor, Ben Ferencz
    • FIDH & REDRESS LETTER ON UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION
    • FIDH calls on the ICC and national jurisdictions to step up the fight against impunity for sexual violence
    • FIDH delegation at the 14th session of the ICC Assembly of States Parties
    • FIDH Opening Statement at the Review Conference of the Statute of the International Criminal Court
    • FIDH recommendations to the 14th Assembly of States Parties to the Statute of the ICC
    • FIDH’s comments on the ICC Office of the Prosecutor’s policy on victim participation
    • FIDH: Smear campaigns will not derail our work in support of victims of international crimes
    • Fifth Annual EU Day Against Impunity: Victims’ Rights Must Be Prioritised in Combating Impunity for Serious International Crimes
    • First trial in France against a Rwandan genocide suspect
    • French ex-cop accused of Rwanda genocide complicity (France 24, World)
    • Human rights organisations call the International Association of Prosecutors to adopt a human rights policy
    • ICAED Statement on the International Day of the Disappeared
    • ICAED to Host Conference on Enforced Disappearances in Geneva
    • ICC must be protected - Open Letter to the States Parties to the Rome Statute
    • ICC/Côte d’Ivoire: Towards total impunity for 2010-2011 crimes after acquittal of Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé
    • ICJ, FIDH and HRW call on Member States to adopt Draft Convention on Enforced Disappearance at the 62nd Commission on Human Rights
    • ICTY finds Radovan Karadzic guilty of Srebrenica genocide and of international crimes committed in Bosnia-Herzegovina
    • International Conference on Enforced Disappearances Geneva, Switzerland, 7-9 November 2011
    • International convention for the protection of all persons from enforced disappearance
    • International Criminal Court independence under threat at annual assembly
    • International Day of the Disappeared 2011
    • Judicial Investigation Opened into BNP Paribas’ Role in Atrocities in Sudan
    • Launch of a new joint project on supporting access to justice for victims of international crimes in Europe
    • Memorandum to African States Parties of the ICC for the 14th ASP
    • Nagorno-Karabakh: affected civilians of both sides of conflict wait for peace and justice to come
    • NGOs and the Duty of Judicial Intervention
    • NGOs Call on States to Strengthen Victims’ Rights in the Mutual Legal Assistance Initiative
    • NGOs share their concerns with the Draft Convention on International Cooperation in the Investigation and Prosecution of the Crime of Genocide, Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes
    • Parties to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance hold their first Conference
    • Q&A - Policy Submission on Draft Multilateral Treaty for Cooperation in international Crimes Cases
    • Report: EU must eliminate barriers to justice for victims of serious international crimes
    • RESOLUTION ON JUSTICE, ADOPTED BY FIDH’S CONGRESS IN YEREVAN
    • Rights Groups deeply concerned about the right to justice for the victims of enforced disappearences
    • Rights Groups welcome entry into force of Rome Statute in Palestine and urge Prosecutor to open full investigation into crimes
    • Russia-Georgia war: The European Court of Human Rights deliberates Georgia’s claims as ICC is urged to move quicker with its own investigation
    • SA revokes ICC withdrawal, Arnold Tsunga explains
    • Srebrenica: 25 years after the genocide, victims are still fighting for truth, justice and reparation
    • Statement of the International Board of FIDH: Put an immediate end to enforced disappearances
    • States must put an end to widespread practice of enforced disappearances
    • Summary of comments by F.I.D.H. on the draft text 21st June 2004
    • Ten NGOs share key recommendations ahead of MLA Diplomatic Conference
    • The 16th Assembly of States Parties to the ICC Statute comes to a close: increased jurisdiction of the court, but still lacking sufficient resources and cooperation
    • The International Convention for the Protection of all Persons From Enforced Disappearances Enters Into Force on 23 December 2010
    • The issues at stake in the closure of the international criminal tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Rwanda (ICTR)
    • The Journey of Justice - by Luis Guillermo Pérez
    • U.N.: ‘Disappearances’ Treaty a Major Advance Countries Should Push for Treaty’s Worldwide Adoption and Ratification
    • Uganda: Q&A on Dominic Ongwen at the ICC
    • Ugandan Victims’ Eyes are on the ICC as LRA Commander Dominic Ongwen faces Judges
    • UN/African Union: Reject ICC Withdrawal
    • When it Comes to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, Words Matter
    • Working Group on a draft legally binding normative instrument for the protection of all persons from enforced disappearances
    • Zambia should reaffirm its membership in the ICC
    • « Convention Now ! »
    • International Criminal Court (ICC)
      • GUARANTEEING THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
      • High risk for the ICC
      • 16th Assembly of States Parties: As the scope of the International Criminal Court increases, so do its challenges
      • 1999 - 2000 : a turning point in the history of the international civil society
      • 20 candidates under full scrutiny: ICC judges must be elected on merit alone
      • A three day postponement before an "a la carte" International Criminal Court?
      • Accountability for sexual and gender-based crimes at the ICC: An analysis of Prosecutor Bensouda’s legacy
      • Accountability for sexual and gender-based crimes at the ICC: Fatou Bensouda’s legacy
      • African Union: Activists challenge attacks on ICC and release video highlighting problems in AU approach
      • Al-Haq and FIDH Welcome EU Statement on Threats against the ICC and Call for a Consistent and Global Support of all Investigations
      • ASP 15: Five Recommendations to Strengthen the International Criminal Court
      • Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court The Hague 6-10 September 2004
      • Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court, 23 November - 1 December 2006
      • Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court, 28 November - 3 December 2005
      • Assembly of States Parties: Inside the governing body of the International Criminal Court
      • AU Summit 2015: Letter to Ministers of African States Parties to the ICC
      • CICC Letter to Jordan King on the potential visit of ICC fugitive Omar al-Bashir
      • Civil Society Declaration on Omar al-Bashir’s visit to South Africa without Arrest
      • Comments and Recommendations on the "Proposal of the ICC Registrar on the Principles Guiding the Establishment of a Victims Office and a Defence Office"
      • Comments and Recommendations on the ICC Registrar’s Proposed Victims Office
      • Comments and Recommendations on the ‘Discussion paper on the Review of the ICC Legal Aid System’
      • Comments and Recommendations to the ICC Trust Fund for Victims regarding its reparation mandate
      • Comments on the Draft Code of Professional Conduct for Counsel Before the International Criminal Court
      • Comments on the Draft Report of the Assembly of States Parties Working Group on the Budget
      • Conclusion of landmark ICC Review Conference: Difficult compromise and commitments to be confirmed
      • Council of the European Union / ICC : Consecration of an ICC " à la carte "
      • Cutting the Weakest Link: Budget Discussions and their Impact on Victims Rights to Participate in Proceedings before the ICC
      • Day of International Criminal Justice: FIDH video portraits commemorating #17July
      • DRC: For the First Time, ICC Awards Symbolic Individual Reparations
      • Drissa Traoré - "Civil society must participate in the process of improving international justice"
      • Electing the Next ICC Prosecutor: States Should Respect Process They Established
      • Elections of next ICC Prosecutor: Human rights group concerned by possible extension of shortlist of candidates
      • Eleventh Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the ICC Statute, 14-22 November 2012, The Hague
      • Fatou Bensouda, ICC Prosecutor, Visits FIDH
      • FIDH Address to the Ninth Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the ICC Statute
      • FIDH Address to the Tenth Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the ICC Statute
      • FIDH addresses the ICC Assembly of States Parties
      • FIDH addresses the ICC Assembly of States Parties
      • FIDH Analysis of the Strategy of the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC: Speeches delivered on 26 September 2006 and 18 October 2006
      • FIDH commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Rome Statute of the ICC
      • FIDH comments on the 2019-2021 proposed strategy of the ICC Prosecutor
      • FIDH Comments on the draft ICC Victims’ Strategy
      • FIDH Comments on the ICC’s Prosecutorial Strategy
      • FIDH Comments on the OTP draft policy paper on "Criteria for selection of situations and cases"
      • FIDH Comments on the OTP draft policy paper on "The interest of Justice"
      • FIDH Comments on the Proposed Amendments to the ICC Legal Aid Policy
      • FIDH Comments on the Proposed Changes to Legal Aid Before the ICC
      • FIDH concerned about ICC Registrar’s reform
      • FIDH delegation at the 15th session of the ICC Assembly of States Parties
      • FIDH Opening Statement at the seventh session of the Assembly of States Parties
      • FIDH paper on the International Criminal Court’s first years
      • FIDH Position Paper for the ICC Review Conference: "Renewing Commitment to Accountability"
      • FIDH position paper: Recommendations to the 12th Assembly of States Parties to the Statute of the International Criminal Court
      • FIDH President in Georgia to support 2008 victims’ request for effective remedies and a decent life
      • FIDH Recommendations to the 13th Assembly of States Parties to the Statute of the ICC
      • FIDH Recommendations to the Eighth Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Statute of the International Criminal Court, 18 - 26 November 2009
      • FIDH Recommendations to the Ninth Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Statute of the International Criminal Court, 6-10 December 2010
      • FIDH Recommendations to the seventh session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Statute of the International Criminal Court, 14 - 22 November 2008
      • FIDH Recommendations to the sixth session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Statute of the International Criminal Court, 30 November - 14 December 2007
      • FIDH Report: Enhancing Victims’ Rights Before the ICC - A View from Situation Countries on Victims’ Rights at the International Criminal Court
      • FIDH speech at the 16th Assembly of States Parties to the ICC Statute
      • FIDH Speech at the Plenary of the 15th Session of the ICC Assembly of States Parties
      • FIDH speech to the 12th Assembly of States Parties to the Statute of the International Criminal Court
      • FIDH speech to the 17th session of the Assembly of States Parties to the ICC Statute
      • FIDH Statement at the 13th ICC Assembly of States Parties
      • FIDH Statement at the Eighth Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the ICC Statute
      • FIDH statement at the sixth session of the Assembly of States Parties
      • FIDH Statement for the 20th Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the ICC Statute
      • FIDH Statement for the 20th Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the ICC Statute
      • FIDH statement to the 21st session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Statute of the International Criminal Court
      • FIDH Urges States Parties to the ICC Statute to reaffirm their commitment to fight impunity
      • Fifth Session of the Assembly of States parties to the Statute of the International Criminal Court: significant steps forward
      • Finally, the International Criminal Court
      • Finally, the International Criminal Court !
      • First Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court : Statement by Mr. Sidiki Kaba
      • First Review Conference of the ICC Rome Statute: States must renew their commitment to accountability
      • Five Myths About Victim Participation in ICC Proceedings
      • Gambia and South Africa to remain in the International Criminal Court
      • Genuine Investigations and Prosecutions for Increasing Crimes Committed in Eastern Ukraine Urgently Needed
      • Happenings in The Hague: An explainer on the recent ICC decision on Afghanistan
      • Happenings in The Hague: How the Independent Expert Review of the ICC’s Performance Can Strengthen the Court
      • Happenings in The Hague: Spotlight on Needed Improvements to Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes Investigations and Prosecutions at the ICC
      • Happenings in The Hague: Time to Elect ICC Judges
      • Happenings in The Hague: Transition of the ICC Office of the Prosecutor
      • High-Profile Board of Directors Elected to Victims Trust Fund of the International Criminal Court
      • Honduras: Crimes committed following the 2009 military coup must be investigated even without ICC
      • Human Rights Group Urges International Court to Investigate U.S. Officials, Contractors
      • Human Rights Organisations Send Farewell Letter to ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda
      • ICC ASP15 : Political support without financial backing endangers victims rights
      • ICC benchmarking consultation on Colombia: what is the way forward for the longest preliminary examination in the history of the Court?
      • ICC Independent Expert Review: The court and states should seize opportunity to strengthen court’s performance
      • ICC Prosecutor and President’s Participation to the 38th FIDH Congress
      • ICC Prosecutor Election: NGO Group’s Send an Open Letter to the ICC Assembly of States Parties
      • ICC Refuses to Investigate Crimes in Afghanistan, including US Torture: An Unacceptable and Shameful Decision
      • ICC Review Conference
      • ICC Review: Experts’ Report Sheds Light on the Long Road to Optimising Court’s Performance
      • ICC States Parties’ gathering concludes: the paradox of collective political support for accountability without adequate financial support may impact the effectiveness of the ICC
      • ICC: African Countries Support Court
      • ICC: Ahead of 19th ASP, FIDH Issues Recommendations to Strengthen Court
      • ICC: Ahead of the 20th Assembly of States Parties, FIDH issues recommendations to strengthen the Court
      • ICC : Towards the first trial for crimes against humanity committed in northern Mali ?
      • In Face of Attacks, Support the ICC’s Independence, Integrity and Mandate
      • In the face of brutal crackdowns, the International Criminal Court opens preliminary examinations into Venezuela and the Philippines
      • Independent Expert Review: A Chance to Strengthen ICC’s Impact on Victims
      • International Criminal Court: Six recommendations to the 21st Assembly of States Parties
      • Jean-Pierre Bemba sentenced by ICC to 18 years in prison for rape, murder and pillage in CAR
      • Justice at Risk: States Parties to the ICC Statute Concede to Political Pressure
      • Letter to Presidents of African States Parties to the ICC
      • Mali: The hearing of Al Mahdi before the ICC is a victory, but charges must be expanded
      • Memorandum to African States Parties of the ICC for the Assembly of States Parties 14th Session
      • NGOs push for ratification of International Criminal Court
      • NGOs request a zero tolerance policy for sexual harassment in the review of candidates for ICC Prosecutor
      • Ninth Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the ICC Statute, 6-10 December 2010 in New York
      • Ntaganda Found Guilty: a Day of Joy for Ituri Victims, a Day of Hope for Others
      • Open Letter to the ICC Registrar on Legal Aid for Victims in the Ongwen Case
      • Outreach to Victims, Affected Communities, and Civil Society: an Analysis of Prosecutor Bensouda’s Legacy at the ICC
      • Palestine: FIDH and its Member Organizations welcome ICC progress towards a criminal investigation
      • Palestinian Human Rights Organisations Submit Evidence to the ICC Prosecutor on Crimes Committed in West Bank
      • Position paper: Judges seeking to join ICC’s bench must have proven expertise on victims’ rights
      • Preliminary Examinations at the ICC: An Analysis of Prosecutor Bensouda’s legacy
      • Press Conference in The Hague: FIDH - [Report] Mexico: Murders, disappearances and torture in Coahuila constitute crimes against humanity
      • Reject impunity: Don’t withdraw from the ICC
      • Report: Judges Must Ensure Meaningful Victim Participation at the ICC
      • Shortlisted Candidates for ICC Prosecutor Announced: Election Process Must be Transparent and Merit-Based
      • Six judges join the International Criminal Court’s bench as the Court begins a new chapter
      • South Africa: Continent Wide Outcry at ICC Withdrawal
      • States must reaffirm their will to support the International Criminal Court
      • States Must Step Up To Protect and Strengthen International Criminal Court
      • States Parties should fiercely and collectively commit to and support the ICC against threats to international justice
      • States should not hinder ICC’s independence and victims’ rights through budget cuts
      • Statment by the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) made at the 12th session of the Assembly of States parties to the Rome Statute
      • Strong Support Promised to the ICC at the Assembly of States Parties : Commitments Should Be Translated into Concrete and Constructive Actions
      • Sudan: Open Letter Concerning President Omar Al Bashir’s Visit To China Despite Outstanding ICC Warrants
      • Sudan: Open Letter to State Parties to the Rome Statute Concerning President Omar Al Bashir’s Visit To China
      • Tenth Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Statute of the International Criminal Court: A new era for international criminal justice
      • The Emerging "System" of International Criminal Justice
      • The EU Must Not Let Sudanese Victims Down: do not Ignore the Pending ICC Arrest Warrants Against Al-Bashir
      • The ICC, 2002 - 2012: 10 years, 10 recommendations for an efficient and independent International Criminal Court
      • The Independence of the International Criminal Court must be enhanced
      • The International Criminal Court Examines Situations in Afghanistan, Gaza, Georgia, and more: The Role of ICC Preliminary Examinations
      • THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT IS IN DANGER ! FRANCE MUST STAND FIRM VIS A VIS AMERICAN PRESSURE
      • The justice survivors deserve: Open letter to the new ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan
      • The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court - 9 Years On
      • The road doesn’t stop at Rome
      • The Rome Statute at Twenty (1998-2018): 10 Challenges to an Effective and Independent International Criminal Court
      • The Russia-Georgia War: The Forgotten Victims 10 Years On
      • The United States Threatens the European Union
      • Third Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Victims Trust Fund: FIDH Position Paper
      • Transfer of Ali Kushayb to ICC: A significant step toward Accountability in Darfur
      • Uganda must respect legal obligation to arrest Omar Al Bashir
      • Universal Ratification Campaign : Japan is the October Target Country
      • US Intimidation of ICC: States Must Push Back
      • US Sanctions on ICC Officials Deplored as an Outrageous Escalation of Intimidation Campaign
      • Victims are asking to be more closely involved in the ICC’s proceedings
      • VICTIMS AT THE CENTER OF JUSTICE: Reflections on the Promises and the Reality of Victim Participation at the ICC (1998-2018)
      • Victims’ Rights Before the International Criminal Court : A Guide for Victims, their Legal Representatives and NGOs
      • VRWG Recommendations to the 15th Session of the ICC Assembly of States Parties
      • What is ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda’s legacy?
      • With ICC at a crossroads, new prosecutor elected to lead Court’s fight against impunity for the most serious crimes
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    • Ad hoc and hybrid tribunals
      • Human Rights Council: Don’t Fail the Victims, Support a Hybrid Court for Sri Lanka
      • Ratko Mladic convicted to life imprisonment for international crimes committed in Bosnia-Herzegovina
    • Universal Jurisdiction
      • "Make Way for Justice": universal jurisdiction in 2014 scrutinized by three NGOs
      • 22 years on: second trial in France of Rwandans accused of genocide
      • FIDH-REDRESS Letter to the Council Africa Working Group on Universal Jurisdiction
      • FIDH-REDRESS Update on Universal Jurisdiction: Fighting impunity worldwide
      • France : The Court of Cassation confirms the jurisdiction of French courts in two Syrian cases
      • Legal Remedies for Victims of "International Crimes"
      • Make way for Justice #2: 40 cases to understand universal jurisdiction
      • Make Way for Justice #4: International momentum towards accountability
      • New edition of the Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review: Highlighting 2022 Universal Jurisdiction Cases
      • Q&A on the Dabbagh Case: French judges order the trial of three senior Syrian officials before the Paris Criminal Court
      • Syria, Iraq, Rwanda : Universal jurisdiction has gathered unprecedented momentum in 2016
      • UJAR 2021: The Impact of Coronavirus on Universal Jurisdiction
      • UJAR 2022: Universal jurisdiction in the fight against sexual violence
      • Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review 2019: Evidentiary challenges in UJ cases
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    • National courts
    • Archives International Justice
      • FORUM JUSTICE: NEW CHALLENGES
        • FIDH Forum : Media Kit
        • JUSTICE: NEW CHALLENGES - The Right to an Effective Remedy Before an Independent Tribunal
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        • Death penalty in Africa
  • Death Penalty
    • World Day Against The Death Penalty
    • 10 October 2011, 9th World Day Against the Death Penalty: the inhumanity of the Death Penalty
    • 10 Questions on the Death Penalty
    • 11th World Day against the Death Penalty : Stop Crime, Not Lives
    • 13th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Drug Crimes
    • 14th World Day Against Death Penalty: Terrorism
    • 15th World day against the death penalty
    • 16th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Living conditions on death row
    • 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Children, Unseen Victims
    • 4th World Congress Against the Death Penalty
    • 4th World Congress Against the Death Penalty
    • 5th World Congress against the Death Penalty
    • At UN crime congress, Alice Mogwe shed light on path to abolishing death penalty across Africa
    • Botswana continues with cruel and regressive execution
    • Capital punishment breaches the universal declaration of human rights. it’s that simple.
    • Death penalty and poverty: a deadly mix
    • Death penalty and poverty: Facts and figures in 2017
    • Death penalty and poverty: Facts and figures in 2017
    • Death penalty: A road paved with torture
    • Death Penalty: Compilation of FIDH and leagues press releases from 2010 to 2013
    • Death Penalty: Compilation of FIDH and leagues press releases from 2013 to 2016
    • FIDH members from around the world to participate in the 6th World Congress against the Death Penalty
    • FIDH Members Mobilise against Capital Punishment at Seventh World Congress
    • FIDH released a video-documentary on the abolition of death penalty called #Gambia Has decided
    • FIDH supports the project « Poster for Tomorrow » with the theme of the world abolition of the death penalty
    • FIDH will participate in the 5th World Congress against the Death Penalty
    • Going backwards: The death penalty in Southeast Asia
    • Greater protection against capital punishment for people with mental disorders
    • HRC34: statement on torture by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
    • Innocent until proven guilty ? Access to counsel crucial for those facing capital punishment
    • Interviews : Death penalty systems disregard mental health
    • Just and modern societies cannot be founded on killing: abolish the death penalty!
    • Moratorium on death penalty : at last !
    • Motion condemning the use of the death penalty in Taiwan, particularly the case of Chiou Ho-shun
    • October 10 - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty Emphasises Importance of Quality Legal Representation
    • October 10 - 2005
    • On World Day Against the Death Penalty, Congress encouraged to reject attempts to reintroduce death penalty
    • Our answer to terrorism cannot be the death penalty
    • Overwhelming Majority of States support a Universal Moratorium on the Death Penalty
    • Pakistan: Poor and marginalized suffer disproportionately from capital punishment
    • Record vote in support of a universal moratorium on the death penalty
    • RESOLUTION ON DEATH PENALTY
    • Rights groups call upon the Egyptian government to sign and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
    • Saudi Arabia must immediately stop the death penalty against minors
    • Saudi Arabia should immediately halt execution of juvenile Ali Mohammed al-Nimr
    • Thailand: Still dragging feet on death penalty
    • the 11th World Day against the Death Penalty
    • The abolitionist front gets stronger and stronger
    • The death penalty for drug crimes in Asia
    • The death penalty: a punishment for the poor?
    • THE WORLD COALITION AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY DENOUNCES THE PROVISION OF ARAB CHARTER ON HUMAN RIGHTS REGARDING THE APPLICATION OF DEATH PENALTY FOR CHILDREN
    • Treatment of death row prisoners in Belarus
    • WHY mobilise against THE DEATH PENALTY...
    • World Day Against the Death Penalty
    • WORLD DAY AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
    • World Day Against the Death Penalty - 10.10.14
    • World Day against the death penalty 2006
    • World Day Against the Death Penalty, 10 October 2006 : The death penalty is a failure of justice
    • World Day Against the Death Penalty: Panel Discussion on Transparency and Death Penalty
    • World Day Against the Death Penalty: teaching abolition
  • Women’s Rights
    • #BringBackOurGirls: schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram are still missing
    • Latest reports
    • 20th anniversary of the Maputo Protocol: celebrating and continuing to defend women’s rights in Africa
    • 29th November: Celebrate International Day on Women Human Rights Defenders!
    • 35 years of the CEDAW
    • 60th session ACHPR: FIDH calls on states to protect and promote the rights of girls
    • 8 March, 8 cities say YES to the uprising of women in the Arab world
    • 8 March: Being born a girl means clearing a lot of hurdles
    • 8 March: In the face of the attacks and the setbacks, Fighting back for Women’s rights!
    • Abortion, women decide!
    • Alarming trends in negotiations at the UN Commission on the Status of Women
    • Armenia and Belarus must implement the UN recommendations on women’s rights
    • Beijing +20: Broken promises, women’s rights under threat across the globe
    • Being born a girl shouldn’t be a hurdle
    • CSOs and WHRDs Worldwide Condemn the ARENA Proposal for Longer Abortion-Related Criminal Sentences in El Salvador
    • Dakar Rally participants, will you #StandWithSaudiHeroes ?
    • Defence of women’s rights and religious response: update and strategies by feminist activists from 11 countries
    • Discrimination against women in Vietnam, Nicaragua, Peru and Azerbaijan
    • El Salvador: we demand that the Rights of Imelda Cortez be Guaranteed
    • Ensuring Women’s Land Rights in the face of Corporate Capture of Solutions to the Climate & Biodiversity Crises
    • FIDH celebrates International Women’s Day
    • FIDH celebrates the 35th anniversary of the CEDAW Convention
    • FIDH Supports the International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict
    • Fight the numbers : act for women’s rights
    • GRAVE VIOLATIONS PERSIST: STATES MUST TAKE ACTION!
    • Guissou Jahangiri (FIDH) in support of the campaign "All jobs for all women"
    • Innovating to combat violence against women in the context of COVID19
    • International Women’s Day / Journée Internationale de la femme
    • INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
    • Intervention to the 59th session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights - Women’s Rights
    • Join the Women’s March on January 21st
    • Joint Statement on Access to Safe and Legal Abortion Globally
    • Members of the European Parliament support FIDH’s appeal for stronger EU action on women’s rights
    • Mexico - Historical vote to guarantee the reproductive health of women
    • NAIROBI DECLARATION ON WOMEN’S AND GIRLS’ RIGHT TO A REMEDY AND REPARATION
    • Near-total abortion ban in Poland: Stop putting the health, rights and lives of women and girls at risk
    • Nobel Peace Prize hallows the fight waged by women
    • PeaceCon 2020 Day 2 Plenary – Why Listening to the Local Experience of Women Peacebuilders Matters
    • Polish Parliament Must Protect Women’s Health and Rights
    • Position Paper on the creation of a new UN mechanism on laws that discriminate against women
    • Resolution on violations and threats weighing on the sexual and reproductive rights of women
    • Resolution to support standardised use of the term "human rights" (in French)
    • Saudi Arabia: Loujain Al-Hathloul among finalists for prestigious human rights prize
    • Second Women Democracy Forum: "Two Years of Democratic and Political Reform: Achievements and Missed Opportunities"
    • Sexual and sexist violence against women
    • Some Syrian women in Jordan fled sexual violence back home (The Jordan Times)
    • THE COMPLIANCE OF THE AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC WITH THE CONVENTION ON ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
    • The First Seminar on Women Participation in Public Affairs
    • The prohibition on abortion constitutes violence against women
    • Together, we uphold women’s rights. Today, and every day.
    • Turkey : FIDH and IHD draw UN’s attention to AKP’s crackdown on women’s rights
    • U.S. Supreme Court’s devastating decision to overturn the constitutional protection of right to abortion
    • UN COMMITTEE : SLOVAKIA MUST FACE ITS RESPONSABILITY TOWARDS ROMANI VICTIMS OF FORCED STERILIZATION
    • Violence against women: the most common but least punished
    • WEBINAR 17 June: Innovating to fight violence against women in the time of Covid-19

    • With Saudi Women’s Rights Activists Behind Bars, Athletes Racing in Dakar Rally Should Show Support
    • Women and the arab spring : tking their place?
    • Women and the Arab Spring: Taking their place ?
    • Women in resistance - Interview with Dr Helen Kijo Bisimba
    • Women Sentenced to Death: An invisible reality
    • Women’s Rights in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
    • WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN TUNISIA DECLARATION
    • Women’s Rights: Living free from violence, on March 8th and beyond
    • Workshop on fighting impunity for crimes of sexual violence at FIDH with Patricia Sellers
    • [COMIC STRIP] Violence Against Women in Africa
    • [Interactive Map] Violence against women: a global epidemic
    • Archive Women’s rights
    • Discrimination in law and practice
    • Sexual and reproductive rights
      • 223 NGOs call on the United Nations to take action in support to the right to abortion
      • Chile must take the first step to defend women’s rights
      • International women’s rights day in post-abortion ban Poland
      • Women resist and fight for their right to abortion
    • Violence against women
      • Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: FIDH glossary available in Ukrainian
      • United, we can better fight for women’s rights and gender equality
  • Business, Human Rights & Environment
    • States should engage in an historical Treaty process at the United Nations
    • "Defenders on the forefront and continuous struggle to access justice": FIDH legal commentary on Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
    • #IronMadeIn Brazil: Report reveals iron industry’s human rights abuses in supply chain
    • 100 human rights organisations denounce adverse human rights impacts of US Supreme Court’s decision on Argentina’s debt
    • Alice Mogwe & Olivier de Schutter : "We demand climate justice"
    • Astra Agro Lestari in Indonesia: Procter & Gamble, Nestlé, Hershey’s and Colgate-Palmolive suspend business amidst human rights abuses
    • Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights: Reflections on the ’Second Revised Draft’
    • Brazil: Campaign Calls Attention to Toxic Impact of Mining Activity on Health and Environment of Amazon Community
    • Brazil: UN expert presents alarming findings following visit, calling for remedy and relocation for Piquiá
    • Business and human rights: EU and UN instruments must work in tandem to guarantee justice
    • Business and Human Rights: FIDH and HRIC submit amicus brief in European Court of Human Rights’ ‘ThyssenKrupp case’
    • Business first, human rights second? (Op-ed by Karim Lahidji and Jérôme Chaplier)
    • CAUSE coalition calls on EU to update Dual Use Regulation to protect human rights
    • CAUSE: New global coalition urges governments to keep surveillance technologies in check
    • Chile: In Wake of Osorno Health Crisis, Water Giant SUEZ Summoned on Basis of Duty of Vigilance Law
    • Civil society groups urge the EBRD to rethink its mining investments
    • Civil society objects to the World Bank’s draft safeguards
    • Colombian Constitutional Court Orders the Suspension of Pacific E&P Operations in Meta
    • Comments on Shift and Mazars’ Discussion Paper “Developing Global Standards for the Reporting and Assurance of Company Alignment with the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights”
    • Communities Demand Justice for Polluting Companies’ Contribution to Climate Change
    • Communities first: new training manual to empower people affected by investment projects
    • Community-based Human Rights Impact Assessments
    • Copenhagen: To respect human rights, States must find an agreement which is fair, ambitious and binding
    • Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Abuses: FIDH Launches Updated Guide for Victims and NGOs on Accountability and Redress Mechanisms
    • Corporate sustainability due diligence directive must be strengthened by EU policymakers
    • CSR at a turning point: time for the EU to move forward for true accountability
    • Dismissal of applications for ECOSOC consultative status submitted by NGOs addressing human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity
    • Don’t wash your hands of human rights obligations - Corporate due diligence in times of COVID-19 and lessons for the future
    • Ecological disaster: report reveals devastating human rights impact of REPSOL oil spill in Peru
    • Enhance the international legal framework on human rights, transnational corporations and other entreprises: Second statement by the Treaty Alliance
    • EP votes reporting reform to strengthen corporate accountability
    • EU compromise on non-financial reporting reform: companies to disclose their social and environmental impacts
    • EU corporate accountability law must stand with Indigenous peoples and local communities
    • EU due diligence legislation: Organisations affected by European supply chains around the world publish recommendations
    • Extreme Poverty : adopting a human rights approach
    • FIDH advocates for the adoption of an international legally binding instrument to regulate the activities of corporations in relation to human rights
    • FIDH at the UN Intergovernmental Working Group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights
    • FIDH calls on the new Working Group on business and human rights to build a proactive and rights-based work programme
    • FIDH delegation at the 2015 World Social Forum
    • FIDH in Nairobi to discuss corporate accountability
    • FIDH Launches Website Guiding Victims Faced with Corporate Human Rights Abuses
    • FIDH Side event on the depth of the International Instrument on Business and Human rights, October 24, 2017
    • FIDH welcomes the European Parliament’s vote on the non-financial reporting reform
    • FIDH welcomes the French National Assembly’s vote for the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR
    • First regional consultation in Thailand, FIDH and ESCR-Net Treaty Initiative
    • For an effective reform of the Bretton Woods institutions
    • France : Parliamentarians support the duty of vigilance law
    • Germany: call for an improvement of the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act
    • Global coalition for the right to a healthy environment wins UN Human Rights Prize
    • Global Movement for a Binding Treaty
    • Global Shipbreaking reform Negociations called a failure
    • Haitian mining sector : Calling on the World Bank’s accountability
    • Healthy environment and human rights: two historic victories achieved at the UN
    • Historic Discussions Starting at the UN on a Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights
    • Human Rights and Business: Upholding Human Rights and Ensuring Coherence
    • Human Rights Council renews mandate of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
    • Human Rights Organisations urge Canada to take action against corporate abuse in Ecuador
    • Human rights violations in the Cambodian garment sector: Calling on the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights to address the situation
    • Hundreds of NGOs participate in an Action Day to draw attention to human rights violations committed by European companies
    • In wake of Osorno health emergency in Chile, SUEZ is served notice to amend vigilance plan
    • Incorporating human rights into investment strategies: 2014 Non-Financial Rating of the 28 EU Member States
    • Incorporating Human Rights into Investment Strategies: 2020 Non-Financial Rating of the 27 EU Member States and United Kingdom
    • International Seminar on Human Rights and Business at Crossroads: Challenges and Perspectives
    • Israel-Palestine : French Company Withdraws from Jerusalem Light-Rail
    • Israel-Palestine: Three reasons why the European Union should support the United Nations Database on businesses activities related to Israeli settlements
    • Israel/Palestine : Termination of contract between Partner and Orange
    • Jail term for activists in Sierra Leone, trial of French journalists in Paris: critics of Bolloré silenced
    • Joint Declaration on Implementing Urgent Global Solutions to the Shipbreaking Crisis
    • Joint NGO Statement in Support of the UN Human Rights Database on Business Activities related to Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
    • Joint NGO Statement to the Human Rights Council in support of the initiative of a group of States for a legally binding instrument on transnational corporations
    • Laws against “foreign agents”: the multi-functional tool of authoritarian regimes
    • Negotiations of a international legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights must intensify
    • New report reveals devastating human toll of Blyvooruitzicht Mine liquidation
    • NGOs Complain About Groupe Forrest International’s Illegal Demolition of Houses in the DR Congo
    • NGOs urge implementation of Wolfensohn commitment to human rights
    • NGOs welcome historic step forward for the protection of all human rights - Momentous signing of the Optional Protocol on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at the United Nations.
    • NGOs welcome the UN Norms on transnational business
    • Odhikar’s statement on the deaths of garment workers at Rana Plaza in Savar
    • One Year After the Rana Plaza Catastrophe : Slow Progress and Insufficient Compensation
    • Op-Ed: TTIP and UN Treaty – the EU must stand up for Human Rights
    • OP-ICESCR Coalition : Joint Submission
    • Open Letter to OECD Investment Committee on the review process of the OECD guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
    • Open Letter to the Members of the Wassenaar Arrangement
    • Open-Ended Working Group for the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
    • Opening of the second session of the UN Intergovernmental Working Group on Human Rights and Businesses
    • Questions & Answers : Water giant SUEZ is summoned on the basis of duty of vigilance law
    • Questions & Answers: SUEZ is served notice to amend its vigilance plan
    • Recognising the interdependence of human rights and environment protection
    • Report reveals links between five French banks and insurance companies and the Israeli settlements
    • Resolution on corporate and other private actor interference in precesses determinin public policy on human rights
    • RESOLUTION ON THE IMPUNITY OF CRIMES AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENT AND VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTED BY COMPANIES AND/OR AS A RESULT OF FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS, ADOPTED BY FIDH’S CONGRESS IN YEREVAN
    • Responsabilité des entreprises - Déclaration finale/notre stratégie
    • Rights campaigners call on policy-makers in the EU and beyond to end corporate abuses
    • Second Revised Draft of Binding Treaty: An Important Step Toward Protecting Human Rights from Corporate Abuses
    • Sign the petition to protect all human rights
    • Spain’s EU Council Presidency must prioritise new forced labour legislation
    • Stop land grabbing by SOCFIN in Sierra Leone ! Stop the criminalisation of land rights defenders !
    • The FIDH is concerned about the future of the fight against poverty with Wolfowitz as President of the World Bank.
    • The NGO Shipbreaking Platform calls on the Prime Minister of Bangladesh to take action against the dumping of end-of-life ships to stop continuing exploitation of Bangladeshi labourers and degradation of coastal environment
    • The Treaty process on business and human rights enters a new phase after substantive discussions at the UN
    • UN Forum on Business and Human Rights
    • UN Global Compact summit: Final declaration falls short of effective commitments in favour of human rights
    • UN Treaty on Human Rights and Business Enterprises
    • Unprecedented Discussions at the UN on a Business and Human Rights Treaty: Will States Walk the Talk?
    • Vienna +20 CSO Declaration
    • Watch FIDH’s webinar on Recent Developments in Corporate Accountability
    • WEBINAR: ESG and Human Rights: assessing modern slavery risks in investors’ portfolios
    • WEBINAR: Towards Effective EU Mandatory Human Rights & Environmental Due Diligence
    • [Web launch] “Heavy metal”: From abuse-ridden mines to global consumer goods, the journey of Brazilian iron
    • Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
      • Advocacy Kit - Campaign for international justice for economic, social and cultural rights
      • Celebrate International Human Rights Day: Call on your State to Ratify the OP-ICESCR
      • CREATION OF A CAUCUS ON DIGNITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS WITHIN THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM
      • Down with ACTA! The EU must protect our commons
      • Draft IMO Treaty on Ship Scrapping Immoral
      • FIDH EVENTS AT THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM IN MUMBAI
      • Global Economic issues are bound to Human Rights ones !
      • Human rights accountability and the environment: The Human Dignity and Human Rights Caucus demands that States and Corporations close human rights accountability gaps
      • Joint NGO Submission to To the 2006 Open Ended Working Group to consider options for an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
      • Letter and Submission to President Kim Re. World Bank Safeguards Review
      • Letter to the OECD regarding the Implementation of Peru Country Program during the visit of President Kuczynski to París
      • New "ship recycling" convention legalizes scrapping toxic ships on beaches
      • Principles on Extra-Territorial Obligations Adopted
      • Resolution on political transitions and human rights
      • Resolution on the right to education
      • Speech by Shirin EBADI, Nobel Peace Prize 2003
      • The Fight Against Terrorism And Human Rights
      • The Human Rights Accountability Challenge
      • Toolkit for Action for the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
      • Toxic Waste in South Asia
      • World Social Forum 2005 under the sign of human rights
      • written statement for the eighth session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
      • Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
      • Optional Protocol
        • African Regional Consultation Meeting on an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
        • Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Justiciable at the International Level: The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OP-ICESCR)—a New Mechanism for Justice—Enters into Force on 5 May 2013
        • International NGO Coalition for an Optional Protocol to the ICESCR Regional Consultation, Cairo, January 9-1
        • NGOs Celebrate Historic Adoption of Optional Protocol for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at United Nations
        • One Year After the Adoption of the Optional Protocol: Demand Justice NOW! Ratify to Protect all Human Rights
        • Oral Statement International NGO Coalition for an OP to the ICESCR Regional Consultation, Cairo, January 9-10, 2008
        • Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to ensure justice for victims of economic, social and cultural rights violations
        • REVISED DRAFT OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
        • REVISED DRAFT OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, 4-8 February, Geneva
        • Uruguay ratifies the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural rights: coming entry into force
    • Archives Globalisation
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    • Business and Human Rights
      • FIDH and FLAC’s input on Ireland’s National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights
      • Joint NGO Response to Interim Report of UN Representative on Business and Human Rights
      • "The way forward in Business and Human Rights : Enhancing standards, Ensuring remedy": Joint Oral statement at UN Human Rights Council
      • A step further towards an international treaty on human rights and business enterprises
      • Access to Judicial Remedy - Panel Discussion, Forum on Business and Human Rights 2012
      • Advancing the global business and human rights agenda
      • Analysing Modern Slavery Risks in Portfolio Companies: Guidance for Investors
      • At the World Economic Forum in Davos FIDH calls on businesses to protect endangered human rights defenders
      • BHR Task Force submits letter to G20 Employment Working Group
      • Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights: FIDH’s preliminary comments on the ’Third Revised Draft’
      • Brazil: in the wake of another deadly dam collapse, organizations call for Vale to be delisted from the UN Global Compact
      • Call for Proposals for the next Human Rights Impact Assessment
      • Canada Announces Watchdog for Corporate Accountability
      • Civil society coalition calls for stronger EU export controls of surveillance technologies with clear exemptions for security research
      • Comment on FIDH Position Paper by John Ruggie, UN special representative on Transnational Corporations & Human Rights
      • Comments on the second draft of the Spanish National Action Plan for the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles
      • COMMUNITIES DEMAND CORPORATE AND STATE ACCOUNTABILITY ON IMPROPER MINE CLOSURE
      • Community representative informs UN Special Procedures of lack of progress in case of over 300 families victim of pollution in Piquia de Baixo, Brazil
      • Community-based Human Rights Impact Assessments
      • Companies operating in Belarus and Russia must avoid contributing to violations of international law
      • Conference: "Smart regulation: Legislative opportunities for the EU to improve corporate accountability" , European Parliament, Brussels - May 29, 2008
      • Constructive multi-stakeholder exchange : Assessing the UNGPs to move forward in the protection of human rights
      • Consultation on the establishment of a global fund: empowering rights-holders should be the priority
      • Contribution of the FIDH to the discussion with the UN Special Representative on human rights and transnational corporations
      • Corporate accountability - Final Declaration/ our strategy
      • Corporate accountability: EU must not squander historic opportunity to tackle environmental crisis, human rights abuses
      • Corporate Social Responsibility in the EU : Bringing the Regulatory Approach Back In
      • CSOs call for the strengthening of the international normative framework on business and human rights
      • Dangerous liaisons in Israeli settlements: Orange and its shareholder the French State
      • Dialogue with Business Leaders on Treaty on Human Rights and Business
      • FIDH and ESCR-Net Launch New Joint Treaty Initiative
      • FIDH and HRIC Statement on Business and Human Rights
      • FIDH and LHR presented a joint community-based HRIA at the UN Forum on Bussiness and Human Rights
      • FIDH calls on Peru to stop corporated-related human rights abuses
      • FIDH comments to the OECD Draft Revised
      • FIDH contributes to the updated OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
      • FIDH contribution to Italy’s National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights
      • FIDH releases its preliminary comment on the "Zero Draft" treaty on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises and Human Rights
      • FIDH Secretary-General speaks at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights
      • FIDH urges G8 countries to ensure the integration of human rights into export credit agencies guidelines
      • FIDH-ICJ organise a side event for the HRC35 to mark the 6th anniversary from the adoption of the UNGPs
      • Follow-up of our report on oil extraction in Colombia : Response to Pacific Exploration and Production
      • Global Social Compliance Programme: A note from the Advisory Board
      • Hearing on business and the respect for the human rights of workers outside the EU
      • High-level meeting on Business and Human rights at UN Human Rights Council
      • Honduras: Protected Areas and Water Resources Threatened by the Granting of Licences for Hydroelectric Plants
      • Human rights and environmental protection are interdependent
      • ILVA scandal: following the ECtHR decision, Italy must take immediate action to end the environmental crisis
      • Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem: 3 French companies involved in light-rail construction
      • Joint Civil Society Statement on Business and Human Rights to the 17th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
      • Joint Civil Society Statement on the draft Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
      • Joint letter to EU COHOM on Business and Human Rights
      • Joint letter to Newmont’s CEO regarding attacks on Máxima Acuña
      • Joint NGO Statement to the Human Rights Council on the the report of the Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations.
      • Keep your eyes open
      • Launch of CAUSE : Coalition Against the Unlawful Surveillance Exports
      • Letter to the EU Trade Commissioner on EU trade and investment relations with China
      • Lima Declaration on Human Rights and Business
      • New EU Communication on Corporate Social Responsibility: a Missed Opportunity
      • New report examines rights violations by Chinese business activities in Latin America
      • New report exposes billions in European financial support to companies in illegal Israeli settlements
      • New step towards the labeling of products coming from Israeli settlements
      • New step towards the labeling of products coming from Israeli settlements
      • NGOs call on Commission and Council to shift gears after Multi-Stakeholder Forum: European CSR process must move from dialogue to action
      • NGOs welcome adoption of new Council of Europe Recommendation on Human Rights and Business
      • Norms on the Corporate Responsibilities of transnational corporations
      • Open Letter Calling for Stronger EU Conflict Minerals Regulation
      • Open Letter to John Ruggie endorsed by more than 150 NGOs
      • Overcoming barriers to access to justice for corporate human rights abuses
      • Petition ->http://www.rightsforpeople.org
      • Policy Brief: Eight Organisations alert the OECD on serious weaknesses in Brazil’s Responsible Business Conduct policies
      • Position paper / Contribution to the mandate of the UN special representative on Transnational Corporations & Human Rights
      • Public debate on corporate accountability: video now online
      • Public statement on the membership of FIDH in the GSCP’s Advisory Board
      • Regional consultation in Latin America on a Treaty on Human Rights and Business
      • Resolution on Transnationals, Free Trade Agreements, Development Model and Impacts on Human Rights
      • Robust methodology key to success of UN database of businesses involved in Israel’s settlements
      • Side event: Land and environmental rights defenders in danger
      • Significant vote at the UN Human Rights Council: ray of hope to address corporate abuses, yet important concerns remain
      • Speech of Debbie Stothard at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights
      • Statement of Support for the UN Human Rights Norms for Business
      • Surveillance technologies "Made in Europe": Regulation needed to prevent human rights abuses
      • The environmental disaster of the ILVA steel plant has also violated Italy’s human rights obligations
      • The EU and the UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights: Time to Change Course
      • The UN Committee on ESCR underlines States’ obligations with regard to business activities
      • Time to Act : Holding Business Accountable to Human Rights
      • Transnational corporate human rights abuses: Delivering access to justice
      • UN Expert urges the World Bank to conform to human rights standards
      • UN Forum on Business and Human Rights: corporate respect for human rights will not be a reality until human rights defenders are effectively protected
      • UN Human Rights Council adopts Guiding Principles on business conduct, yet victims still waiting for effective remedies
      • FIDH-Carrefour Cooperation
        • FIDH/Carrefour partnership
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      • Socially Responsible Investment
        • Incorporating human rights into investment strategies: 2018 Non-Financial Rating of the 28 EU Member States
        • UN Forum on Business and Human Rights violations: Access to Judicial Remedy
    • Human rights and environmental rights
      • A safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment is integral to the full enjoyment of human rights
      • Brumadinho dam: NGOs urge companies and investors to use leverage and require Vale to remedy the situation
      • States and international bodies must use the law to further protect the environment
    • Trade and Investment Agreements
      • G8 summit in GENOA : OVERWHELMING RESULTS
      • The LDC Platform of Action and the Human Rights framework May 2001
      • A Human Rights Framework for Trade in the Americas
      • FIDH members call on the Indian Government to ensure transparency in free trade and investment negotiations
      • For the primacy of human rights in all trade agreements !
      • Hong Kong Deal on Collision Course with Human Rights
      • Human Rights Cannot be Traded
      • Negotiations on Agriculture: WTO must Recognize the Human Right to Adequate Food
      • Statement of the Human Rights Caucus on the occasion of the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization
      • The European Parliament puts a brake on negotiations of the GSP trade scheme
      • The WTO and Human Rights
      • The WTO Human Rights Caucus
      • Understanding Global Trade & Human Rights
      • Vietnam: The EU must use its free trade agreement clauses to protect environmental defenders
      • WTO Members Must Abide by their Human Rights Obligations For Human Rights Impact Assessments of Trade Agreements
  • Migrants’ Rights
    • "Respect Migrants Rights: Ratify the Migrant Workers Convention!"
    • (The New Yorker, 8/12/2017) Europe’s plan to end Its migrant crisis is failing
    • Latest reports
    • 60th session ACHPR : Externalization of European borders in Africa: from cooperation to blackmail
    • 63 migrants left to die in the Mediterranean : Survivors continue their quest for justice
    • 63 migrants left to die in the Mediterranean: Survivors file a complaint against the Belgian army
    • A reinforced Frontex agency: EU turns a deaf ear to NGO’s warnings
    • A reminder of the difficult situation of refugees in the world: a short animation
    • African migrants ’left to die’ in dinghy sue Spanish and French military (Guardian, United Kingdom)
    • Albania : A safe country ?
    • Bosnia-Herzegovina : A safe country ?
    • C-Star : FIDH calls on Mongolia to withdraw its flag of convenience from racist boat
    • Calais: Bulldozers do not make a policy!
    • Call to the heads of governments participating in the Western Balkan Summit: “Violations of the right of asylum must stop!”
    • Campaign for the ratification of the Migrant Workers Convention
    • Central Asia : The ordeal of migrant workers and their families
    • Connected walls - Web documentary supported by FIDH
    • Death of 63 migrants in the Mediterranean: Complaint in France holds the French military to account
    • Dimitris Christopoulos, "Europe nowadays does not only have a human rights problem; it is a human rights problem."
    • E.U. Deal With Turkey Legitimizes Far Right in Europe
    • Egypt: Eritrean migrant killed at the Israeli border
    • EU - Libya cooperation : serious risks of migrants’ rights violations
    • EU Decision: All citizens with a home larger than 60m2 will have to take in a migrant
    • EU Migration: Time for an ambitious human rights-based agenda
    • EU/Migration : the answer is neither militarization nor outsourcing
    • EU/Turkey – The deal of shame
    • EU/Turkey: Migrants are not goods one can barter
    • EU/Turkey : Do not swap migrants’ rights for short-term political gain
    • EU: Time to review and remedy cooperation policies facilitating abuse of refugees and migrants in Libya
    • Europe: Put an end to a shameful policy!
    • European Council meeting : 150 NGOs urge EU leaders to stop violating migrants rights
    • European Leaders Urged to Ratify the Migrant Workers Convention
    • Failing EU migration and asylum policies: Red card for Europe!
    • FIDH calls on EU Member States to ratify the UN Migrant Workers Convention
    • FIDH deconstructs preconceived ideas about migrants
    • Former Yougoslav Republic of Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) : A safe country ?
    • Forum on Migration (36th FIDH Congress, 2007) - Documentation on Migration and Human Rights
    • Forum on Migration (36th FIDH Congress, 2007) - Experts’ Speeches and Papers
    • Forum on Migration (36th FIDH Congress, 2007) - International Migration and Human Rights: Summary of the facts
    • Forum on Migration (36th FIDH Congress, 2007) - Programme
    • Forum on Migration (36th FIDH Congress, 2007) - Regional & Thematic Papers
    • Frontex must comply with its human rights responsibilities says the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE).
    • Greek police continues to illegally hand over Turkish asylum seekers to Turkey
    • Guide for NGOs on the implementation of the UN migrant workers’ convention
    • Guide on strengthening legal protection of migrants’ rights
    • Human rights at the core of migration policies An urgent call to European and African leaders
    • Immigration and asylum policy
    • International Migrants Day: “This is an unparalleled, but probably long-lasting, crisis”
    • International Migration: Migrant workers, asylum seekers and refugees in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the South Caucasus
    • IPMWC letter for the global forum on migration and development
    • Kazakhstan/ Kyrgyzstan: Exploitation of migrant workers, protection denied to asylum seekers and refugees
    • Kosovo : A safe country ?
    • Lampedusa : murderous Europe
    • Lampedusa tragic shipwreck: a wake-up call for the European Union?
    • Libya: Hounding of migrants continues - Preliminary findings of an investigation mission
    • Life-threatening obstinacy at the Algerian-Moroccan border
    • Maghreb: A safe region?
    • Members of the European Parliament about to vote for the creation of a new Frontex: a denial of human rights
    • Migrant boat tragedy: UK crew may have seen doomed vessel (The Guardian, UK)
    • Migrants : 20th Anniversary Ratification Campaign
    • Migrants dead or missing at sea : information guide for families and their supporters
    • Migrants deported to Turkey: the EU hits rock bottom
    • Montenegro : A safe country ?
    • More dangerous, more opaque, more powerful: MEPs must say NO to the new Frontex!
    • Morocco-Spain border: the murderous dead-end
    • Open letter to the Minister of Immigration of the Netherlands
    • Opinion: The hounding of migrants must stop
    • Oral statement for Panel on human rights of migrants in detention centers (eng)
    • Press Release #DefenderAQuienDefiende (#DefendWhoDefends)
    • Racist C-Star boat nearby Tunisian territorial waters: call for vigilance
    • Refugee crisis: the ugly truth behind the cynical EU-Turkey deal
    • Reject dangerous migration response plan, more than 100 NGOs tell EU leaders
    • Report of the Regional Conference: "The Situation of Migrant Workers in Asia and the Arab Region"
    • Resolution on humanitarian care for migrants
    • Save the Aquarius, Save Lives
    • Serbia : A safe country ?
    • Survivors of 2011 migrant tragedy sue Belgian army (RFI, World)
    • The EU-Afghanistan Joint Way Forward on Migration: a new low for the EU
    • The European Union’s lists of "safe countries": a denial of the right of asylum
    • The externalization of migration policies: a scourge for human rights
    • TURKEY: A Safe Country?
    • Turkish journalist imprisoned in Turkey after refoulement from Greece with other asylum seekers
    • UK-Rwanda asylum deal raises human rights concerns
    • UN Summit on Refugees and Migrants: no rhetoric, strong actions!
    • What Greece really is
    • What it really is? FIDH exposes the ugly truth behind cynical EU-Turkey deal
    • What the Aegean Sea really is
    • What the EU really is
    • What Turkey really is
    • European migration policy
      • Belgium’s refusal to grant humanitarian visas to a Syrian family: Matter brought before the European Court of Human Rights
      • EU leaders can save lives this winter if they change migration policies
    • Migrant workers
      • Twenty-five Years of the CIS and the Migration of Millions in the Region
  • Freedom of expression
    • 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day: FIDH wants to rekindle the flame of freedom of expression in Africa
    • Burkina Faso and Mali must guarantee freedom of expression and protect journalists
    • Turkey: Arbitrary arrest of 16 Kurdish journalists in Diyarbakır
    • Turkey: Release the 20 Kurdish journalists arbitrarily detained in Diyarbakır
  • LGBTQI+ rights
    • #StopLGBTpersecution in Chechnya and Donbas
    • Drissa Traoré, FIDH Secretary General: ‘An attack on the rights of LGBTQIA+ people is an attack on human rights in their universality. Mobilising everywhere on their behalf is imperative.’
    • EU / Poland: LGBT + rights and abortion left behind
    • LGBTI+ rights: During Pride Month, let’s stay mobilised and raise awareness
    • Protecting LGBTI persons from violence and discrimination: the UN takes a historic step
    • Romania condemned by European Court of Human Rights for the lack of legal recognition for same-sex couples
  • Litigation
    • BREAKING: French judges issue international arrest warrants against three high-level Syrian regime officials
    • Egypt: a repression made in France
    • Open letter to the representatives of the member countries of the Interpol General Assembly
    • Q&A on the Dabbagh Case: French judges issue 3 international arrest warrants against top Syrian officials
    • Syria, in search of justice
    • Litigation against individuals
      • Ben Saïd Case
        • A Strasbourg Judge Issues an International Arrest Warrant Against a Tunisian vice-consul For Torture
        • Appeal trial of Khaled Ben Saïd, a Tunisian national: French justice system faced with the challenge of judging the most serious international crimes
        • Ben Saïd case: First trial for torture committed in Tunisia
        • Conviction of Khaled Ben Saïd: A victory against impunity in Tunisia
        • Khaled Ben Saïd, former Tunisian Vice-consul in France, condemned for torture by the Criminal court of Strasbourg
        • The first Trial in France of a Tunisian accused of torture in Tunisia.
        • Tunisian diplomat and torturer sentenced in appeal trial
      • Ely Ould Dah Case
        • Ely Ould Dah convicted after six years of proceedings. Our perseverance paid off!
        • Will Ely Ould Dah finally stand a criminal jury trial ?
      • Hissène Habré Case
        • A REAL SOLUTION OR MORE DILATORY TACTICS?
        • African Union: Press Senegal on Habré Trial
        • After World Court Ruling, Plan to Try Chad’s Ex-Dictator in Senegal With African Judges
        • BELGIAN JUDGE VISITS CHAD TO PROBE CRIMES OF EX-DICTATOR HISSÈNE HABRÉ
        • Chronology of the Hissène Habré Case
        • Donors Should Support Plan to Try Hissène Habré
        • Donors to Meet to Fund Hissène Habré Trial - Budget Agreement Ends Logjam on Bringing Ex-Dictator of Chad to Justice
        • Hissène Habré trial approaches
        • Hissène Habré Trial Begins: A Historic Event to Render Justice to the Victims
        • Questions & Answers on Hissène Habré’s case
        • SENEGAL BARS CHARGES AGAINST EX CHAD DICTATOR - Habré’s Victims Vow to Fight On
        • Senegal/Chad: Nobel Winners, African Activists Seek Progress in Habré Trial
        • Senegal: Habré Trial an ‘Illusion’
        • Senegal: Hissène Habré Court Opens Extraordinary African Chambers to Try Former Chadian Dictator
        • Senegal: Hissène Habré indicted for crimes against humanity, war crimes and torture
        • Senegal: UN Decision on Hissène Habré Flouted
        • Trial of Hissène Habré in Senegal: Judicial independence underway in Africa
        • World Court: Important Victory for Habré Victims
        • [INFOGRAPHIC] Explainer: The Case of Hissène Habré
      • Pinochet and others Case
        • A Historic Trial in France on International Crimes Committed under the Chilean Dictatorship
        • A HISTORICAL TRIAL IN FRANCE ON CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY COMMITTED UNDER CHILEAN MILITARY DICTATORSHIP
        • Can Augusto Pinochet return to Chile with impunity ?
        • Historic decision on the crimes of the chilean dictatorship
        • Open letter to the Right Honourable Jack Straw, Home Secretary of the United Kingdom
        • PINOCHET SHALL NOT ESCAPE FROM JUSTICE, NOR BE FORGOTEN
        • The Decision of the Lords: a Clouded
        • The FIDH exhorts the judicial system of Great Britain to confirm their refusal to grant the ex-dictator immunity status
        • Trial of the Pinochet dictatorship
      • Rumsfeld Cases
        • Bi-Partisan Commission Blames Rumsfeld, top Officials for Detainee Torture
        • Complaint filed against Donald Rumsfeld
        • DONALD RUMSFELD CHARGED WITH TORTURE DURING TRIP TO FRANCE
        • FIDH supports war crimes lawsuit against US officers in Germany
        • FRANCE IN VIOLATION OF LAW GRANTS DONALD RUMSFELD IMMUNITY, DISMISSES TORTURE COMPLAINT
        • GERMAN FEDERAL PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE DISMISSES RUMSFELD, GONZALES WAR CRIMES CASE
        • HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS ASK GERMAN COURT TO REVIEW FEDERAL PROSECUTOR’S DECISION TO DISMISS RUMSFELD TORTURE CASE
        • Human Rights groups seek criminal investigation in Germany of Rumsfeld and other high-ranking U.S. officials for authorizing torture in the "war on terror"
        • Open Letter to the French Minister of Justice in the Rumsfeld Torture Case
        • Rumsfeld hit with Torture lawsuit in France (Mickael Ratner & Jeanne Sulzer)
        • United Nations Special Rapporteur on Independence of Judges and Lawyers Expects German Federal Prosecutor to Act on War Crimes Complaint against Rumsfeld and Others with Independence
        • USA / Torture / Rumsfeld’s case.
      • The Disappeared of the Beach Case
        • A suspect in the Brazzaville Beach case charged in France
        • An important step in the case of the disappeared at the Beach
        • An important victory for victims
        • Release of Jean François Ndengue - Paris : complicity in crimes against humanity?
        • The Beach Massacre before the International Court of Justice
        • The Brazzaville Beach case: France confirms that Norbert Dabira is under investigation
        • The Disappeared of Beach, Brazzaville case : the defence of Norbert Dabira refers again to the Brazzaville 2005 show-trial to try to flee the French judiciary
    • Litigation against States
    • Litigation against companies
      • Suez case (Chile): Court dismisses legal action - The French Duty of Vigilance law gutted of its purpose
  • Terrorism, surveillance and human rights
    • eSwatini: Civilian killings must stop now
    • "Counter-Terrorism Measures and Human Rights, Keys for Compatibility"
    • "The constitutional reform threatens the rights and freedoms of every citizen"
    • #WeAreUnited? This is not just a slogan, it’s a reality
    • Agreement Between the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization on the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure
    • Agreement on the Procedure for Organizing and Conducting Joint Anti-Terrorist Exercises by Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
    • Appointment of an Ombudsperson to the Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee
    • Call for Action against the Use of Diplomatic Assurances in Transfers to Risk of Torture and Ill-Treatment
    • Concept of Cooperation Between SCO Member States in Combating Terrorism, Separatism, and Extremism
    • Conference : The Role of NATO Post 9-11 Event
    • Cyber survival kit - Citizens under surveillance. Watch out!
    • Declaration of the Heads of the SCO Member States on International Information Security
    • DECREE of 24 July 2004 #310 On Signing the Agreement on the Database of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
    • FIDH calls for Security Council intervention and arrest and trial of suspects by independent and impartial tribunal
    • FIDH RESOLUTION REGARDING GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEES
    • FIDH’s questions to the UN Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism
    • Fighting terrorism and protecting human rights: analysis from FIDH movement
    • French Citizens Sentenced to Death in Iraq: A Mockery of Justice
    • How to respond to human rights violations committed in the context of the fight against terrorism.
    • Illegal cyber-surveillance: a tool to crush grassroots resistance
    • In the face of terrorism, ensuring security for all requires rigorous respect for freedoms and consistent policies
    • LANDMARK WIN FOR GUANTANAMO DETAINEES!
    • NATO’s Objectives Are Challenged By a Poor Record in Human Rights
    • Protocol on Amendments to the Agreement Between Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization on the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure
    • Publication of a report: "Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: a vehicle for human rights violations"
    • Regional seminar Ankara - Final Declaration
    • Relizane Case dismissed by French Court of Appeal: Plaintiffs outraged
    • September 11, One Year After: Human Rights Now More Than Ever
    • Six years on : The fight against terrorism, between the temptation of arbitrariness and respect for the rule of law
    • Special dossier 9/11 - Antiterrorism and human rights: ten years of non-compatibility ?
    • The Convention Against Terrorism of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
    • The EU and its Member States must respect and protect human rights and the rule of law
    • UN Counter-Terrorism Reform : a hasty process will favor authoritarian States rather than effective restructuring
    • UNSC’s response to terrorism must respect international human rights norms
    • Watch Out! - FIDH at the Paris Peace Forum
• Region
  • Africa
    • "Forgotten, stigmatised: double suffering of victims of international crimes"
    • 18 December 2009: 30th Anniversary of the adoption of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
    • 1Oth African Union Summit Open letter to African Union heads of state and government meeting in Addis-Ababa, January 31- February 2, 2008
    • 29th Session of Council of Ministers : Human rights must be included in all policies at Gaborone [FR only]
    • 35th African Union Summit: recurrence of military coups and weakening of civilian powers must be a priority for the AU
    • 48th session of the ACHPR: Oral intervention
    • 48th session of the ACHPR: Written intervention
    • Admissibility of complaints before the African Court : FIDH publishes a practical guide
    • Africa - Antiterrorism and human rights : 10 years of non-compatibility?
    • Africa: Coalition #MyVoteMustCount
    • African states should reaffirm their commitment to uphold victims’ rights to justice
    • African Union’s annual summit should preserve focus on peace and security
    • Amnesty granted by cease-fire and peace agreement is unacceptable
    • Arrest of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo
    • As military redeployments are being discussed, a ‘civilian surge’ is more urgent than ever in the Sahel
    • Attacks against LGBTIs: an evidence of the backlash against human rights
    • Bemba transferred to the International Criminal Court
    • Campaign Declaration : "Africa for Women’s Rights"
    • Central African Republic : The ICC Opens an Investigation on International Crimes Committed Since 2012
    • Civil society—not repressive regimes—should discuss inequality at G7
    • COMMIT TO THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS
    • Confirmation of charges hearing against Jean-Pierre Bemba before the ICC: towards the first trial on international crimes committed in CAR
    • Contribution to the 54th session of ACHPR on the situation of HRD in Africa
    • Covid-19 and Elections in sub-Saharan Africa: what risks for democracy and human rights?
    • COVID-19: States bear direct responsibility for the health of individuals in their custody
    • Crimes of sexual violence: Overcoming taboos, ending stigmatisation, fighting impunity
    • Decisive step towards the trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba
    • Déjà-vu: Peace (dis)agreements that are detrimental to victims
    • Equatorial-Guinea / UNESCO: Eliminate Obiang Prize
    • Equatorial-Guinea / UNESCO: Sign-on Letter for Eliminate Obiang Prize
    • FIDH and LHR are proud to have contributed to progressive stride in combating sexual violence in Africa
    • FIDH condemns the General Bozizé’s military Coup and calls for respect of international humanitarian law
    • FIDH denounces the International Criminal Court inertia
    • FIDH Raises Human Rights Concerns to the African Commission, as it Meets in Midst of Pandemic and Conflict Situations
    • Forgotten, stigmatised: the double suffering of victims of international crimes
    • Gabon: Transparency must be guaranteed for the country to emerge from the present political deadlock and for peace to be preserved
    • Human Rights in the Context of COVID-19
    • Human rights must be at the centre of the negotiations of Economic Partnership Agreements between the EU and ACP countries
    • Human rights Violations in Sub-Saharan African Countries in the Name of Counter-Terrorism: A High Risks Situation
    • International Women’s Day 2011 - Call for ratification!
    • Ivory coast: FIDH denounces the stubbornness of Laurent Gbagbo and his close aides
    • Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo Before the Judges
    • Launch of African Women’s Decade: Women’s rights must top decade’s agenda
    • Loss of Gaetan Mootoo, researcher on West Africa
    • MONUSCO Still Has Work to Do: DRC Authorities Need Its Cooperation to Protect Human Rights
    • New tools to raise awareness on the abolition of the death penalty in Africa
    • Open Letter to African States Parties to the Rome Statute
    • Open Letter to the US and heads of African State and Governments
    • Opening of the Trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba: The Self-sacrifice and Courage of Central African Victims Finally Rewarded
    • Over 100 organisations launch a Campaign « Africa for Women’s Rights – Ratify and respect! »
    • Recommendations of the African and European Civil Society Seminar on Accountability and Justice, 11-12 April 2011, Pretoria, South Africa
    • Resolution on election and governance in Africa
    • Resolution on the situation of the democratic space and fundamental rights and public freedoms in Africa
    • Resolution on unconstitutional governmental changes and violations of democratic principles in sub-Saharan Africa, adopted by FIDH’s Congress in Yerevan
    • Serious and substantial human rights violations in Bangui
    • Sexual Violence in Africa: Legal Action Is Promising Yet Limited Due to Lack of Political Will
    • Situation of Human Rights in African Member States of the Commonwealth
    • The Bemba Case: Questions and Answers
    • THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC TRIGGERS THE ICC JURISDICTION: FIDH calls for the Prosecutor to open an investigation
    • The Cour de Cassation confirms the incapacity of the national justice system to investigate and prosecute serious crimes. The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court must open an investigation into the situation in the Central African Republic.
    • The FIDH and its member organizations call on the African Commission to assume its responsibilities
    • The Four People’s Pillars of the People’s Coalition for the Sahel
    • The Observatory: Contribution to the 51st ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
    • The People’s Coalition for the Sahel urges governments to uphold their commitments to protect civilians and fight impunity
    • The political transition closes against a backdrop of impunity: How will the International Criminal Court respond?
    • The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court must take a decision as soon as possible on opening an investigation into the situation in the Central African Republic
    • The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court opens an investigation into serious crimes committed in Central African Republic
    • The Sahel: What needs to change - Civil society unites to advance new blueprint for peace in the Sahel
    • Thousands ‘choose peace’ on anniversary of South Sudanese independence
    • Towards the abolition of the death penalty in Africa
    • Trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba before the ICC
    • Urgent Resolution on Justice in Africa
    • US-Africa Leaders Summit: FIDH calls for strong commitments to peace and the strenghtening and protection of democratic processes
    • War Crimes in the Central African Republic : FIDH formally brings its first case before the International Criminal Court
    • We demand respect for women’s rights in Africa
    • Western Africa : Fighting against the Ebola outbreak with respect for human rights
    • White Justice?
    • “Triggers for the abolition of the death penalty in Africa: a Southern African perspective”
    • Angola
      • Joint Open Letter to the authorities
      • Angola : Authorities must drop all pending charges in Rafael Marques de Morais’ defamation case
      • ANGOLA: From Theory to Practice It’s Time to Guarantee the Capacity of Human Rights Defenders to Act
      • ANGOLA: Joint Open Letter to the authorities: Concern about recent judicial actions taken against journalist and human rights activist, Mr. Rafael Marques de Morais
      • ANGOLA : Rafael Marques de Morais sentenced to a six-month suspended jail term
      • Angola: Thousands of African nationals suffer Serious Human Rights’ Violations
      • ANGOLA: THREAT TO BAN HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP RAISES SERIOUS CONCERNS
      • Angola: “They want to keep us vulnerable” - Human Rights Defenders Under Pressure
      • Arbitrary detention - AGO 001 / 0207 / OBS 021
      • Attempt to ban the AJPD - AGO 001 / 0908 / OBS 149
      • Closing down of an NGO / Harassment / Defamation campaign - AGO 001 / 1106 / OBS 134
      • Joint Letter of Allegation concerning the prosecution of Rafael Marques de Morais by the Government of the Republic of Angola
      • Release / Judicial proceedings /Obstacles to freedom of movement - AGO 001 / 0207 / OBS 021.2
      • Release/Judicial proceedings/Obstacles to freedom of movement - AGO 001 / 0207 / OBS 021.1
      • Rights group says Angola cracking down on activists (Daily Mail, UK)
      • Urgent Appeal concerning the prosecution of Rafael Marques de Morais by the Government of the Republic of Angola
    • Benin
    • Botswana
      • Botswana/South Africa: Edwin Samotse faces possible execution in secrecy
      • Botswana: free and fair elections must be guaranteed and lead to a comprehensive human rights agenda
      • Discrimination against Indigenous Peoples, Illegal Immigrants, Refugees and Prohibited Immigrants.
      • Secretive and hasty hangings in Botswana
      • The Death Penalty in Botswana: Hasty and Secretive Hangings
      • The Government of Botswana should fully respect the rights of women and minorities and move towards the abolition of death penalty
      • Urgent call to stop all death sentences and executions in Botswana!
    • Burkina Faso
      • Burkina Faso / Norbert Zongo Case : The African Court recognizes the responsibility of the State of Burkina Faso in the denial of justice for the victims
      • Burkina Faso : Civil society condemns the military take over and calls for a return to a civil government
      • Burkina Faso: Our organisations call for calm and for the authorities to respect their democratic commitments
      • Civil Society Condemns the Military Coup and Calls for the Restoration of Transitional Authorities
      • MBDHP submission on women’s rights in Burkina Faso - 33rd session of CEDAW
    • Burundi
      • Burundi withdraws from the ICC: an attempt to shield perpetrators from prosecution
      • Burundi: Freezing of assets of three new human rights organizations
      • Protect Independent Human Rights Reporting
      • (Al Jazeera English) Rights group calls for protection force to ‘prevent Burundi genocide’
      • (Mail&Guardian, 07/02/2017) Fatalism greets warning that Burundi is gearing up for genocide
      • 26th AU Summit: The African Union must adopt an emergency plan for Burundi to avoid the outbreak of an open conflict
      • An opportunity for the prosecutor to fight impunity in the whole Great Lakes Region
      • Ban of the ITEKA League: Another blow to Burundian civil society
      • Bob Rugurika is Released: a First Step for Freedom of Expression in Burundi but the Fight Continues
      • BURUNDI (2010-2011)
      • BURUNDI : Pierre Claver Mbonimpa granted provisional release on grounds of ill-health
      • Burundi : Repression of a genocidal character, the UN’s response must be strong
      • Burundi conflict: A timeline of how the country reached crisis point
      • Burundi must ensure that individuals and NGOs have access to the African Court
      • Burundi Must Guarantee Individuals and NGOs Access to the African Court
      • Burundi on the brink, looking back on two years of terror
      • Burundi votes to withdraw from the ICC and interrupts its international cooperation, amid a backdrop of continued international crimes
      • Burundi – 2010 Elections: An opportunity not to be Missed to Consolidate Peace
      • Burundi: Bob Rugurika freed on bail
      • Burundi: UPRONA leaves the government, Democracy in danger
      • Burundi: a bloody first year of challenged presidency for Pierre Nkurunziza
      • Burundi: Activist’s Killing Trial Fails to Deliver Justice
      • Burundi: Authorities Must Put an End to the Repression and Guarantee the Protection of Fundamental Freedoms
      • Burundi: Commission of Inquiry to Continue its Mission Investigating Human Rights Abuses
      • Burundi: Extend CoI mandate for a further year
      • Burundi: Germain Rukuki released after four years of arbitrary detention
      • Burundi: Imprisoned human rights defenders must be released
      • Burundi: Once again, human rights defender Germain Rukuki’s right to a fair trial is violated
      • Burundi: one year of bloody crisis
      • Burundi: repressive constitutional reform to give the president full powers
      • Burundi: Sixty-five organizations call for immediate release of Iwacu journalists
      • Burundi: temporary suspension of 10 NGOs defending human rights
      • Burundi: The African Commission condemns the detention of Pierre Claver Mbonimpa
      • Burundi: The African Union decides to open an investigation into the human rights violations
      • Burundi: The Fighting Must Be Stopped and Civilian Safety Guaranteed
      • Burundi: The Human Rights Council should continue its scrutiny and pursue its work towards justice and accountability
      • Burundi: The ICC Prosecutor warns persons responsible for serious crimes
      • Burundi: The international crime machine and open conflict must be stopped
      • Burundi : No news from Marie-Claudette Kwizera since her kidnapping, the Observatory refers the case to the UN
      • Civil society needs greater support : Preliminary report of an international mission of enquiry by the FIDH
      • Fatalism greets warning that Burundi is gearing up for genocide
      • FIDH launches a shocking campaign to alert on the risk of Genocide in Burundi
      • General elections in Burundi: Political actors must prevent the escalation of violence
      • Government of Burundi downplays risk of Genocide and launches a sordid hashtag #ThisIsMyGenocide
      • High school students maintained in detention for scribbling on photographs of the president
      • New Government in Burundi: Dampened Hopes for Political Openness and the Fight Against Impunity
      • Open letter to Member and Observer States on Addressing the Human Rights Situation in Burundi – Priority #HRC29 #HRC30
      • Presidential Election in Burundi : Our Organisations Launch an Appeal for Calm
      • Report: Avoiding an explosion in Burundi
      • Repression and genocidal dynamics in Burundi
      • Resolution of the FIDH Congress in solidarity with human rights defenders at risk, in particular those in detention
      • Targeted investigations and timely justice needed in Ernest Manirumva assassination case
      • The Burundian Political Actors must Take all Necessary Measures to Guarantee the Credibility of the Electoral Process
      • The deteriorating human rights situation in Burundi
      • The FIDH is calling for a ceasefire
      • The Human Rights Council takes responsible action to prevent the worst in Burundi
      • The ICC Makes a Courageous Move Against a Repressive Regime
      • The international community must act quickly before the situation becomes irreparable
      • UN Security Council Visit to Burundi: Address strongly-worded messages on secure and credible elections
      • Urgent Resolution on the situation in Burundi
      • Violence in Burundi continues Urgent need for concerted action by the international community
      • [PETITION] Genocide in Burundi: Preventing this scenario from becoming a reality
    • Cameroon
      • Cameroon: Arbitrary arrest of and judicial harassment against Mr. Nasako Besingi and four SEFE collaborators
      • "Torture in Cameroon: an "ordinary" reality, a systematic impunity"
      • A Human Rights Group Says It’s Not Safe to Be Gay In Cameroon (Vice News, USA)
      • CAMEROON (2010-2011)
      • CAMEROON - Death toll rises in Anglophone regions after severe repression
      • Cameroon: Acts of harassment faced by members of the Mbororo Social and Cultural Development Association (MBOSCUDA)
      • CAMEROON: Assassination of Eric Ohena Lembembe, the investigation remains at a standstill
      • Cameroon: Ban lifted on “L’Affaire Chebeya”, the film by Thierry Michel
      • Cameroon: Continued judicial harassment against Mr. Nasako Besingi
      • Cameroon: Defenders of the rights of LGBTI persons face homophobia and violence
      • CAMEROON: Homophobic Climate Maintained by State Inaction: Support and Protection Needed for the Defenders of the Rights of LGBTI People
      • Cameroon: Release on bail and ongoing judicial harassment of members of the Esu Youths Development Association (EYDA)
      • Cameroon : Arbitrary detention, judicial harassment and ill treatments inflicted on Mr. Franklin Mowha
      • Cameroon : continuing arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Mr Célestin Yandal, president of the Touboro Youth Collective
      • Election in Cameroon: several organisations call for restraint and dialogue
      • For a Better Future
      • NGOs accused of spreading false and "sensationalist" information
      • Publication of a report: "A very dangerous first October in English-speaking Cameroon: as usual?"
    • Central African Republic
      • ’Make example’ of C.Africa lynching culprits: UN and France (Modern Ghana, Ghana)
      • 21 March : ICC to issue long-awaited verdict in trial against Jean-Pierre Bemba
      • Acquittal of Jean Pierre Bemba on appeal: an affront to thousands of victims
      • An ex-Séléka at the ICC: Towards equal accountability for crimes committed in Central African Republic
      • Bar amnesty for atrocity crimes
      • Bemba at the ICC : 15 years of FIDH action, from the field investigation to the Prosecutor’s conclusion
      • CAR: Justice efforts weakened by the non-execution of arrest warrants
      • CAR: Sanctions taken against the alleged perpetrators of international crimes
      • CAR: Security Council authorizes MISCA and France’s troops, but still no UN peacekeeping mission
      • CAR: UN backed Special Criminal Court (CSS) set-up to fight impunity
      • CAR: UN must urgently deploy a peacekeeping mission
      • CAR: UN sends peacekeeping force
      • CAR: Urgent need for UN peacekeepers
      • CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (2010-2011)
      • Central African Republic / A country in the grip of Séléka rebels: The international community urgently needs to mobilise to protect the population
      • Central African Republic set to abolish the death penalty
      • Central African Republic: "They must all leave or die."
      • Central African Republic: A Country Overwhelmed by Terror More Each Day
      • Central African Republic: Faced with such Violence the United Nations Must Act
      • Central African Republic: FIDH condemns the coup d’Etat calls for immediate cessation of violence and the restoration of constitutional order
      • Central African Republic: Support the Special Criminal Court
      • Central African Republic: The International Community must Help the Country Surmount the Current Chaos
      • Central African Republic: the Security Council finally acts to protect the population
      • Central African Republic: UN considers sending peacekeepers
      • Central African Republic : Abdoulaye Miskine released in exchange for hostages, accommodation of impunity
      • Civilians killed as CAR peacekeepers clash with militias (France 24)
      • Conflict in the Central African Republic: Negotiations for a politically inclusive transition respectful of human rights, including the right to justice by victims
      • Conviction of Andjilo: a first warlord trial and a decisive first step
      • Create Court to Combat Impunity
      • In the Central African Republic, an anti-balaka leader transferred to the International Criminal Court : new momentum in the fight against impunity?
      • Jean-Pierre Bemba convicted of crimes against humanity and war crimes in a landmark verdict
      • Joint Letter to Foreign Ministers of UNSC Member States: Authorize Peacekeeping Mission for Central African Republic
      • Major protagonist of the crisis in the Central African Republic arrested in France following ICC request
      • Make Justice a Priority
      • MINUSCA Must Guarantee the Security, Ensure the Rule of Law and Fight Against Impunity
      • New Special Criminal Court: A Key Step Toward Justice
      • NGOs and Victims Take Civil Action Against an Anti-Balaka Leader to Combat Impunity
      • Open Letter - Mandate renewal for MINUSCA in Central African Republic
      • Open Letter On The Implementation Of The Special Criminal Court in Central African Republic
      • Preventing the Central African Republic from sliding back into chaos
      • Progress on Special Criminal Court: more Efforts Needed to Get It Operating
      • Q&A on the Bemba case at the ICC
      • Q&A: Opening of the first trial before the Special Criminal Court in CAR
      • Resolution on the situation in Central African Republic
      • Rule of Law, respect of human rights, fight against impunity: the essential acts that still have to be taken
      • The Bemba Case: Heavily criticised, the ICC must maintain victims’ legal representation as the establishment of assistance programmes for victims is awaited
      • The Central African justice system strongly condemns those responsible for the Bangassou massacre
      • The Civilian Population in Northern Central African Republic is in Great Danger
      • The US must strategically carry out its funding promises in CAR
      • Tribute to Maître Nganatouwa Goungaye Wanfiyo, who has died tragically
      • UN: Authorize Peacekeeping Mission for Central African Republic
      • US increases aid to Central African Republic amid new surge of violence (The Guardian, UK)
      • Violent and Chaotic, Central African Republic Lurches Toward a Crisis (New York Times, USA)
      • War crimes in Central African Republic: Special Criminal Court’s first trial
      • What is Central African Republic’s Special Criminal Court ?
      • What prospects for justice in the Central African Republic?
      • Why a Special Criminal Court for the Central African Republic Deserves Your Support
    • Chad
      • CHAD (2010-2011)
      • Chad: Arrest and arbitrary detention of human rights defenders during demonstration in N’Djamena
      • Chad: Crackdown on a background of military tensions
      • Chad: Encourage women’s contribution to the political transition
      • Chad: FIDH and ATPDH welcome courageous abolition of death penalty
      • Chad: It is essential to act for a democratic transformation that meets the aspirations of the people
      • Chad: The draft Penal Code abolishes capital punishment but severely condemns homosexuality
      • Death Penalty: ending a moratorium, between security opportunism and settling of scores
      • FIDH Mission in Sudanese Refugees Camps - Eastern Chad
      • FIDH mission to the refugee camps of Eastern Chad
      • Hissène Habré Case
      • Hissène Habré Case: a historic and long-awaited verdict
      • Hissène Habré convicted of international crimes: a historic verdict for victims
      • Open letter to Mr. James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank
      • Questions & Answers on the Hissène Habré case
      • The MINURCAT Is Not Enough; A Special Representative Must Be Named to Promote the Instauration of a Global and Inclusive Political Dialogue in Chad
      • Trial of the alleged perpetrators of the Maibogo massacre : 19 persons sentenced to death
      • UN Security Council Authorizes Establishment of Multidimensional Force in Chad and Central African Republic
    • Comoros
      • Open letter to Mr de Villepin, French Minister of Foreign affairs
    • Congo
      • A “constitutional coup d’État” in progress
      • Congo - Despite ratification of the UN Convention against Torture, the practice persists
      • Debate: The ICC and international justice
      • Deceptions and recurring violations of human rights
      • Four days before the referendum on the Constitution, repression comes crashing down on opponents
      • Referendum on the constitution : Questionable results, opponents harassed, a dangerous day
      • Republic of Congo: Torture, political persecution and attacks on trade union freedoms
      • Serious human rights violations behind closed doors in the Pool
    • Côte d’Ivoire
      • A Shrinking Window for Justice in Côte d’Ivoire
      • As Justice for 2010-11 crimes stagnates, 10 rights groups urge President to support fair trials
      • Confirmation of Charges Hearing in the Case of Laurent Gbagbo Before the ICC: A Key Step Towards Justice for Victims
      • Continuing violence in Côte d’Ivoire. The international community must speak up.
      • COTE D’IVOIRE (2010-2011)
      • Côte d’Ivoire special session: The Human Rights Council must do everything possible to prevent a new internal armed conflict.
      • Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Tanzania: FIDH denounces victory of authoritarianism over the rule of law
      • Côte d’Ivoire: In view of the intensification of the fighting, the Security Council and the ICC must act now.
      • Côte d’Ivoire: Massacre in Duekoue and serious abuses against the civilian population all over the country.
      • Côte d’Ivoire : Three organisations lodge an appeal against presidential amnesty
      • Côte d’Ivoire’s post-electoral crisis, 11 years on: victims forgotten, justice sacrificed
      • Côte d’Ivoire: Dignity, Justice and reconciliation must be a priority after the arrest of Laurent Gbagbo.
      • Côte d’Ivoire: Don’t Shut Down Investigations
      • Côte d’Ivoire: No Amnesty for Serious Crimes of 2010-11 Crisis! Should Not Include War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity
      • Côte d’Ivoire: Special investigation unit extended
      • FIDH calls the Security Council to refer the situation in Côte d’Ivoire to the International Criminal Court
      • Gbagbo and Blé Goudé at the ICC: An important step towards justice for victims of the post electoral crisis
      • Hundreds of lives lost in Ivory Coast amidst slow international response
      • ICC confirmation of charges hearing of Charles Blé Goudé: a step towards truth
      • It is Urgent to Prevent the Escalation to a Civil War
      • It is Urgent to Prevent the Escalation to a Civil War
      • Ivory Coast / post-electoral crisis: Special Investigation Unit term extended
      • Ivory Coast: The judiciary must continue to prosecute all perpetrators of international crimes committed in Ivory Coast
      • Ivory Coast: 43 women who suffered sexual violence during the post-election crisis finally access justice
      • Ivory Coast: African civil society and international NGOs call for the protection of civilians and respect of the population’s fundamental rights
      • Ivory Coast: Choosing between Justice and Impunity
      • Ivory Coast: Concerns over a questionable trial
      • Ivory Coast: For a genuinely operational Special Investigation Unit
      • Ivory Coast: Halting the logic of violence
      • Ivory Coast: the fight against impunity at a crossroads
      • Ivory Coast: The respect for fundamental freedoms, the independence and impartiality of the judiciary must be guaranteed
      • Ivory Coast : FIDH, MIDH and LIDHO support the justice process and assist victims of the post-electoral crisis
      • Ivory Coast : Justice to combat human rights violations and insecurity
      • Ivory Coast : little judicial progress made on the case of the attack of Nahibly camp
      • Ivory Coast – Post-electoral crisis: Be Careful not to Jeopardise Recent Judicial Progress
      • Justice in Côte d’Ivoire: the ICC Prosecutor should take action after Côte d’Ivoire recognized the ICC jurisdiction
      • Peace must be based on justice
      • Probo Koala Case: Five years after this tragedy, no true accountability for the perpetrators and no effective reparation for the victims
      • Q&A on the trial of Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé at the ICC
      • Report: Survivors of sexual violence in Côte d’Ivoire require appropriate support
      • Respect Rights During Elections
      • Simone Gbagbo Trial: First of many
      • Situation in Ivory Coast since the post-electoral crisis
      • Slaughter in Abobo occurred in the backdrop of inflammatory statements.
      • The "converted" circumcisors of Bangolo
      • The visit by Guillaume Soro to the ASP must not interfere with the impartiality of the Court and its Prosecutor
      • Two years after the discovery of the Togueï mass grave in Duékoué, where is the justice promised ?
      • UN Peacekeeping Mission Ends
    • Democratic Republic of Congo
      • 1 October 2020: 10th Anniversary of the publication of the Report of the Mapping Exercise in the DRC
      • Five human rights priorities addressed to President Félix Tshisekedi
      • Human rights in DRC: Hopes and concerns since election of President Tshisekedi
      • "Breaking the cycle of impunity"
      • 134 NGOs Call on ICC Prosecutor to Continue Investigations in Congo
      • 300 dead in DRC attacks blamed on ’prophet’ (News 24, South Africa)
      • A second case before the International Criminal Court on the situation in Democratic Republic of Congo: Germain Katanga transferred to The Hague
      • Acquittal of Minova soldiers : a new insult to victims of sexual violence in the DRC
      • Another human rights defender is killed
      • Appeals decision on reparations in Lubanga case opens the way to implementation of first ICC reparation orders
      • As Electoral Campaign Starts, Congolese and International NGOs Call for Urgent Measures to Prevent Escalating Violence
      • Bosco Ntaganda and the International Criminal Court: Questions and Answers
      • Bosco Ntaganda should finally face justice in The Hague
      • Bosco Ntaganda: a Hearing of Great Significance in the Fight Against Impunity
      • concern about your communication of June 28, 2006 informing the Pre-Trial Chamber of the temporary suspension of your office’s investigation in the case against Mr. Thomas Lubanga.
      • Confronting outbreaks of violence, the MONUSCO must be reinforced
      • Congo’s ‘PassportGate’: FIDH, LDH, UNIS and 51 Victims Initiate Proceedings in Belgian Courts
      • Create conditions for credible elections
      • Crimes of sexual violence and the Lubanga Case: Interview with Patricia Viseur Sellers
      • Crimes of sexual violence in DRC :
      • Crimes of Sexual Violence in the DRC: Interview with Soyata Maiga, Special Rapporteur on Women’s Rights of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR)
      • DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (2010-2011)
      • Democratic Republic of Congo: Military Reform Urgently Needed
      • Democratic Republic of Congo: the authoritarian drift of the regime
      • Democratic Republic of Congo: The Security Council replaces the MONUC by MONUSCO and puts protection of civilians and rule of law at the forefront of the new mandate
      • Democratic Republic of the Congo : Attempted murder of the wide of a police officer, prosecuted in the Chebeya-Bazana affair
      • Denial of justice for victims of crimes of sexual violence
      • DR Congo: No More Delays for Justice
      • DR Congo: The EU must maintain restrictive measures against 16 targeted Congolese individuals.
      • DRC / Senegal: Senegalese Court Follows up on Complaint Based on Universal Jurisdiction filed by FIDH and the Families in the Chebeya-Bazana Case
      • DRC : A prominent human rights defender unjustly detained and prosecuted
      • DRC : Denial of justice for the victims of sexual crimes
      • DRC mass sexual violence: UN denounces government apathy
      • DRC sexual violence: UN, at last, recognizes the magnitude of crimes
      • DRC – The taking of Goma by the M23 : our organisations demand protection for civilians
      • DRC/SENEGAL: Paul Mwilambwe indicted in Chebeya-Bazana case on grounds of universal jurisdiction
      • DRC: Congolese rebel leader, Bosco Ntaganda, to be tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity
      • DRC: 42 already dead in protests against the proposed electoral law
      • DRC: Allegations of sexual abuse of four persons under ICC protection
      • DRC: An intervention brigade within MONUSCO would require further human rights protection mechanisms
      • DRC: Complaint filed in Senegal against Paul Mwilambwe in Chebeya/Bazana case.
      • DRC: EU must maintain sanctions against 14 senior officials, nearly a year after the changeover
      • DRC: Germain Katanga before the International Crminal Court, A Mixed Verdict
      • DRC: how rampant impunity for crimes leads to endless cycles of violence
      • DRC: Human rights defenders celebrate indictment of Roger Lumbala in Paris
      • DRC: ICC Pre-Trial Chamber confirms charges against Bosco Ntaganda
      • DRC: ICC sentences Bosco Ntaganda to 30 years for war crimes and crimes against humanity
      • DRC : ICC’s appeal on reparations in Lubanga case should enshrine a comprehensive approach to reparations for victims
      • DRC: Imminent Verdict in the Chebeya/Bazana Trial
      • DRC: Judicial harassment against Filimbi members
      • DRC: Nearly 20 years after, ICC orders reparations for the victims of Bosco Ntaganda
      • DRC: One step closer to reopening the Chebeya case?
      • DRC: Ongoing trial for the perpetrators of Floribert Chebeya’s murder and Fidèle Bazana’s disappearance
      • DRC: Pass Mixed Court Law
      • DRC: Strengthen Civilian Protection Before Elections
      • DRC: The Activists Arrested in Kinshasa Yesterday Must Immediately Be Released
      • DRC: The European Parliament condemns the acts of violence and calls for inquiries into the crimes committed in Kasai
      • DRC: Threats and intimidation against Dismas Kitenge
      • DRC: Verdict issued in the Chebeya-Bazana case
      • DRC: Wait for Fair Trial Continues, Ten Years After Murder of Floribert Chebeya and Fidèle Bazana
      • EU must aim to make justice accessible and efficient for women in the DRC
      • EU/US: Sanction Senior DR Congo Officials
      • FIDH Oral Presentation on violence against women in the DRC
      • FIDH welcomes EU decision to maintain individual sanctions against senior DRC officials
      • First decision on reparation: The International Criminal Court aknowledges the right to integral reparations for all the victims of Thomas Lubanga’s crimes
      • First ICC trial verdict: Lubanga convicted of war crimes committed in Ituri
      • First ICC verdict confirmed by Appeals Chamber: Thomas Lubanga found guilty of war crimes committed in DRC
      • First step in obtaining release of nine human rights defenders, arbitrarily detained
      • First victims recognised by the International Criminal Court
      • Fourth ICC arrest warrant in the DRC situation
      • France’s Trierweiler urges punishment for DR Congo rapists (Punchng, Nigeria)
      • Free ‘Filimbi’ Activists: Over 200 Rights Groups Urge Respect for Free Expression, Assembly
      • Grief and anger in Congo follow violent protests against Joseph Kabila (the Guardian, UK)
      • ICC sentences DRC warlord Katanga to 12 years (Deutsche Welle, Germany)
      • ICC should remain ready to act if crimes under its jurisdiction are committed in DRC
      • ICJ: Regression in the Struggle Against Impunity
      • Illegal Demolitions in DRC - Groupe Forrest International Refuses Compensation for Dispossessed Villagers, say NGOs. Belgian OECD National Contact Point fails the victims of alleged corporate abuse
      • In eastern DRC, civilians hostage to eternal wars
      • International Justice at the Heart of Democratic Transition
      • Justice is overlooked by the transition
      • Lubanga found guilty: the ICC’s first verdict
      • Mass rapes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a shame for humanity
      • Massacres in Ituri: No political settlement without justice. Appeal to create an international commission of enquiry
      • Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui arrested by the International Criminal Court (ICC): the ICC Prosecutor must extend his investigations
      • MONUSCO’s mandate must be strengthened before the elections
      • Open Letter to the guests of the 50th anniversary of the independence of the DRC
      • Open Letter to the Members of the United Nations Security Council
      • Opening of the confirmation of charges hearing against Thomas Lubanga Dyilo: Hope of a first trial
      • Opening of the first trial of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
      • Opening of the ICC trial against the Congolese militiaman Thomas Lubanga Dyilo
      • President Kabila must put an end to the repression and respect the constitution
      • Profound Disappointment Following the Suspension of the Lubanga Case
      • Publication of a report of the FIDH Legal Action Group
      • Resolution on the Human Rights Situation in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
      • Resolution on the Human Rights Situation in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), adopted by FIDH’s Congress in Yerevan
      • Restoring peace: Bring an end to the violence in Eastern DRC
      • Senegal charges Congolese policeman over murder of rights activist (Reuters, UK)
      • Sexual Crimes in DRC : Breaking the cycle of impunity
      • Slaughter in Kasai: Crimes against humanity perpetrated to create chaos
      • Tense electoral period in Yumbi risks another outbreak of violence: survivors bear witness
      • Tensions in the DRC: MONUSCO must act before having to react
      • The Chebeya-Bazana case: indictment of Paul Mwilambwe in Senegal on the grounds of universal jurisdiction
      • The DRC under scrutiny: the Human Rights Council places the country at the center of its attention
      • The fight against impunity should be a cornerstone of peace-building in the Kivu
      • The first investigation of the International Criminal Court will concern the situation in Democratic Republic of Congo : A great hope for the victims of a conflict with a regional dimension
      • The first investigation of the International Criminal Court will focus on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Great hope for the victims of a conflict featuring regional dimension
      • The Human Rights Council must act to end impunity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
      • The Human Rights Council should remain seized of the situation in the DRC - Priority #HRC30
      • The ICC acquitts Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui and orders his release: The need for protection of witnesses, victims and intermediaries and for reinforced investigations and prosecutions of crimes committed in DRC
      • The International Criminal Court issues the first arrest warrant in its investigation in the Democratic Republic of Congo
      • Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is committed for trial : first ICC trial to begin soon
      • To His Excellency President Joseph Kabila Commission of Inquiry on the Death of Floribert Chebeya Bahizire
      • Trial of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo before the ICC
      • United Nations Security Council Renews MONUSCO’s Mandate: Mission’s Role in Light of Upcoming DRC Elections is Laid Out and Should Be Acted Upon to its Fullest Extent
      • Victims question the ICC about lack of proceedings against Jean-Pierre Bemba for crimes committed in the DRC : Judges dismiss the request considering that the Prosecutor’s investigation is still open
      • Violence in northeast DRC: the authorities and the international community must act now
    • Djibouti
      • Arrests of independent trade union leaders continue
      • Call for the immediate and unconditional release of Mr. Jean-Paul Noel Abdi, President of the Ligue Djiboutienne des Droits Humains (LDDH)
      • DJIBOUTI (2010-2011)
      • Djibouti : the crackdown continues
      • Djibouti: Arbitrary arrest of another political opponent
      • Djibouti: at least 6 killed as regime takes 80% of parliamentary seats in election
      • Djibouti: Defending economic and social rights comes at too high a price
      • DJIBOUTI: FIDH demands the immediate release of LDDH President, Mr Zakaria Abdillahi
      • Djibouti: Mass arrest of opponents the day after Djiboutian election
      • Djibouti: Political opponents shot dead by security forces during demonstration
      • Djibouti: Repression reigns, human rights under attack
      • Djibouti: security forces kill 14 year-old demonstrator
      • Djibouti: Stop repression and ensure credible elections
      • Djibouti: The Crackdown Intensifies
      • Djibouti: What are the authorities hiding?
      • Djibouti : Arrests and trials continue to be met with silence
      • FIDH Vice-President arrested and expelled from Djibouti
      • Political deadlock and intensified repression, three months prior the presidential election
      • The FIDH requests the suspension of the expulsion of several thousand irregular immigrants
    • Equatorial Guinea
    • Eritrea
      • ERITREA (2010-2011)
      • Students arbitrarily detained in Eritrea
    • Eswatini
      • Response to unfounded claims regarding FIDH and eSwatini
      • Swaziland: Messrs. Thulani Rudolf Maseko and Bheki Makhubu convicted for contempt of court
      • Swaziland: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Mr. Thulani Rudolf Maseko and Mr. Bheki Makhubu
      • Swaziland: Extension until April 1 of the detention of Messrs. Thulani Rudolf Maseko and Bheki Makhubu
      • Swaziland: New arrest of Mr. Thulani Rudolf Maseko and Mr. Bheki Makhubu
      • Swaziland: Release of Messrs. Thulani Rudolf Maseko and Bheki Makhubu
      • Swaziland : Release of Mr. Thulani Rudolf Maseko and Mr. Bheki Makhubu
      • Swaziland: Sentencing of Messrs. Thulani Rudolf Maseko and Bheki Makhubu to two years of prison
      • THREATS AGAINST MEMBERS OF THE SWAZILAND COALITION OF CONCERNED CIVIC ORGANISATIONS- SWZ 001 / 1108 / 196
      • Wake-up call in Eswatini: Thulani Maseko’s assassination hours after threats by Africa’s last absolute monarch
    • Ethiopia
      • Attack - ETH 002 / 1005 / OBS 098
      • Concerns about political trials of opposition activists, Human Rights defenders and journalists.
      • A decision by the Federal High Court undermines the survival of prominent national human rights organisation
      • Addis Ababa « under siege »
      • Arbitrary detention / Fear of torture - ETH 001 / 1006 / OBS 125
      • Arbitrary detention of several individuals and risk of torture
      • Civil society groups urge international investigation into ongoing human rights violations
      • Deep concern at Prosecutor’s request for the death penalty against 43 opposition party members and human rights defenders in Ethiopia
      • EHRCO members released on bail
      • Enforced Disappearances and Arbitrary Detentions of members of the Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO)
      • ETHIOPIA (2010-2011)
      • Ethiopia : Arrest of journalists highlights continued crackdown on independent media in Ethiopia
      • Ethiopia: End use of counter-terrorism law to persecute dissenters and opposition members
      • Ethiopia: Freedom of association in jeopardy
      • Ethiopia: pardon granted for 38 opposition party members. FIDH calls for the release of all the other political prisonners
      • Freedom of association under threat
      • Human rights defenders under pressure
      • Human rights situation continues to deteriorate and repression persists against supporters of opposition groups, journalists and human rights defenders.
      • Human Rights Situation in Ethiopia
      • New update in the trial against human rights defenders,journalists and political opponents
      • Ongoing arbitrary detention of five leaders of the Ethiopian Teachers’ Association - ETH 001 / 1007 / OBS 133
      • Open letter to Mr. Meles Zenawi, Prime minister
      • Open letter to Mr. Woldegiorgis Girma, President of the Republic of Ethiopia
      • Release - ETH 001 / 1006 / OBS 125.1
      • The Situation of Human Rights Defenders From Bad to Worse
      • The Situation of Human Rights Defenders From Bad to Worse
      • Tigray: FIDH Denounces Armed Violence and Calls for Respect of Human Rights
    • Gambia
      • Human rights defenders threatened with death by President
      • "We will not Participate in the 46th Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to be held in the Gambia"
      • 8 months ahead of the presidential election, the repression against the opposition is underway
      • Arbitrary detention / Release on bail / Judicial harassment GMB 001 / 0609 / OBS 088
      • Climate of fear amongst the community of human rights defenders
      • FIDH and the World Coalition against The Death Penalty call upon the African Union to relocate the seat of the ACHPR in another country
      • GAMBIA (2010-2011)
      • GMB 001 / 0609 / OBS 088.1 Sentencing / Arbitrary detention
      • Judicial harassment faced by human rights lawyer Moses Richards - GMB 002 / 0911 / OBS 113
      • Note on the situation of women in Gambia - 33rd session of CEDAW
      • Preliminary findings of a fact-finding mission confirm the existence of a climate of fear for human rights defenders
      • President Jammeh must hand over power
      • Release of Mr. Moses Richards, a lawyer and former High Court Judge at the Special Criminal Division - GMB 002 / 0911 / OBS 113.1
      • Release of six trade union leaders and journalists - GMB 001 / 0609 / OBS 088.2
      • Sentencing to prison of lawyer Moses Richards, a chilling message to the Gambian human rights community
      • The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights should not remain in the Gambia
      • The Gambia: arbitrary arrest and detention of GPU Vice-President and a journalist
      • The Gambia: Death threats against journalists Abubacarr Saidykhan and Babucarr Ceesay
      • THE GAMBIA: Justice prevails in a two year-long judicial harassment case against two Women Human Rights Defenders
      • The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women expresses concern regarding the human rights situation in Gambia.
      • The Unfair Prosecution of two Women Human Rights Defenders Must Stop
      • Threats against Daily News journalist Saikou Ceesay - GMB 001 / 0211 / OBS 015
    • Guinea - Conakry
      • Guinea: Victims’ Testimony at the 28 September 2009 Massacre Trial
      • 2010 torture case: Civil parties Demand that Sekou Resco Camara Be Placed under Judicial Supervision and that the Trial Be Held Rapidly
      • 7 Years On, Justice for Massacre Needed
      • Ex-head of Guinea presidential guard charged with torture (Global Post, USA)
      • FIDH exhibition "Guinea: Waiting for justice" in Geneva from 16 March to 2 April!
      • FIDH Pays Tribute to Abdoul Gadiry Diallo, Tireless Human Rights Advocate in Guinea and Beyond
      • Governor of Guinea’s capital charged over beatings of protesters (Reuters, World)
      • Guinea - Colonel Claude PIVI indicted in the case of 28 September 2009 massacre: a big step for the Guinean justice
      • Guinea / 28 September 2009 massacre: A gendarme arrested and charged with rape, a first time in Guinea
      • Guinea : Indictment of Sékou Resco CAMARA, Commandant of the Guinean Army and Governor of Conakry
      • Guinea : 3 priorities for the the fight against impunity and the strengthening of the Rule of Law
      • Guinea : Commemoration of 28 September Massacre overshadowed by political tension
      • Guinea : First rape indictment over 2009 stadium massacre (The Daily Nation, Kenya)
      • Guinea : “De Gaulle” indicted for torture committed in 2010
      • Guinea charges Army official over 2009 stadium massacre (The Guardian, Nigeria)
      • Guinea – 28 September 2009 massacre: « Toumba » Diakité transferred from Dakar to Conakry
      • Guinea – Ministerial reshuffle : a civilian government and a commitment to human rights
      • Guinea, the case of 28 September 2009: Colonel Claude Pivi indicted
      • GUINEA-CONAKRY (2010-2011)
      • Guinea: 11 Years On, Massacre Victims Have Waited Far Too Long
      • Guinea: 13 years after the crimes, the trial of the 28 September 2009 massacre has been opened
      • Guinea: 28 September 2009 Massacre Case - Moussa Dadis Camara finally indicted
      • Guinea: 5 Years On, No Justice for Massacre
      • Guinea: 9 Years Later, Bring Justice for September 28 Crimes 

      • Guinea: A Decade Later, No Justice for Massacre
      • Guinea: Achievements of the Democratic Transition Called Into Question
      • Guinea: Coup Further Complicates Massacre Justice
      • Guinea: FIDH and OGDH reach a new stage in the fight against impunity
      • Guinea: Guinean authorities must ensure the safety of protesters and organise legislative elections
      • Guinea: Indictment of former head of the presidential guard in the case of the October 2010 tortures.
      • Guinea: Justice and dialogue must respond to violence
      • Guinea: Major breakthrough in the case of the 28 September 2009 Conakry Stadium Massacre, with the indictment of a minister in office
      • Guinea: Reconstructing past and future at the trial for the 28 September 2009 massacre
      • Guinea: Release FNDC activists Oumar Sylla and Ibrahima Diallo
      • Guinea: Repression resurges
      • Guinea: Sekou Resco Camara dismissed and has to answer personally for the consequences of his acts
      • Guinea: Stadium Massacre Victims Await Justice
      • Guinea: the fight against corruption must respect the right to a fair trial
      • Guinea: The government and opposition parties must resume dialogue and prevent a new cycle of violence
      • Guinea: The National Institution for Human Rights must respect the Constitution
      • Guinea: The power takes a new step in the repression of the independent civil society
      • Guinea: Time for Justice?
      • Guinea: UN adopts FIDH recommendations
      • Guinea: Victims seek justice 7 years after 2007 crackdown
      • Guinean authorities must safeguard demonstrators, restore order, and organise credible and transparent legislative elections
      • Guinean justice follows up on the last two complaints filed by FIDH and OGDH
      • Indictment of former Minister on the eve of the third anniversary of 28 September 2009 massacre
      • Launch of national consultations in Guinea: laying the foundations for reconciliation
      • Major breakthrough in the fight against impunity in Guinea
      • Make 2009 Massacre Trial a Priority
      • Moussa Dadis Camara in Guinea: a chance for the Guinean justice to progress in the case of 28 September 2009 massacre
      • Presidential Election: Violence must stop to enable a peaceful and transparent election
      • Presidential elections in Guinea: electoral disputes should be settled through legal channels
      • The 28 September 2009 Case – A gendarme arrested and charged with rape, a first in Guinea
      • The 28 September 2009 Case: Indictment of a Former Member of the Military for Crimes Committed at the Camp of the Presidential Security Battalion
      • [INFOGRAPHIC] Guinea: six years after the 28 September massacre, will justice be done?
      • [Photo exhibit] “Guinea: waiting for justice” - Victims of State violence testify
    • Guinea-Bissau
      • A Detrimental Environment to the Work of Human Rights Defenders / Um Ambiente Prejudicial para o Trabalho dos Defensores dos Direitos Humanos
      • GUINEA-BISSAU (2010-2011)
      • Guinea-Bissau : Serious deterioration of the security situation of civil society amidst the attempted coup
      • Press Release: Guinea-Bissau: Human rights defenders at risk, amid growing tensions
    • Kenya
      • Kenya: Report reveals how sexual and gender-based violence undermines mars elections
      • "Economic Development of Human Rights? Assessing the Impact of Kenya’s Trade and Investment Policies and Agreements on Human Rights"
      • Civil Society Organisations Filed a Criminal Complaint on Elections Related Crimes
      • Death threats against human rights defenders- KEN 001 / 0108 / OBS 005.1
      • HUMAN RIGHTS BREACHES TO AFFECT ELECTIONS IN KENYA.
      • Kenya: Assassination of Messrs. Oscar Kamau Kingara and John Paul Oulu - KEN 001/ 0309 / OBS 043
      • KENYA: Legislative moves put civil society at risk!
      • "Role of the Police in the Administration of Justice"
      • A big step towards ending impunity for 2008 post-election violence in Kenya: ICC Prosecutor announces list of 6 main suspects
      • Accountability for the crimes committed during 2007-2008 post-election violence in Kenya : Four leaders charged with crimes against humanity before the ICC
      • Arbitrary arrests of human rights defenders urging for Constitutional review process.
      • Arbitrary detention without charge and subsequent release of Mr. Kenneth Kirimi Mbae / Threats against Mr. Stephen Musau - KEN 001 / 0410 / OBS 053
      • Around 100 Persons were Killed in Rift Valley Province in the past 4 days
      • Beginning of ICC Trial against Ruto and Sang is a Historical Opportunity for Victims and for the Kenyan Society to Face the Truth and Find Justice
      • Campaign for the 20th anniversary of the Convention on Migrants’ Rights: Call for ratification by Kenya
      • Confirmation of electoral irregularities while police shot down demonstrators
      • Death Sentences Commuted to Life Imprisonment in Kenya: The Possible Last Step Towards Abolition
      • Election violence in Kenya: Our organisations call for the immediate establishment of an effective, impartial and independent Special Tribunal
      • FIDH and KHRC call for political dialogue under international mediation
      • FIDH and KHRC call upon the ICC to ensure a meaningful participation and legal representation for Kenyan victims
      • FIDH and KHRC request the rapid establishment of effective post conflict Commission and Inquiries
      • FIDH and KHRC strongly condemn the killings of more than 300 persons and call for the establishment of an international commission of inquiry
      • Human rights groups want fair hearing for William Ruto, Joshua Sang (Standards, Kenya)
      • KEN 002 / 0808 / OBS 135 : Summoning/ Intimidation
      • KEN 002 / 0808 / OBS 135.1 ::: New information ::: Release
      • KENYA (2010-2011)
      • Kenya - Human rights organisations are not terrorist organizations
      • Kenya / 2nd Universal Periodic Review: Civil Society Organisations submit a joint report on the Situation of Human Rights
      • Kenya : "Don’t Sacrifice Our Rights on the Alter of Fear"
      • Kenya : "It is not possible to hold free, fair and credible elections on October 26"
      • Kenya : Concrete steps required to demonstrate government’s will to respect women’s rights
      • Kenya : Harassment of human rights organisations Haki Africa and Muslims for Human Rights (MUHURI)
      • Kenya and the International Criminal Court
      • Kenya Cases at the ICC: Understanding Rule 68 Controversy through 15 Dates
      • Kenya Crisis / Crise au Kenya
      • Kenya must uphold the rule of law by continuing to engage with the ICC
      • Kenya on the spot over human rights record (Daily Nation, Kenya)
      • Kenya: 10 years after electoral violences, Security and Justice reforms remain key
      • Kenya : Administrative harassment of Haki Africa, Muslims for Human Rights (MUHURI) and Agency for Peace and Development (APD)
      • Kenya: Drop the trumped-up charges against indigenous Maasai human rights defenders, and ensure fair hearing on the land ownership of the Maasai peoples against Kedong Ranch Ltd.
      • Kenya: Government must ensure 2022 election free of sexual and gender-based violence
      • Kenya: One Year in Office for Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto; Human Rights Record Marred by Abuses
      • Kenya: Parliament decides to withdraw controversial amendments targeting Public Benefit Organisations (PBO)
      • Kenya: Parliament withdraws controversial Public Benefit Organisations (PBO) amendments
      • Kenya: Sexual violence committed during 2017 elections must be accounted for in the run-up to 2022 elections
      • Kenya: The Security Laws (Amendment) Act must be repealed
      • Kenyans for Peace, Truth, Justice : Statement from Concerned Citizens and Governance, Human Rights and Legal Organizations
      • Kenyatta case dropped, impunity prevails in Kenya
      • Massive internal displacements due to politically instigated ethnic clashes
      • Media shut down for covering the opposition speeches : an unacceptable censorship.
      • MEMORANDUM TO THE ACHPR ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN KENYA
      • Multi-sectoral Forum members’ arrests and ill-treatments
      • President Bashir must imperatively be arrested in Kenya today
      • Press Statement on Security, Counter-Terrorism and the Al-Faisal Case
      • Prosecutor is given authorisation to open an investigation in Kenya
      • Questions & Answers: Kenya and the ICC
      • Recent threats and acts of harassment and intimidation against members of Bunge la Mwananchi - KEN 002 / 0510 / OBS 057
      • Run up to Kenya’s 2013 General Elections : Justice is Key to Ensure that History of Election Related Violence does Not Repeat Itself
      • Supplementary Information on Kenya, Pre-Session, October 07
      • Termination of Ruto and Sang case at the ICC: Witness tampering means impunity prevails over justice again
      • The Kenya Army is Responsible for Mass Torture in Mount Elgon
      • The Kenya Cases at the International Criminal Court: Q&A on ’Rule 68’ and Witness Tampering
      • Threats against members of Kenyans for Peace with Truth and Justice Initiative- KEN 001 / 0108 / OBS 005
      • Uhuru Kenyatta before the ICC judges: Victims need truth and justice
      • Unpunished crimes committed in Kenya targeted by ICC Prosecutor: A possibility to bring justice to victims
      • VIDEO IDPs in Kenya
      • Visit of Major African Human Rights Mechanisms : an opportunity for the country to uphold its human rights commitments
      • When 1,2 Million Dead People Were Registered to Vote in Kenya!
      • Written statement on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living in Kenya
    • Lesotho
    • Liberia
      • "Ballots not bullets"! Will human rights be respected in Liberia?
      • Charles Taylor found guilty of international crimes committed in Sierra Leone
      • Charles Taylor’s case: international justice can be pursued
      • Civilians under attacks in Liberia: How much longer should the massacre continue?
      • Death Penalty Introduced for New Crimes: Blatant Violation of the Country’s International Commitments
      • France: Conviction for Atrocities in Liberia
      • France’s trial for atrocities committed in Liberia: Questions and answers
      • Justice cannot be bought!
      • Key recommendations for truth, reconciliation and end of impunity in Liberia
      • Liberia atrocity trial in France : Reform of French universal jurisdiction laws needed
      • Liberian President Charles Taylor indicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity by Sierra Leone-UN Court
      • Open letter to Mr. Olusegun Obasanjo, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
      • The decision to transfer former President Charles Taylor from the premises of the Special Court for Sierra Leone to the premises of the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands should be as a last resort
      • The international community must react to avoid chaos in Liberia
      • Women’s rights in Liberia
    • Madagascar
      • Armed forces are brutalizing and summarily executing civilians
    • Malawi
      • Death threats against Mr. Benedicto Kondowe - MWI 002 / 0411 / OBS 072
      • New death threats against Mr. Benedicto Kondowe - MWI 002 / 0411 / OBS 072.1
      • Threats and reprisals against members of human rights organisations - MWI 001 / 0311 / OBS 045
    • Mali
      • "The situation in northern Mali is still as dreadful" Interview with Moctar Mariko, President of the Malian Association for Human Rights (AMDH)
      • 19th November Foreign Affairs Council on Mali: call for a comprehensive EU approach serving human rights
      • 2016 : Increase in violence and terrorist acts in the North and the Center
      • A consensual roadmap for the truth, justice and reconciliation process in Mali
      • Abuses committed by Malian military: Urgent need for an independent investigation commission
      • African Court/ Mali: Q&A on the ALS contaminated workers’ case
      • All proceedings concerning Mali and Guinea suspended: an obstruction of justice for victims of human rights violations
      • Allegations of crimes against civilians in Moura, Mali: an independent investigation must take place
      • Avoiding revenge in order to win peace
      • Bankass massacre in Mali: Witnesses describe the attack
      • Central Mali: Perpetrators of Ogassagou massacre should be arrested and sentenced to stop the spiral of violence
      • Central Mali: Populations caught between terrorism and anti-terrorism
      • Crisis and human rights in Mali
      • Crisis in Mali: For an action government
      • Descent-based slavery continues to afflict thousands of Malians in 2022
      • FIDH and AMDH welcome the opening of an ICC investigation in Mali
      • First step on the path to justice: ICC sentences Al Mahdi to 9 years
      • Gold Mining and Human Rights in Mali
      • Human rights in Mali: The silence of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
      • ICC orders reparations for destruction of cultural heritage: a limited step in the prosecution of crimes committed in Timbuktu
      • In central Mali, victims and persecutors live together
      • Mali / Complaint filed on behalf of 80 victims of rape and sexual violence during the occupation of northern Mali: response by Malian judiciary to victims’ need for justice is essential without delay
      • Mali / Release of Ag Alfousseyni Houka Houka d’Ançardine : true attack against justice for victims of serious human rights violations in Northern Mali
      • Mali : FIDH and AMDH strongly condemn the killings in Kidal
      • Mali : Four former junta leaders arrested in the “Missing Red Berets” case
      • Mali : Human Rights Organisations’ Manifesto for a Peace Agreement that Respects Victims’ Rights
      • Mali refers crimes perpetrated in the North to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
      • Mali refers crimes perpetrated in the North to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
      • Mali – Al Hassan to the ICC: a milestone for justice
      • Mali’s new Family Law: women’s rights denied, discrimination upheld
      • Mali: Al Mahdi trial on destruction of cultural heritage opens at the ICC
      • Mali: Alger political negotiations must not entrench impunity
      • Mali: Call for urgent adoption of the new Family Code without weakening of its provisions
      • Mali: calling for a stronger UN Mission
      • Mali: Choosing Justice in the Face of Crisis
      • Mali: Discovery of six soldiers’ bodies near Kati sparks need for initiation of proceedings regarding mutiny of 30 September 2013
      • Mali: Discovery of the mass grave of the "Missing Red Berets"
      • Mali: End conflict-related sexual violence
      • Mali: End war crimes in Timbuktu and in Northern Mali
      • Mali: FIDH and AMDH condemn the execution of at least six people at Tin Hama in the Ansongo Circle
      • Mali: Four Former Junta Leaders Charged with Complicity to Murder
      • Mali: General Sanogo arrested and taken into custody in the “Missing Red Berets” case
      • Mali: Justice in process
      • Mali: Justice in Progress
      • Mali: Malian Justice Opens Investigations against Soldiers and Officers in the “Missing Red Berets” Case
      • Mali: MINUSMA mandate renewed
      • Mali: New project makes the fight against impunity a priority
      • Mali: peace threatened by insecurity, impunity and the fight against terrorism
      • Mali: Power struggles in the South and North lead to a fear of further escalation of the crisis
      • Mali: Release of Mohamed Aly Ag Wadoussène: peace and reconciliation cannot be achieved through impunity
      • Mali: Terrorism and impunity jeopardize the fragile peace agreement
      • Mali: The attack against the civilian boat " Tombouctou" constitutes a war crime
      • Mali: Women’s rights must be at the core of the transition
      • Mali: “The murder of Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon must not go unpunished”
      • Mali : For an articulated intervention based on and in favour of the respect for human rights
      • Mali : the first victims heard by Courts of Justice against the backdrop of political negotiations : the fight against impunity must not be sacrificed
      • Military intervention in Mali: "Human rights and humanitarian law compliance is crucial to fighting terrorism"
      • Moura, Mali. The vicious cycle of violence and impunity in the Sahel must end
      • Open letter to the members of the UN Security Council
      • Q&A: The Al Mahdi case at the ICC
      • Reconquering North Mali occupied by Islamist groups: the Malian army ordered to respect international humanitarian law
      • Renewal of MINUSMA’s mandate
      • Resolution on Mali
      • Situation in the Sahel: Strengthening sub-regional cooperation to address common security challenges
      • The attacks in Bamako and Kidal are to be added to the long list of war crimes and crimes against humanity
      • The crisis in Mali must be a wake-up call for a new response in the Sahel
      • The crisis in Mali: UN Resolution passed — now time to implement human rights protection mechanisms
      • The Sahel: "In 2020, more civilians were killed by the security forces than by extremist groups"
      • The trial of Amadou Haya Sanago opens in Mali: a crucial step forward in the fight against impunity
      • Transition in Mali: MINUSMA’s mandate must be strengthened
      • War Crimes in North Mali
    • Mauritania
      • Conviction of the former Mauritanian President and of 8 members of his board
      • Four magistrates unfairly dismissed or demoted, reinstated
      • MAURITANIA (2010-2011)
      • Mauritania should hand Abdullah Al-Senussi over to the International Criminal Court (ICC)
      • Mauritania: 5 defenders prevented from attending the 64th CAT session
      • Mauritania: Anti-Slavery Activists Sentenced to Two Years’ Imprisonment
      • Mauritania: Criticizing governance – a risky business
      • Mauritania: FIDH and AMDH Condemn the Repression of Dissenting Voices
      • Mauritania: release of Mr Djiby Sow, president of the NGO Kawtal
      • The Case of the "Islamists" : Torture in the name of the Fight Against Terrorism
    • Mozambique
      • FIDH and LMDH call upon the authorities of Mozambique to end illegal and discriminatory practices against women
      • Mozambique: A mission from The Observatory assesses the state of civic space and the situation of human rights defenders
      • Mozambique: Threats against prominent rights defender Adriano Nuvunga
      • The United Nations urge to fight against illegal practices against women in Mozambique
    • Niger
      • Citizens Coalition for the Sahel condemns deadly attacks on civilians in Niger
      • Continuing Deterioration of the Situation in Niger: Urgent Need for a Lasting Response to the Crisis
      • NIGER (2010-2011)
      • Niger: A Roadmap for the New Authorities Based on Respect for Fundamental Rights
      • Niger: A Roadmap for the New Authorities Based on Respect for Fundamental Rights
      • Niger: another military coup in the Sahel, concern for civilians
      • Niger: At the Halfway Point in the Transition Process, Momentum must be Maintained to Ensure that it Remain Inclusive and Consensual in the lead up to the Elections
      • Niger: Call for the protection of human rights defenders
      • Niger: ECOWAS sanctions must not target the population
      • Niger: Free the 4 TLP Niamey activists and the Advocacy and Protection Officer of Agir ensemble pour les droits humains!
      • Niger: one more decree, one less fundamental freedom
      • Niger: The African Commission must act for a human rights approach in the African Union’s handling of the political and security situation
      • Niger: We Demand the Immediate and Unconditional Release of Moussa Tchangari
      • The United Nations worried about women’s situation in Niger
    • Nigeria
      • #BringBackOurGirls: a year without news of the schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram
      • Assassination of Mr. Alhaji Saula Saka- NGA 001 / 0108 / OBS 008
      • Dismissal of the Executive Director of the National Human Rights Commission
      • FIDH and CLO call on the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to pressure authorities to restore the moratorium
      • Italian energy superpower ENI and Nigerian community reach historic agreement to mitigate chronic flooding of village
      • Joint Call for UN Security Council Action on Abducted Nigerian Schoolgirls
      • Mr. Chidi Odinkalu’s harassment by State Security Services
      • New Bill puts human rights defenders of sexual rights at risk
      • Nigeria : Women continue to be targeted by Boko Haram
      • Nigeria: Protect the rights of women and girls against the obscurantism of Boko Haram
      • PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF FACT FINDING MISSION IN NIGERIA,
      • Publication of an international fact-finding mission report on the situation of human rights defenders in Nigeria
      • Racial Discrimination in Nigeria : a UN Committee denounces the inertia of the Nigerian Government
      • Stoning to Death : A woman saved, a man condemned
      • The FIDH strongly condemns first execution under sharia law
      • The Nigeria NGO coalition shadow report to the CEDAW committee
      • United Nations calls on Nigeria to urgently adopt laws protecting women’s rights: «Bills are not enough»
    • Rwanda
      • "Anti-Homosexuality" draft amendments endanger the defence of health and sexual rights -
      • 20 years after the Rwandan genocide : opening of the first trial in France against an accused of complicity in genocide
      • Authoritarian drifts in Rwanda: arbitrary dissolution of the Ligue Rwandaise pour la Promotion et la Défense des Droits de l’Homme (LIPRODHOR), member organisation of the FIDH
      • Call to end European safe havens for Rwandan Perpetrators
      • Death of John Williams Ntwali: after a questionable trial, new calls for an independent enquiry
      • EU must suspend military aid to Rwanda over its support of M23
      • France Convicts Rwandan Ex-Officer of Genocide (New York Times, USA)
      • France should arrest Wenceslas Munyeshyaka, Laurent Bucyibaruta and Dominique Ntawukuriryayo immediately!
      • French complicity in the Tutsi genocide: a glimmer of light in the Bisesero file
      • HUMAN RIGTHS WATCH AND THE International Federation for Human Rights LEAGUES CONDEMNS NEW KILLINGS IN RWANDA
      • Joint Letter to Security Council Members on ICTR
      • Leading Rights Groups Urge Security Council to Ensure Management Reforms do not Undermine Rwanda Tribunal
      • Letter to Council Members on Eve of Meeting with Lead Prosecutor
      • Long-Overdue Arrest of Felicien Kabuga: A Crucial Step Toward Justice for Survivors of 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi
      • Mr. François-Xavier Byuma’s sentence to 18 years’ imprisonment upheld in appeal - RWA 001 / 0607 / OBS 059.1 (FR)
      • Pascal Simbikangwa convicted of genocide and complicity in crimes against humanity
      • Paul Barril indicted for complicity in Rwandan genocide
      • Q&A on Laurent Munyandilikirwa v. Republic of Rwanda (Application No. 023/2015)
      • RWANDA (2010-2011)
      • Rwanda / Burundi: an Independent Investigation Must Be Carried Out on the Bodies in Rweru Lake
      • Rwanda-Bucyibaruta case: Former Gikongoro prefect sentenced in France for 1994 massacres of Tutsis
      • Rwanda/France: FIDH and LDH publish an analytical report on the Pascal Simbikangwa trial
      • Rwanda: Call for an independent enquiry into the death of journalist John Williams Ntwali
      • Rwanda: Civic and democratic space under total control of one party, the RPF
      • Rwanda: France convicts Simbikangwa of genocide and complicity in crimes against humanity
      • Rwandan army captain in landmark French genocide trial (France24)
      • Rwanda : FIDH honours the memory of the victims and survivors of the genocide
      • Rwanda : Victoire Ingabire sentenced to eight years imprisonment after a trial marred by irregularities and a lack of transparency
      • Rwanda’s withdrawal of its special declaration to the African court : setback for the protection of human rights
      • The African Court Refuses to Address Rwanda’s Dangerous Interference with Human Rights Organisations
      • The Rwandan Genocide: A twenty year fight for justice (1994 - 2014)
      • The Wenceslas Munyeshyaka case dismissed — The victims deserve a trial!
      • Three more terms or 17 more years in office for Paul Kagame?
      • Two convictions in France’s second trial of Rwandan genocidaires
      • Victims in the Balance : Challenges ahead for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
    • Senegal
      • African Union: Press Senegal on Habré Trial
      • Civil society organizations denounce violations by Senegal of the UN Migrant Workers Convention
      • Freedom of Expression Stifled in Senegal
      • Open letter to Abdoulaye Wade: Senegal undertakes to abolish death penalty
      • Open letter to Mr Abdoulaye Wade, President of the Republic of Senegal
      • Perilous Times for Freedom of Expression in Senegal
      • Report/Senegal: “I don’t want this child, I want to go to school”
      • SENEGAL (2010-2011)
      • Senegal : Campaign turns into repression, reflecting President Wade’s "human rights" balance sheet
      • Sénégal : CREI a special court which does not guarantee the right to a fair trial
      • Senegal Must Guarantee Individuals and NGOs Access to the African Court
      • Senegal: ACHPR condemns the use of force against demonstrators and calls on the liberation of those arbitrarily arrested
      • Senegal: Ending repression and guaranteeing respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms
      • Senegal: the UN Committee calls for the decriminalisation of abortion
      • Senegal: UN committee urges decriminalization of abortion
      • The Community of Human Rights Defenders Loses a Fervent Activist – A Tribute to Aboubacry Mbodj
    • Sierra Leone
      • Charles Taylor’s case: international justice can be pursued
      • Investigation / Arrest of main suspects / Death
      • Investigation / Death - SLE 001 / 0805 / OBS 061.2
      • Mr. Harry Yansaneh’s assault and subsequent death
      • The decision to transfer former President Charles Taylor from the premises of the Special Court for Sierra Leone to the premises of the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands should be as a last resort
    • Somalia
      • FIDH Condemns the Suicide Attacks in Somalia
      • Resolution on the Human Rights Situation in Somalia
      • Resolution on the Human Rights Situation in Somalia, adopted by FIDH’s Congress in Yerevan
      • SOMALIA (2010-2011)
    • South Africa
      • Al Bashir’s escape: South African government should be held accountable for flouting court orders
      • FIDH chooses Johannesburg for its 39th Congress
      • FIDH opens an office in South Africa
      • Greek academic and activist Dimitris Christopoulos elected FIDH President
      • No more time limit to prosecute sexual offences in South Africa
      • Resolutions adopted during FIDH 39th Congress
      • South Africa Could Grant a 6 Months Work Permit to Zimbabweans: A Possible First Step Towards the Respect of Migrants’ Rights
      • South Africa: Recent killings raise concerns of increased repression against Abahlali baseMjondolo movement
      • SOUTH AFRICA: The killing of Somkhele environmental activist, Fikile Ntshangase
      • South African withdrawal from the ICC a deplorable departure from commitments to justice
      • Surge in xenophobic violence in South Africa requires human rights-based immigration policy
      • Surplus People ? Undocumented and Other Vulnerable Migrants in South Africa
      • The African Commission condemns the xenophobic attacks in South Africa
      • Tribute to Nelson Mandela: The Passing of a Man of Peace
      • Wave of xenophobic violence in South Africa: Urgent need for a political response
    • South Sudan
      • ’We fear the worst’ : Breaking the cycle of violence and impunity in South Sudan to prevent chaos
      • African Union concludes war crimes and crimes against humanity were committed in South Sudan
      • African Union Meeting on South Sudan: Groups Urge Support for Hybrid Court
      • CSOs call upon the Government of South Sudan to ratify the ACHPR
      • CSOs Open Letter to Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma on South Sudan CoI
      • Human Rights Council must address ongoing human rights violations in South Sudan
      • Intervention on South Sudan at the 34th session of the Human Rights Council
      • Joint letter on addressing the human rights situation and the need for accountability for past atrocities and ongoing violations in South Sudan - Priority #HRC29
      • Justice and Reconciliation Will Serve the Peace Process in South Sudan
      • One year since peace deal, justice still elusive for victims
      • Open letter to the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission for the establishment of the Hybrid Court
      • Open Letter to the Members of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) From South Sudanese Civil Society Organizations
      • Open Letter: The EU must aim at breaking the cycle of violence and impunity in South Sudan
      • South Sudan : First Anniversary of Independence
      • South Sudan : Need for a State respectful of Human Rights and of its Own Population.
      • South Sudan Must Ratify African Regional Human Rights Instruments
      • South Sudan: African Union should publish Commission of Inquiry report, ensure accountability
      • South Sudan: Continued fighting must not derail hybrid court to try war crimes
      • South Sudan: European Parliament resolution calls for action
      • South Sudan: Obama Should Support Arms Embargo
      • South-Sudan : the UNSC must take immediate action against those who stand in the way of peace !
      • The African Commission decides to uphold complaint of human rights defenders tortured in Sudan
      • Urgent Resolution on the Situation in South Sudan
      • “In Solidarity with the people of South Sudan” - High-Level Civil Society Seminar
      • “We fear the worst” : Breaking the cycle of violence and impunity in South Sudan to prevent chaos
    • Sudan
      • Arbitrary arrest / Harassment - SDN 005 / 0906 / OBS 109
      • Human rights and humanitarian organisations at risk in Sudan
      • Incommunicado detention / Fear of torture - SDN 004 / 0506 / OBS 062
      • AU resolution in support of al-Bashir: African Heads of State fall into disrepute in Sirte
      • Ongoing harassment of human rights defenders
      • Rejection by the Parliament of the 2005 Humanitarian Aid Bill
      • Sudan: The use of criminal law to target critics must stop!
      • "After announcing the arrest warrant against al-Bashir, big trucks and men with guns appeared at our headquarters."
      • "Justice for Darfur" Campaign Launched - Sudan Should Arrest War Crimes Suspects Now
      • "The International Criminal Court and Sudan: access to justice and victims’ rights"
      • "There is no more immunity for those who committed crimes against humanity"
      • "We want security, we want justice"
      • A protest for freedoms inspired by the events in Tunisia and Egypt severely repressed by the National Intelligence and Security Service
      • A very short window of hope for peace in Sudan
      • ACJPS Condemns Violations of Electoral Procedure in the First Day of Voting
      • Active fighting between Sudan and South Sudan must stop to allow for a negotiated settlement of the conflict
      • Activists Prevented from Travelling to the Rome Statute Review Conference
      • Acts of harassment and intimidation against Mr. Hassan Eltaib Yassin - SDN 001 / 0508 / OBS 084
      • African Commission on Human and People’s Rights to review the complaint of three Sudanese defenders subject to torture
      • African Commission should call on Sudan to release prominent activists facing stiff penalties in national security trial
      • African Commission: Sudan violated the African Charter in the Medani & Eissa Case
      • Afrique / Soudan / Darfur / Justice
      • Al Bashir Case, Sudan and the International Criminal Court
      • Alarming situation of human rights and dramatic humanitarian crisis in Darfur
      • Alarming situation of human rights in Darfour province
      • ALTERNATIVE REPORT SUDAN
      • Amal, a young woman sentenced to stoning in Sudan
      • An effective international force to be dispatched swiftly
      • Arbitrary arrest / Forced disappearance / Fear of torture - SDN 001 / 0306 / OBS 027
      • Arbitrary arrest and detention
      • Arbitrary arrest and detention / Fear of torture - SYR 001 / 0306 / OBS 028
      • Arbitrary arrest, continued detention and torture of human rights defenders - SDN 001 / 0211 / OBS 020
      • Arbitrary arrests / Harassment - SDN 005 / 0906 / OBS 109.1
      • Arbitrary arrests / Release / Arbitrary detention SDN 002 / 1108 / OBS 199
      • Arbitrary arrests and continued incommunicado detentions by Sudanese government force
      • Arbitrary arrests and detentions
      • Arbitrary arrests of Mr. Amir Mohamed Suliman, Mr. Osman Hummaida and Mr. Abedlmonim Aljak- SDN 002 / 1108 / OBS 199
      • Arbitrary detention / Ill-treatment / Judicial proceedings - SDN 002 / 1005 / OBS 096
      • Arbitrary detention of Mr. Osman Hummaida / Arbitrary arrest of Messrs. Amir Mohamed Suliman and Abdelmonim Aljak
      • Arbitrary detention of Ms. Butheina Omar Al Sadiq, Ms. Randa Yousif and Ms. Nafisa Al-Nur Hajar - SDN 002 / 1209 / OBS 186
      • Arbitrary detention of two human rights defenders and judicial harassment
      • Arrest and arbitrary detention of human rights defenders - SDN 001 / 1110 / OBS 129
      • Arrest and incommunicado detention of Dr. Abdelbasit Murgany - SDN 002 / 1210 / OBS 146
      • Arrest and subsequent release of Messrs. Muhnad Umar and Hazim Khalifa - SDN 003 / 1209 / OBS 187
      • Arrest/Arbitrary detention/Risks of torture
      • At the UN, Sudan defends a piecemeal approach to its legal human rights obligations
      • Attempt to arrest arbitrarily Mr. Hassan Eltaib Yassin - SDN 001 / 0508 / OBS 084
      • Back on track? The Human Rights Council decided to send an assessment mission to Darfur
      • Bloody repression of protests in Sudan FIDH and ACJPS call upon the African Union to Send an Urgent Commission of Inquiry
      • Call for a Strong Monitoring and Reporting Mandate on Sudan
      • Call for an immediate stop of forced relocations of the 2 million IDPs around Khartoum
      • Chad must arrest Omar Al-Bashir!
      • Civil society call on Human Rights Council to dispatch an independent international fact-finding mission to establish the facts and circumstances of alleged human rights violations committed
      • Conflict in South Kordofan: The International Community Must Take Action Now. The Parties Must Immediately Put an End to Serious Violations
      • Conflict management in Sudan : a crucial test for the African union
      • Continuing harassment against human rights defenders and journalists in Khartoum - SDN 003 / 1107 / OBS 148
      • Correction
      • Criminal Proceedings - SDN 004 / 0506 / OBS 062.2
      • Darfur, 10 years after Al-Bashir’s indictment : will the international community continue failing victims ?
      • Darfur, 17 Years On: Reign of Impunity Must End
      • Darfur: Security Council Should Support the ICC - The Justice for Darfur Campaign calls on Security Council Members to Press Sudan to Cooperate
      • Death by stoning turned into harsh prison sentence in Sudan: Free Amal!
      • Deep concern about the continued detention of several human rights defenders
      • Detentions, civil society closures, media restrictions on eve of Sudan elections
      • Deteriorating situation in Darfour of great concern warn NGOs
      • Don’t forget Darfur !
      • DRC must arrest Omar Al-Bashir
      • Drop all charges and release detainees: National security should stop harassing civil society activists
      • European Parliament’s call for State action on the Sudanese government’s lack of cooperation with the International Criminal Court
      • FIDH and its member organisations welcome the ICC Prosecutor’s request to issue a judicial finding of non-cooperation of the GOS
      • FIDH and SOAT call for a strong stance on the settlement of the conflict in Darfur
      • FIDH and SOAT Condemn Appointment of Alleged Janjaweed Leader to Senior Government Post
      • FIDH and SOAT condemn the attack on African Union peacekeepers in Darfur
      • FIDH and SOAT Urge Discussions on Darfur and Express Concern at Reports that Sudan Will Run for Presidency
      • FIDH and SOAT welcome Security Council’s determination to recall Sudan to its international obligations
      • FIDH Mission in Sudanese Refugees Camps - Eastern Chad
      • FIDH pays tribute to Dr Amin Mekki Medani
      • First appearance before the International Criminal Cout of a Sudanese accused of war crimes in Darfur
      • First arrest warrant issued for a sitting Head of State
      • First step to hold the perpetrators of attacks against peacekeeping forces accountable
      • How many years will Darfurians have to wait to be effectively protected?
      • Human Rights Council resolution on Sudan : Some action at last
      • Human rights defenders in danger!
      • International Criminal Court opens first trial on Darfur: historic moment for Sudanese victims and survivors
      • Joint oral statement - Interactive Dialogue With Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the SOUDAN
      • Joint Oral Statement by FIDH and the ACJPS on the situation of human rights in the Sudan
      • Joint oral statement of the FIDH, the OMCT and the SOAT on Sudan, at the 9th session of the Human Rights Council
      • Khartoum following the death of Dr. John Garang De Mebior
      • Le Conseil des droits de l’homme devrait renouveler son soutien au Soudan et son examen de la situation dans le pays
      • Letter to members of the UN Security Council
      • Mr. Osman Ibrahim and others are currently being detained at the Dabak prison - SDN 001 / 0707 / OBS 083.2
      • New acts of harassment against Ms. Mashair Abdullah Omer - SDN 003 / 1107 / OBS 148.1
      • New information
      • New information SDN 002 / 1108 / OBS 199.1 Harassment / Continued arbitrary detention
      • NGOs support the ICC
      • Obstacles to the freedom of assembly - SDN 004 / 1209 / OBS 194
      • Obstacles to the freedom of association - SDN 003 / 0406 / OBS 051
      • On the anniversary of protest massacres, the international community must take a strong stand on impunity for widespread human rights abuses in Sudan
      • Ongoing crimes and impunity endanger peace, not justice
      • Open Letter concerning excessive use of force by Sudanese authorities
      • Open letter to Omer Hassan Ahmed Elbashir, President of the Republic of Sudan
      • Open Letter to the League of Arab States and to the African Union
      • Open letters to the Sudanese president, the African union and the Arab League
      • Opening of Peace Negociations for Darfur
      • Oral Statement - Group of Experts on Darfur
      • Peace and Justice in Darfur : Victims’ Rights hijacked
      • President Al-Bashir sought by the ICC Prosecutor for charges of genocide
      • President Bashir must imperatively be arrested in Kenya today
      • President Omar Al-Bashir must be arrested!
      • Re-Engaging The Guarantors To The Sudanese Comprehensive Peace Agreement
      • Release / Incommunicado detention / Fear of torture - SDN 004 / 0506 / OBS 062.1
      • Release of members of the Committee Against the Building of the Kajbar Dam - SDN 001 / 0707 / OBS 083.4
      • Release of Messrs. Mahjoub Ourwa and Noureddine Madani - SDN 002 / 1107 / OBS 147.1
      • Release of Mr. Osman Hummaida!
      • Release of Mr. Osman Ibrahim and other defenders involved in the campaign against the building of the Kajbar Dam - SDN 001 / 0707 / OBS 083.3
      • Release of Ms. Butheina Omar Al Sadiq, Ms. Randa Yousif and Ms. Nafisa Al-Nur Hajar - SDN 002 / 1209 / OBS 186.1
      • Resolution on the Human Rights Situation in Sudan
      • Resolution on the Human Rights Situation in Sudan, adopted by FIDH’s Congress in Yerevan
      • Rights groups welcome African Commission’s decision to uphold complaint of human rights defenders tortured in Sudan
      • Saudi Arabia: Don’t deport Sudanese journalist to Sudan
      • SDN 001 / 0309 / OBS 037 Closure of an NGO/ Freezing of bank account / Harassment / Campaign of intimidation Sudan
      • SDN 001 / 0707 / OBS 083 - Enforced disappearance / Fear of torture and ill-treatment
      • SDN 001 / 0707 / OBS 083.1 - Enforced disappearances / Fear of torture and ill-treatment / Harassment
      • Security Council has to trigger the International Criminal Court on the situation in Darfur
      • Security Council Should End Sudan’s Obstruction Act to Enhance Protection for Civilians in Darfur
      • Security Council, Sudan, and the ICC: Moving Toward both Peace and Justice
      • Sentencing and subsequent detention of Messrs. Mahjoub Ourwa and Noureddine Madani - SDN 002 / 1107 / OBS 147
      • Serious concerns about harrassment faced by persons suspected of supporting or cooperating with the International Criminal Court in Sudan
      • Six individuals from South Kordofan detained incommunicado after calls for memorial events to mark 2013 protest killings
      • SIX MONTHS BEFORE CRITICAL REFERENDUM, SUDAN ALARMINGLY UNPREPARED
      • Solidarity with Amal, a young sudanese woman sentenced to death by stoning
      • South Africa must enforce the ICC arrest warrants against Omar Al Bashir
      • South Sudan becomes independent against the background of conflict with the North
      • Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Sudan 2016
      • SUDAN (2010-2011)
      • Sudan / Death penalty pronounced in apostasy case
      • Sudan : A new step towards impunity
      • Sudan : breaking the vicious circle of violence
      • Sudan : One step forward, many step back
      • Sudan : UN Resolution adopted on situation in Sudan
      • Sudan and the community of human rights defenders lose a great activist – A Tribute to Osman Hummaida
      • Sudan closest to civil war since 2005 peace agreement warns global coalition of NGOS
      • Sudan Continues to Disrespectfully Disregard Victims of International Crimes in Darfur: The Security Council must face up to its responsibility and ensure that its resolutions are implemented
      • Sudan crisis: accountability is a key ingredient for moving forward
      • Sudan elected to the UN Human Rights Commission while grave violations still perpetrated
      • Sudan must surrender an acting Minister and a Janjaweed militia leader to the International Criminal Court
      • Sudan Rights Defenders: ‘UN Rights Body Must Not Abandon Sudan’
      • Sudan, another five years of a bloody regime?
      • Sudan/ACHPR: a strong message against impunity
      • Sudan: One year after the September 2013 bloody repression victims still await truth and justice
      • Sudan: "The same crimes by the same, wanted regime"
      • Sudan: 30 women detained in inhumane conditions following involvement in protests
      • Sudan: Arbitrary arrest and detention of numerous defenders
      • Sudan: Arbitrary arrest and incommunicado detention of Messrs. Gazi Alrayah Al-Sanhouri and Abdulmonim Adam
      • Sudan: Arbitrary arrest and incommunicado detentions of Dr Amin Mekki Medani, Mr Farouq Abu Eissa, and Dr Farah Ibrahim Mohamed Alagar
      • Sudan: Arbitrary arrest and judicial harassment of Mr. Adil Bakheit
      • Sudan: Arbitrary arrests and detentions of 13 defenders
      • SUDAN: Arrest and release of Mr. Faisal Salih
      • Sudan: Arrest of Dr. Amin Mekki Medani
      • Sudan: As violent clashes continue, Sudan’s international partners must call for accountability and justice
      • Sudan: Closure of NGOs / Eviction of relief and humanitarian NGOs / Confiscation of material and equipment / Harassment - SDN 001 / 0309 / OBS 037.1
      • Sudan: continued detentions without charges against Dr Amin Mekki Medani, Mr Farouq Abu Eissa, and Dr Farah Ibrahim Mohamed Alagar [Update]
      • Sudan: End Arbitrary Detention of Activists - Investigate Allegations of Torture, Abuse
      • Sudan: Human rights defenders and civil society activists particularly targeted amidst the military coup
      • Sudan: Incommunicado detention of Hatim Ali Abdalla and police harassment against Khalid Omer Yousif
      • Sudan: Intisar Sharif Adbdalla must not be executed!
      • Sudan: Judicial harassment against 5 defenders working at TRACKs and the Director of ZORD
      • Sudan: Military authorities must immediately stop the use of force against protesters
      • Sudan: One step forward, many steps back
      • Sudan: One year after the military coup, a civilian transition is more than ever necessary
      • Sudan: Ongoing harassment of human rights defenders / CORRIGENDUM
      • Sudan: Press Release: A human rights defender at risk! Incommunicado detention of Mr. Mohamed Al Mahgoub
      • Sudan: Press Release: Release of Mr. Mohamed Al Mahgoub
      • Sudan : Release on bail of Mr. Adil Bakheit
      • Sudan: releases of defenders but judicial harassment has to stop
      • Sudan: Rhetoric versus Reality in Darfur - Continuing Abuses Despite Government Charm Offensive
      • SUDAN: Serious concerns about the arrest of 30 human rights defenders in violent crackdown against peaceful protests
      • Sudan: The army must respect legitimate demands for democracy and accountability
      • Sudan: the army must restore the authorities in charge of the democratic transition
      • Sudan: The human rights and humanitarian situation is gravely deteriorating
      • Sudan: The Human Rights Council should extend its support and scrutiny
      • Sudan: the UN Human Rights Council weakens the Independent Expert’s mandate for the sake of consensus
      • SUDAN: UN Human Rights Council condemns human rights violations and strengthens its monitoring capacity
      • Sudan: UN Human Rights Council should adopt a stronger resolution to prevent further human rights violations
      • Sudan: Violent Crackdown on Protesters Requires Urgent Action by International Community
      • Sudanese civil society urges the government to ratify the ICC Statute and calls for the creation of a national coalition for the ICC
      • Sudanese Forces Attack UNAMID Peacekeepers in Darfur
      • Sudanese victims ask French judges to investigate BNP Paribas’ role in atrocities
      • Sudan’s Darfur Conflict : Two decades of suffering and the quest for accountability
      • Suspension of an NGO’s activities / Harassment - SDN 002 / 0306 / OBS 030
      • The African Union defies the International Criminal Court and dares trample on the memory of Darfuri victims!
      • The FIDH calls on the Security Council to refer the matter to the ICC
      • The Human Rights Council should take decisive action on Sudan now - Priority #HRC30
      • The ICC and Sudan: Questions & Answers
      • The ICC Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court endorses the referral of the Security Council and opens an investigation on the crimes committed in Darfur
      • The ICC Prosecutor requests an arrest warrant against the Sudanese Minister of Defense
      • The International Community has the duty to protect civilians
      • The International Criminal Court and Darfur : Questions and Answers
      • The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for President Omar Al-Bashir
      • The members of the Human Rights Council have to implement the recommendations of the High-Level Mission on the situation of human rights in Darfur
      • The Minister of Defense leading the bloody repression in Blue Nile and South Kordofan under an ICC arrest warrant for international crimes committed in Darfur
      • The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court requests judges to summon two individuals allegedly responsible for crimes committed in Darfur
      • The Security Council must break the silence!
      • The Security Council must react firmly to the ICC Prosecutor’s report and enjoin Sudan to cooperate with the Court
      • The Security Council refers the Darfur situation to the International Criminal Court
      • The Security Council should condemn the continued commission of crimes in Darfur and order sanctions against individuals responsible for them
      • The U.N. High-Level human rights mission barred from visiting Darfur
      • UN Human Rights Committee Urges Sudan to Put an immediate End to Human Rights Violations
      • UN Human Rights Council Decides Monitoring Should Continue on Sudan
      • UN Human Rights Council should respond effectively to the gravity of the human rights situation in Sudan - Priority #HRC27
      • UN Security Council and States Must Cooperate with ICC on Darfur Investigation and Arrest Warrants
      • Urgent resolution on the situation in Sudan
      • Urgent resolution on the situation in the Republic of Sudan
      • Urgent safety concern for student activists detained incommunicado after Khartoum University protests
      • Victims of sexual violence in Sudan deserve justice
      • Victims provide testimony on BNP Paribas’ alleged role in mass atrocities in Sudan
      • Voluntary appearance of two Sudanese rebel commanders before the ICC: A New Window of Hope for Victims of International Crimes Committed in Darfur
      • West Darfur: Investigation Into Krinding Camp Massacre Is Urgently Needed
      • When will the insults to the victims of crimes committed in Darfur end ?
      • Will Africa Let Sudan Off the Hook?
      • Will Darfur victims finally see justice? Sudan official announces surrender of Omar al-Bashir to ICC
      • World leaders attend China ceremony with war criminal, disregarding victims and international justice
      • World leaders must not welcome Al Bashir to commemorative event in China
    • Tanzania
      • Open letter to the Hon. President of the United Republic of Tanzania
      • "Wave of Violence" on Election Mismanagement and Police Brutality in Zanzibar
      • African Court Orders Tanzania to Guarantee Civil and Political rights. A Victory for Democracy!
      • Open Letter
      • Open Letter to Mr Benjamin William Mkapa
      • Open letter to States on preventative engagement with, and action on, Tanzania at the Human Rights Council’s 41st session
      • Open Letter to the Honourable Benjamin William Mkapa
      • Open Letter to the Honourable Benjamin William Mkapa
      • Tanzania Election Watch: Regional Initiative To Observe Election, Safeguard Liberties
      • Tanzania: European Parliament addresses land grabbing
      • Tanzania: Freedom of Expression in Peril
      • Tanzania: Human rights defender Tito Magoti to be presented for the eleventh time before the Court in an unfair trial
      • The death Sentence Institutionalised?
      • Women in resistance - The photo exhibit in East Africa
    • Togo
      • Declaration of 8 NGOs on the presidential elections in Togo
      • Support Togolese civil society: a joint mission by ACAT-France, CCFD – Terre solidaire, and FIDH to assess and analyse the political and human rights situation in Togo
      • The consultations between the European Union and Togo must lead to concrete measures in order to put an end to human rights violations
      • TOGO (2010-2011)
      • Towards the abolition of the death penalty in Togo
      • Urgent resolution on Togo
    • Uganda
      • Oxfam and FIDH respond to new disclosures by Total in East Africa, urge caution
      • Uganda : Court dismisses case against prominent human rights defender Gerald Kankya
      • "Anti-Homosexuality" bill endangers the defence of health and sexual rights
      • African Gay Human Rights Defender honored with world human rights award in Geneva
      • Anti-Homosexuality law in Uganda : Strong position of the ACHPR’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
      • Arbitrary arrest of three LGBT activists - UGA 001 / 0608 / OBS 096
      • Arrest and arbitrary detention of Mr. Mbugua Mureithi and Mr. Al-Amin Kimathi - UGA 001 / 0910 / OBS 114
      • Brutal killing of a sexual rights activist
      • Challenging the Death Penalty