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Guatemala: declaración de la Representante Especial de la ONU sobre la situación de los defensores de los derechos humanos

La Sra. Hina Jilani, Representante Especial del Secretario General de la ONU sobre la Situación de los Defensores de los Derechos Humanos, dio a conocer la siguiente declaración en relación con las conclusiones preliminares de su visita oficial a Guatemala. En su informe, la Sra. Jilani hizo hincapié en la situación cada vez más deteriorada de los/las defensores/as de los derechos humanos.  Read More

Special Representative publishes details on countries respect for human rights defenders

24 May 2006 The Special Representative of the Secretary General for human rights defenders, Ms. Hina Jilani, has published her 2006 report to the Commission on Human Rights, now the Human Rights Council. The report includes an addendum (Add.5) which details her communications with individual countries with respect to human rights defenders at risk. The addendum also includes an analysis of trends and developments over the six years of her mandate. The report contains a compilation of the developments to the situation of human rights defenders and the implementation of the Declaration in 118 countries over the past six years. Each country assessment is divided into four sections: the human rights defenders community; legal framework; measures taken at national level for the implementation of the Declaration, and; communications and concerns. To read full report click here.

International Consultation on Women Human Rights Defenders is a success

8 December 2005 Nearly 200 women’s rights and human rights defenders from approximately 70 countries worldwide gathered from 29 November to 2 December in Colombo, Sri Lanka, to hold an historic global gathering on women human rights defenders. The consultation was attended by the First Lady of Sri Lanka, Shiranthi Rajapakse, and opened with a welcome address by Nimalka Fernando, from the Women’s Alliance for Peace and Democracy in Sri Lanka.

Front Line sponsored a two-day workshop for selected Women Human Rights Defenders immediately prior to the International Consultation. The workshop was led by Cecilia Jimenez and sought to develop appropriate methodology and resource materials for addressing the specific needs of women human rights defenders. The workshop drew heavily on the input from the participants and considered a number of case studies.  Read More

3rd Dublin Platform is a success

26 October 2005

Human rights defenders, Irish government ministers, NGO workers and EU and UN officials gathered in Dublin from Thursday 13 October to Saturday 15 October to attend Front Line’s 3rd Dublin Platform.

Human rights defenders from over 70 countries around the globe, participated in workshops on Front Line’s Protection Manual for Human Rights Defenders, discussed ways of overcoming the numerous and varied threats they face and gave testimonies of their experiences.

Irish minister for foreign affairs and Envoy of the UN Secretary General on UN reform, Mr Dermot Ahern praised the “idealism and courage” of human rights defenders in the opening session of the platform. He offered a special welcome to Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, winner of the inaugural Front Line Human Rights Defenders Award. Dr Mudawi was arrested in his native Sudan earlier this year only a few hours prior to his departure to Ireland to collect his award from the President of Ireland, Mary Mc Aleese

Mr Ahern spoke of the importance of a stronger UN for human rights defenders and stressed Ireland and the EU’s commitment to the UN reform process.  Read More

International Campaign on Women Human Rights Defenders, Launch Statement

Defending Women, Defending Rights International Campaign on Women Human Rights Defenders

Mahboobeh Abbasgholizadeh, a woman activist in Iran and editor of Farzaneh (the first women’s studies journal in Iran) is in prison upon the order of Tehran’s General Prosecutor. For more than two weeks now, Mahboobeh has been held without any formal charges, and she has been denied access to legal counsel or any visitors. Her only apparent offense is her activism and strong linkages with international women’s rights movement. Fereshteh Ghazi, another woman journalist writing on women’s issues for a daily newspaper in Iran, was also arrested.

Irene Fernandez, a Malaysian woman activist who has been fighting for women workers’ rights, has been prosecuted and convicted by the Malaysian government in a case, which has been dragged on for eight years. She is being prosecuted for releasing comprehensive documentation of the abuses against migrant workers in detention in Malaysia. She is currently appealing her case before the court.  Read More

Reunión con el Vicepresidente Francisco Santos para discutir la situación de los defensores de los derechos humanos en Colombia,

La directora de Front Line, Mary Lawlor, se reunió con el Vicepresidente Francisco Santos el martes 23 de marzo del 2004 para discutir la grave situación actual de los defensores de los derechos humanos en Colombia. Entre los temas que trataron se encuentran los casos de amenazas de muerte tan comunes hoy día, los intentos de asesinato, las intimidaciones, los acosos, los “desaparecidos”, las demandas judiciales, las detenciones arbitrarias, los casos de tortura y asesinatos, así como los riesgos de género, que las mujeres defensoras de los derechos humanos han enfrentado en la sociedad colombiana. El Vicepresidente Santos tiene la responsabilidad de los derechos humanos en el gobierno colombiano.

Mary Lawlor discutió las estadísticas de asesinatos de los defensores de los derechos humanos y sindicalistas desde que el Presidente Uribe tomó el cargo; en total 60 asesinatos desde de agosto del 2002 hasta diciembre del 2003. Lawlor citó una declaración del dirigente parlamentario Carlos Castaño en una entrevista con la revista Semana en relación con el tema de los sindicalistas: “Matamos a los sindicalistas por que no permiten que la gente vaya a trabajar”.  Read More

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