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Suggested further reading

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To find out more about human rights defenders, visit:

  • www.unhchr.ch/defender/about1.htm (The UN High Commissioner on Human Rights).
  • www.frontlinedefenders.org (Front Line, The International Foundation for Human Rights Defenders)
  • www.peacebrigades.org/beo.html (The European Office of Peace Brigades International in Brussels)
  • The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, created by the International Federation on Human Rights (FIDH; www.fidh.org) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT; www.omct.org).
  • Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org and http://web.amnesty.org/pages/hrd-index-eng
  • www.ishr.ch, see under “HRDO” (The HRD Office of the International Service for Human Rights in Geneva)

 To learn more about existing international legal instruments and the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, visit :

  • www.unhchr.ch : This is the web site of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
  • www.frontlinedefenders.org/manual/en/index.htm (Front Line, Ireland), for a manual on international instruments for human rights defenders. Their links page is very useful also: http://www.frontlinedefenders.org/links/
  • www.ishr.ch/index.htm (International Service for Human Rights, Geneva), for a compilation of international and regional instruments for the protection of human rights defenders.
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