More than a hundred Human Rights Defenders from around the world attended the formal opening of Front Line's “5th Dublin Platform for Human Rights Defenders” Dublin Castle from 10- 12 February. The Dublin Platform is one of the biggest international gatherings of human rights defenders and brings together human rights defenders from every region of the world. “Despite their radically different backgrounds and issues the one thing they all have in common is that they are at risk for their legitimate work in defense of the human rights of others” said Mary Lawlor Director of Front Line.