Front Line Defenders
2018 UN Prize in the
Field of Human Rights
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from the award ceremony
& reception
Global Analysis 2018
Global Analysis 2018 details the physical assaults, defamation campaigns, digital security threats, judicial harassment, and gendered attacks faced by HRDs and women human rights defenders (WHRDs). December 2018 marked the 20th Anniversary of the HRD Declaration and the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but HRDs around the world continue to face lethal threats from state, non-state, and corporate actors in their peaceful struggles for rights.
New episode of #RightsOnTheLinePodcast
International Women’s Day 2018: Spotlight on WHRDs
For International Women’s Day, Rights on the Line is handing the mic over to a few of many WHRDs who work every day of the year for their own rights and the rights of their communities. Tune in to hear these WHRDs speak about their work as human rights defenders.
Em um contexto global altamente contestado, no qual o avanço dos direitos humanos tem desafiado cada vez mais ditadores, conservadores religiosos e capitalistas abutres, há o crescimento de uma estratégia coordenada e bem dotada de recursos para difamação, criminalização e violência empregadas a fim de intimidar, marginalizar e s
