Ana Maria has helped hundreds of Dominicans of Haitian descent reclaim their rights, and resist racism and discrimination. Lorraine leads innovative education initiatives, to raise awareness about environmental rights in communities affected by coal mining in South Africa. Nisha successfully challenged a law discriminating against transgender people in Malaysia, and set up the first organisation providing support to the trans community in her country.
Front Line Defenders, Risk Altındaki İnsan Hakları Savunucuları 2016 Yıllık Raporu'nu açıklarken, 2016 yılında 1000'den fazla insan hakları savunucusunun öldürüldüğünü, taciz edildiğini, gözaltına alındığını veya karalama kampanyaları ve benzeri ihlallere uğradığını söyledi.
Here are the activists at risk for defending them.
When members of Juan Francisco Martínez’s community found his body in January 2015, his body bore marks of torture. One of his hands was still tied with what appeared to be laces from military boots.
Juan, a human rights defender and indigenous Lenca man from Honduras, was found on 5 January 2015 in the village of Tapuyman in the Santa Elena Municipality of La Paz, Honduras. He had been killed the day before.
Front Line Defenders Güvenlik El Kitabı, Front Line Defenders tarafından düzenlenen güvenlik ve koruma atölye çalışmalarına katılmış 50’den fazla ülkeden yüzlerce insan hakları savunucusundan (İHS) ilham alınarak hazırlandı. Bu İHS’ler güvenlik yönetimiyle ilgili gereken adımları attıkları için çalışmalarına devam edebiliyorlar.
In November 2015, at the Eighth Dublin Platform for Human Rights Defenders, Front Line Defenders (FLD) asked human rights defenders (HRDs) from across Asia, Africa, Americas, Europe and the Middle East/North Africa to share experiences of living under digital surveillance and the perceived impact this has on their work and lives.
Holistic Security is a strategy manual, created by Tactical Tech, to help human rights defenders maintain their well-being in action. The holistic approach integrates self-care, well-being, digital security, and information security into traditional security management practices.
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Michel Forst
19 January 2016
Introduction
1. The present document is submitted by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Michel Forst, to the Human Rights Council, pursuant to resolution 25/18 of the Human Rights Council. It contains observations on the communications concerning specific cases addressed by the Special Rapporteur to States.
Dispatches 2015 highlights the challenges facing Front Line Defenders in providing fast and effective support to human rights defenders around the world, as the space in which HRDs can work safely continues to shrink.
The Security Auditing Framework and Evaluation Template for Advocacy Groups (SAFETAG) is a professional audit framework that adapts traditional penetration testing and risk assessment methodologies to be relevant to smaller non-profit organizations based or operating in the developing world.
Front Line Defenders Güvenlik El Kitabı, Front Line Defenders tarafından düzenlenen güvenlik ve koruma atölye çalışmalarına katılmış 50’den fazla ülkeden yüzlerce insan hakları savunucusundan (İHS) ilham alınarak hazırlandı. Bu İHS’ler güvenlik yönetimiyle ilgili gereken adımları attıkları için çalışmalarına devam edebiliyorlar.
