When a threatening situation arises, Civil Rights Defenders’ Emergency Fund provides rapid assistance to improve human right defenders’ security as quickly as possible.
During 2023, the Emergency Fund provided support to 1,351 human rights defenders in 39 countries.
Learn moreA historical trial against two former executives at the Swedish oil company Lundin Oil, now Orrön Energy, is currently taking place in Sweden. The two corporate leaders have both been indicted with complicity in grave war crimes in what is now South Sudan. We will be monitoring the trial on site in the courtroom and publish reports from it every week.
Read the reports here
Armed attacks on civilian targets such as schools and hospitals, torture, executions, and the use of chemical weapons. Core international crimes are committed around the world without those responsible for the crimes being held accountable. Through legal means, we work to hold perpetrators accountable. We work to achieve justice for their victims and to keep dictators awake at night.
