Publications

On November 9 – 10, Sweden is being reviewed by the UN Committee Against Torture, which monitors how UN member states comply with the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading T...

What are the possibilities of redress for violations of procedural rights in criminal proceedings? This is the subject of a new report from Civil Rights Defenders released today. The right to a fair t...

Civil Rights Defenders has conducted a survey of education, training and training materials for personal representatives. Read the report in swedish here.

We are happy to present our first-ever feminist pocketbook: “Building Feminist Practice – a Pocketbook for Human Rights Defenders”. The pocketbook is a result of years of collaboration with partner or...

We’re please to announce the release of policy papers, produced by participants of the HRD Academy, 2020. The papers touch upon a range of human rights-related issues in the Western Balkans, inc...

We’re pleased to publish a collection of human rights stories about the challenges and accomplishments of HRDs from the Western Balkans. The collection includes 17 stories, written by human righ...

Civil Rights Defenders is pleased to announce the release of What is Behind and Beyond the Average: Effectiveness of NHRIs in the Western Balkans, the first regional index measurement of independent i...

We’re pleased to announce the release of a Policy and Legal Assessment of The State of Rule of Law in Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo and Serbia. The report was prepared for Civil Righ...

We’re pleased to announce the release of the Human Rights Education in Serbia report, supported by USAID as part of the SEELD 2.0 project. The 72-page report, authored by experts in the field, a...

We’re happy to announce the release of the Practical Guide For Monitoring Human Rights Violations in the Time of Crisis, produced with the support of USAID. The Guide aims to help human rights d...