Defenders’ Days is one of the world’s largest conferences with and for human rights defenders. It is organised by Civil Rights Defenders and takes place in Stockholm every second year in April. In 201...
Voices from Defenders’ Days: Close-up with Njomza Haxhibeqiri, Programme Manager at Humanitarian Law Center Kosovo What does your organisation do? The Humanitarian Law Center Kosovo (HLCK) is a non-go...
Voices from Defenders’ Days: Close-up with Anna Dobrovolskaya, Executive Director of Human Rights Centre Memorial What does your organisation do? I work for Human Rights Centre Memorial which is one ...
Voices from Defenders’ Days: Close-up with Genesis Dávila, Director and Founder of Defiende Venezuela What does your organisation do? We promote and defend human rights in Venezuela by raising ...
Today, Civil Rights Defenders launches the report A State in Emergency – When Exceptions Become The New Norm which highlights the situation for human rights defenders in Turkey. The continuing state o...
Voices from Defenders’ Days: Close-up with Brian Macharia at Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya, GALCK What does your organisation do? It was established in 2006 as a voice for the voiceless – w...
On 12 April, in connection with our conference Defenders’ Days, Civil Rights Defenders hands out this year’s Civil Rights Defender of the Year Award to Mr. Murat Çelikkan. Join us in celebration as we...
Human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev is the Civil Rights Defender of the Year 2016. Recently released from prison, he is one of several human rights defenders in Azerbaijan who has been detained for the...
Ales Bialiatski, founder of the Belarusian human rights organisation Viasna, is the recipient of the 2014 Civil Rights Defender of the Year Award. For over 30 years, he has pursued a life of continuou...