El papel de las mujeres en la protección de sus territorios
I Intercambio de defensoras de derechos humanos y territoriales acompañadas por Protection International en América Latina El Salvador – Honduras – Guatemala – Colombia Con el apoyo de mecanismo de la UE para los defensores y defensoras de los derechos humanos y la Agencia Vasca de Cooperación al Desarrollo, Protection International en Guatemala y Colombia ha […]
Authorities halt investigation of missing Thai human rights lawyer
Photo by Luke Duggleby featured in “For Those Who Died Trying” While the Thai government is in the process of adopting a law on enforced disappearances, which are not yet criminalized in Thailand, we have received disappointing news on one missing human rights defender: On 12 October 2016, the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) decided […]
UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights recognizes the legal obligation of states to respect and protect HRDs
It states the importance of civil society, and human rights defenders’ work to protect and promote human rights and the role they play in monitoring and evaluating State parties’ compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights According to the CESCR “ States parties should respect and protect the work of human […]