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2018
10 December 2018 #Human Rights Day A call to action - No implementation of human rights in the Universal Human Rights Declaration without human rights defenders. This 10th December marks a double important Anniversary, as we celebrate the 20 years since the adoption of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders and the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
This video shows three women human rights defenders (HRDs) from Guatemala, Peru and Canada. They attended the UN Committee against Torture (CAT) in Geneva during their country reviews in this November 2018 session. During the NGO briefing with the CAT, they voiced their concerns about the lack of prevention and response by the State to gender-based violence against women.
29, 30, 31 October 2018 The Human Rights Defenders World Summit - Paris
The Human Rights Defenders World Summit 2018 has celebrated the achievements of the last 20 years and looked forward to the next two decades. It is the main goal of this Summit that, 20 years from now, in 2038, a new generation of HRDs will look back and see this event as marking the transition to a new paradigm to approaching the security and protection of HRDs.
Watch the video "Change the World. Protect Human Rights Defenders".
The Summit has been organised by eight international human rights organisations (Amnesty International, Awid, FIDH, FrontLine Defenders, ISHR, the OMCT, ProtectDefenders.eu and Reporters Without Borders).
FIFDH18 Interview with OMCT prize winner Cécile Allegra for Libye – Anatomie d'un crime OMCT at #FIFDH18
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2017 International Day for Human Rights 2017 campaign #MakeNoise4HRDs Alberto Xicoténcatl Carrasco: https://vimeo.com/246667488