Empowering and Protecting Human Rights Defenders

The project aims to support human rights defenders and strengthen their capacity to operate in restrictive policy environments. Project activities focus on launching an e-learning platform for human rights defenders and offering fellowships to strengthen their ability to engage with state and non-state actors in situations of conflict and instability. The project also supports advocating at the national and international levels for legislative processes in Mali Tunisia and Côte d’Ivoire aimed at institutionalising the protection of human rights defenders

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased number of States enact and effectively implement laws and policies to recognise and protect HRDs at national level; and (2) enhanced use of international human rights mechanisms by human rights defenders to contribute to peace stability and human rights progress on the ground