Human Rights Defenders

In these yearly publications, you will learn more about the personal lives, motivations, beliefs, actions, and ongoing struggles of courageous dissidents and human rights defenders, as well as their thoughts on increasing protection and support, and the current regional and global discourse. They are fighting not only for their respective countries but also for the universal values of freedom, justice, and human dignity.

2024

Human Rights Defenders Pro-Democracy Activists

Human Rights Defenders Pro-Democracy Activists

Human rights defenders continue to face relentless oppression in our world today. They risk everything – enduring persecution, imprisonment, and even death – to defend democracy, freedom, and human rights. This edition of the Human Rights Defenders publication delves into the brave fight of pro-democracy activists. The interviews stand as a testament to their undefeated spirit and serve as a call to action for all readers who believe in the universal values of freedom and human dignity.

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2023

Human Rights Defenders Journalists

Human Rights Defenders Journalists

The UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders was adopted 25 years ago. The third edition of the publication "Human Rights Defenders" portrays media professionals who often accept personal threats to expose injustice and thus become human rights defenders in their home countries.

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2022

Human Rights Defenders Lawyers (ENGLISH)

Human Rights Defenders Lawyers (ENGLISH)

Human rights lawyers will always be at the forefront of the struggle for fundamental and human rights under the rule of law. Lawyers are the most important profession for denouncing human rights violations and defending human rights.delaying tactics and harassment while representing their clients in court and demanding equal rights.

Human rights lawyers will always be at the forefront of the struggle for fundamental and human rights under the rule of law. This makes it all the more important to consider them as human rights defenders and to support them in their work against governments that are hostile to freedom and have contempt for human rights.

In interviews, Human Rights Defenders report on their work and their courageous fight against governments that are hostile to freedom and despise human rights. With a foreword by Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger and an outlook by Gerhart Baum.

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2021

Human Rights Defenders - Fighting for Freedom and Democracy

Human Rights Defenders - Fighting for Freedom and Democracy

The large-scale, pro-democracy protest movements of recent years have demonstrated: Individuals take extremely high risks when they campaign for civil and human rights and for free and fair elections in states where human rights are frequently violated. Our publication "Human Rights Defenders" is dedicated to the work of human rights defenders - pro-democracy activists, opposition politicians and their supporters, whose important work continues to go unnoticed too frequently.

Die weltweiten Protestbewegungen in jüngster Zeit haben gezeigt: Menschen gehen ein extrem hohes Risiko ein, sobald sie sich in Staaten, in denen Menschenrechte verletzt werden, für die Achtung von Bürger- und Menschenrechten und freie Wahlen einsetzen. Unsere Publikation „Human Rights Defenders" widmet sich der bisher weniger beachteten Gruppe von Menschenrechtsverteidigern – den Pro-Demokratie-Aktivisten, den Oppositionspolitikerinnen und -politikern sowie ihren Unterstützern

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