Human Rights Defenders: Protecting the Right to Defend Human Rights

This OHCHR Fact Sheet #29 called "Human Rights Defenders: Protecting the Right to Defend Human Rights", has been prepared with the aim of supporting human rights defenders in their invaluable work. It is addressed primarily to State authorities, national and international non-governmental organizations, United Nations personnel, major private sector actors (including transnational corporations), and human rights defenders themselves. The Fact Sheet is also aimed at the wider public and may be useful to journalists and others in disseminating information on the role and situation of human rights defenders.

The manual was translated and published as a part of the project financially supported by the EU and implemented by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on “Enhancing the capacity of national actors in promoting and protecting human rights”.