The European Union (EU) and Norway have undertaken to promote the
> implementation of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders in "third
> countries" through their foreign policies. They have adopted guidelines
> on how they will contribute to supporting and protecting HRDs.
>
> The "/Front Line Handbook for Human Rights Defenders: What protection
> can EU and Norwegian Diplomatic Missions offer?/" summarises the
> provisions of the EU Guidelines on HRDs and Norwegian guidelines on
> HRDs. It also draws on the results of the EU’s own evaluation of the
> implementation of its guidelines carried out in the first half of 2006,
> which stipulated many steps that should be taken to implement the
> guidelines. The handbook details the ways in which the EU and Norway
> have committed themselves to supporting and protecting human rights
> defenders. It also makes suggestions to HRDs regarding how they might
> benefit from these policies.