Tools for
SendTo find out more about human rights defenders, visit:
- www.unhchr.ch/defender/about1.htm (The UN High Commissioner on Human Rights).
- www.protectionline.org (Protection International)
- The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, created by the International Federation on Human Rights (FIDH; www.fidh.org)and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT; www.omct.org).
- Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org and http://web.amnesty.org/pages/hrd-in...
- www.ishr.ch, see under “HRDO” (The HRD Office of the International Service for Human Rights in Geneva)
- www.frontlinedefenders.org (Front Line, The International Foundation for Human Rights Defenders)
To learn more about existing international legal instruments and the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, visit :
- www.unhchr.ch : this is the web site of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
- www.protectionline.org (Protection International)
- www.ishr.ch/index.htm (International Service for Human Rights, Geneva), for a compilation of international and regional instruments for the protection of human rights defenders.
