State of Deception: Fact Finding Report on the Detained El Salvador Water Defenders, Mining, and the State of Human, Rights under the Bukele Administration From October 15-20, 2023, eight delegates from the United States and Canada held 19 meetings with leaders of civil society groups, human rights groups, lawyers, economists, a member of the…
Integral Protection Policies for Human Rights Defenders The Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (hereinafter, ?the Commission,? ?Inter-American Commission,? or ?the IACHR?) has closely monitored the risks faced by human rights defenders as a key part of its…
Human Rights and Shrinking Civil Space – A guide for financial institutions In April 2023 ABN AMRO, APG Asset Management, ING, Robeco and Morningstar Sustainalytics published the paper ?No News is Bad News? which explores how financial institutions can strengthen human rights…
Misplaced Trust Misplaced Trust shows how development banks are putting human rights defenders at serious risk by relying on their clients to address reprisals. The report, published by the Coalition for Human…
Standing Firm: The land and environmental defenders on the frontlines of the climate crisis Colombia tops the global ranking with 60 murders in yet another dire year for the country. This is almost double the number of killings compared to 2021, when 33 defenders…
Front Line Defenders Global Analysis 2022 In 2022, the HRD Memorial investigated and verified the killings of 401 HRDs in 26 countries. The HRD Memorial is a global initiative led by 12 national and international human…
Digital Safety Journalists face a wide range of digital threats and it's increasingly important that they protect themselves and their sources by keeping up to date on the latest digital security news…
Decade of Defiance I could tell you that, around the world, three people are killed every week while trying to protect their land, their environment, from extractive forces. I could tell you that…
Frontline Defenders Global Analysis 2021 In 2021, the Human Rights Defenders Memorial (HRD Memorial) investigated and verified the killings of 358 human rights defenders (HRDs) in 35 countries.