DefendDefenders holds consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
To ensure that HRDs are heard at the HRC, DefendDefenders brings HRDs from the East and Horn of Africa sub-region to the HRC sessions.
Through our UN office in Geneva, we ensure strategic engagement with diplomatic missions and HRC members.
Through our UN office in Geneva, we ensure strategic engagement with like-minded organisations based in Geneva.
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In light of the atrocities committed by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their allies in and around El Fasher, North Darfur, it was
In a letter released today, civil society calls on the UN Human Rights Council to convene a special session on Sudan to address the situation
The UN’s liquidity crisis and broader funding cuts to international agencies and the non-profit sector continue to affect human rights work worldwide. It is estimated that the UN’s budget will decrease by 15% in 2026. The UN’s human rights pillar, which was already chronically under-funded compared to the other two pillars (development and peace & security), with less than 5% of the organisation’s budget, risks being disproportionately affected.