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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Ten years after the unresolved 2015 crisis, and with no improvement in Burundi’s human rights record, the UN Human Rights Council has extended the mandate
Meeting in Geneva today, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a new resolution on Sudan. By extending the mandate of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission
Oral statements delivered during the 60th session of the UN Human Rights Council (8 September-8 October 2025) Item 2: Interactive dialogue on the report of