Submission of Comments on the Data Protection Bill 2018 – July 2018
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WHY DEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS?
Who Is A Human Rights Defender: According to the UN, “There is no strict definition of human rights defenders because they can be anyone who acts at any moment for any human rights. A human rights defender can be a man, a woman, a lawyer, a student, an NGO’s employee, a doctor or any person […]
URGENT ALERT ON DISAPPEARANCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER MILDRED ATTY OWISO
PRESS RELEASE- MILDRED ATTY
NOMINATION CALL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AWARDS 2018
INTRODUCTION Civic space in Kenya continues to be under pressure as a range of actions are being directed against the work of Human Rights Defenders (HRD) and Civil Society organizations in Kenya. Physical attacks, criminal and administrative actions, legislative restrictions, negative rhetoric and limitation of human rights have undermined the Constitutional and international protections available […]
NCHRD-K Annual Report 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report covers an eventful period in the history of defending human rights defenders in Kenya. The country went through general elections in the year and characteristically, the divisive campaigns contaminated the operational environment of the country’s CSOs and HRDs. The work of the NCHRD K was therefore very much linked to the […]
CALL FOR INTERNSHIP
POSITION OF PROGRAMMES INTERNS (3) The National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders–Kenya (NCHRD-K) is a national organization incorporated in the Republic of Kenya as a Trust. Its mission is to strengthen the capacity of human rights defenders (HRDs) to work effectively in the country and to reduce their vulnerability to the risk of persecution, through […]
2018 United Nations Human Rights Prize call for nominations
The 2018 United Nations Human Rights Prize will be given out at the United Nations in New York on Human Right Day, 10 December. Nominations are open until 6 April 2018. This year’s award will coincide with the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The prize to recognize individuals […]
Strong people stand up for themselves, But stronger people stand up for others, Meet Lutfa Ali
Lutfa Ali is a human right defender who specializes in advocating for children’s right and is a Volunteer Children Officer working under department of Machakos County children office. She started advocating for human rights when she was in a youth group they had formed in Machakos constituency. Its main areas of focus were advocating for […]
Starting small to change the society- Story of Joan Wanjiku
Joan’s journey as a human rights defender began in 2012 at the age of 20 while she was a first year student in medical school. A friend approached her with the idea to establish an organisation, which they did. The organisation known as Fly Sister Fly Foundation champions the realisation of the right to education […]
Celebrating Mama Rahma, women rights defender in Kiamaiko
Mama Rahma has been a gallant Woman Human Rights Defender since 1984. In celebrating the International Women’s Day, she is one of the few women celebrated by the Standard Newspaper. Her journey has ben a successful one in overcoming all the odds especially in her Borana Culture to emerge as the only woman elder in […]