Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR): 49th Session of the UPR Working Group
This submission is presented by DefendDefenders (East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project), an NGO with Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC, in collaboration with the National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders-Kenya (Defenders Coalition). Submitted on 11 October 2024, this report aims to provide an overview of the state of human rights in Kenya, […]
Joint Letter by 60+ CSOs across Africa to the 47 General Session at the Human Rights Council
Read Full letter here To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) 12 May 2021 Multilateral action is needed to address the human rights crisis in Cameroon. Excellencies, We, the undersigned civil society organisations, are deeply concerned over ongoing grave human rights violations and abuses […]
Open Letter: 4th Periodic Review for Kenya on the International Covenant on the Civil and Political Rights by the United Nations Human Rights Committee during the COVID-19 pandemic.
To the United Nations Human Rights Committee, Chairperson of the United Nations Human Rights Committee Dear Ms. Photini Pazartzis, We, the undersigned non-governmental organisations in Kenya, write to you concerning the online review of Kenya on its 4th Periodic Report to the ICCPR. We express our appreciation to the UN Human Rights Council that pursuant […]
UN Human Rights Council Adopts a Resolution to Recognize the Contribution of Environmental HRDs to The Enjoyment of Human Rights.
In a resolution (A/HRC/40/L.22/Rev.1) on recognizing the contribution of environmental human rights defenders to the enjoyment of human rights, environmental protection and sustainable development, , the Council expresses grave concern at the situation of environmental human rights defenders around the world, and strongly condemns the killing of and all other human rights violations or abuses against […]
Statement by UN Expert on the rights of Albinism Persons.
Nairobi, 17 September 2018 Preliminary findings of Country Visit to Kenya by the United Nations Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism 7 to 17 September 2018 At the invitation of the Government of Kenya, I conducted an official visit in the country from the 7th to 17th of September 2018. First, […]
