Archives: Documents

Legislação Estadual de Pernambuco
Brazil
Law, Decree or Similar (incl. proposals)
2012

Brazil: Pernambuco. Law 14.912/2012 Creating the State Program for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders

The Government of Pernambuco decrees that the State Programme for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (PEPDDH/PE) is established within...
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Assembleia Legislativa do Estado do Ceará
Brazil
Law, Decree or Similar (incl. proposals)

Brazil: Ceará. Law 16.962/2019 Creating the State Program for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders

The Government of Ceará decrees that the State System for the Protection of Persons of the State of Ceará –...
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Governo do Estado do Pará
Brazil
Law, Decree or Similar (incl. proposals)
2023

Brazil: Pará. Law 10.286/2023 Creating the State Program for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders

The Government of Pará decrees that the Programme for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders in the State of Pará...
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Governo do Estado da Bahia
Brazil
Law, Decree or Similar (incl. proposals)
2010

Brazil: Bahia. Decree 12.003 Creating the State Program for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders

The Government of Bahia decrees that a State Commission, linked to the Department of Justice, Citizenship and Human Rights, shall...
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ISHR
Türkiye
Law, Decree or Similar (incl. proposals)
2023

Türkiye: Proposal for a Law on the Recognition and Protection of Human Rights Defenders

Türkiye’s Member of Parliament, Ceylan Akça Cupolo, introduced a proposal for a law on the recognition and protection of Human...
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Camara de Diputadas y Diputados
Americas | Chile
Law, Decree or Similar (incl. proposals)
2024

Chile: Bill to regulate the protection of nature and environmental human rights defenders

Bill in process in the Chamber of Deputies (date of entry May 29, 2024), which seeks to enshrine a regulatory...
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Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Europe & Eurasia
Declaration, Resolution or Formal Report
2024

Council of Europe: PACE adopts resolution on the protection of women human rights defenders in Europe

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted resolution 2554 during its summer session of 2024. Following Austrian...
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Justiça Global
Americas
Paper or Analysis
2022

Americas: A critical look at protection mechanisms for human rights defenders in Latin America

A critical look at protection mechanisms for human rights defenders in Latin America is a study by Terra de Direitos...
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ISHR
International
Declaration, Resolution or Formal Report
2024

Declaration +25

The Declaration +25 is an authoritative, civil society-led document that supplements the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. Together, these...
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Kenya National Commission on Human Rights
Kenya | Africa
Paper or Analysis
2016

Kenya: Defending the Defenders – Human Rights Defenders in conflict with the law

The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR), the national human rights institution of Kenya, has published a report on...
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