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Improving the support and protection of Human Rights Defenders - video playlist

Videos from Wilton Park’s event Improving the support and protection of Human Rights Defenders to strengthen civic space, held in partnership with the Ministries of Foreign Affairs for Switzerland and Finland. In this video playlist participants of our annual human rights event explain what human rights defenders are, how their work can be linked with the sustainable development goals and why their work is essential. Participants also discuss the threats human rights defenders are facing, and the ways in which states and international organisations can support and protect them.

Birgit Kainz-Labbé (Coordinator of the Civic Space Unit, OHCHR), Christine Lӧw (Deputy Head of the Peace and Human Rights Division, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Switzerland), Katja Pehrman (Ambassador for Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Finland), and Ana María Rodriguez Valencia (Director, Colombian Commission of Jurists) discuss some key points.

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