CIVIL RIGHTS DEFENDERS

Today, on International Women’s Day, we recognise that where impunity thrives, women are fighting back.

👉 Through the Global Initiative Against Impunity (GIAI), women human rights defenders are supporting families of the disappeared in their search for truth and justice in Sri Lanka,
👉 confronting enforced disappearances in Mexico,
👉 and documenting conflict-related sexual violence in Sudan—often at great personal risk.

They are gathering the evidence others try to erase.
They are naming the crimes others deny.
They are forcing accountability onto systems built to resist it.

Impunity depends on silence. Women human rights defenders are breaking it.

⚖️ On , we stand with the women who are not only demanding justice, but driving it.

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Global Initiative Against Impunity - Civil Rights Defenders Global Initiative Against Impunity When someone enjoys impunity, their actions and misdeeds go unpunished. In international law, impunity refers to the failure to bring perpetrators of international crimes and serious human rights violations to justice. This makes it harder for survivors to get just...

👉 Open position! We're looking for a Programme Officer Eurasia, based in Stockholm. Are you an expert on the political and human rights situation in Eurasia? Do you want to use your strategical skills to contribute to the advocacy work of Civil Rights Defenders? Then you might be the one we are looking for. Apply now! ✒️ 🧡

Programme Officer Eurasia to Civil Rights Defenders in Stockholm - Civil Rights Defenders Are you an expert on the political and human rights situation in Eurasia? Do you want to use your strategical skills to contribute to the advocacy work of Civil Rights Defenders?

Today is Human Rights Day, a day that reminds us that all people have equal value and rights. On December 10, 1948, the UN adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Yet for many, these rights are still far from reality.

Every day, human rights defenders around the world risk their freedom and safety to stand up against oppression, violence, and injustice. They do it for all of us: for the right to speak freely, live without fear, and be treated with dignity.

We exists to provide them with support and protection. Civil Rights Defenders work across four continents to strengthen those who dare to speak out when others are silenced. Today, our work feels more important than ever.

According to V-Dem’s latest democracy assessment, 94 countries have regressed in democratic factors since 2019. History speaks clearly: where democracy weakens, so does the protection of people’s freedom and rights.

No one should have to risk their life to defend our human rights. But when they do, they should never stand alone. That’s why we are here.

Do you want to stand up for those who dare to stand up for our rights? Learn more at crd.org.

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