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1 results foundAuthor: Martin, Maria Title: Criminalisation of Human Rights Defenders Summary: In recent years we have witnessed the limitation of the spaces available to civil society in many countries around the world, and a deterioration of the conditions under which organisations carry out their activities. Criminalisation and other related phenomena such as stigmatisation, defamation and delegitimation of the work of people who promote and defend human rights are representative of this worrying trend. The report is the result of more than a year's research and discussion involving the author and PI staff in our offices in the field (Protection Desks) in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia, as well as in our main office in Brussels, Belgium. The author also interviewed HRDs based in the three continents mentioned and in Europe, from whom she also received written information. The report categorises and presents a typology of the various forms of criminalisation and judicial and administrative harassment suffered by HRDs; it identifies the kinds of actors who contribute to the phenomenon and deals also with its consequences, that are felt not only by criminalised HRDs but also by their families and the organisational context in which they operate. Finally, the report makes a series of recommendations aimed at HRDs, the state institutions that are responsible for their protection and other key stakeholders, in the hope that they will adopt legal and political measures - and provide accompaniment to victims - in order to react and also prevent criminalisation from occurring. This publication is of fundamental importance to PI, as it permits us to respond to a series of challenges that HRDs face as they seek to carry out their day-to-day work. It also enables us to strengthen the accompaniment we provide to HRDs, civil society organisations and rural communities across a range of aspects important to their ability to manage their security and protection. We hope that the report and the recommendations it contains will contribute to strengthening the movement for human rights across the globe. Details: Brussels, Belgium: Protection International, 2015. 73p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 17, 2016 at: http://protectioninternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Criminalisation_Pl_English_WebReady.pdf Year: 2015 Country: International URL: http://protectioninternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Criminalisation_Pl_English_WebReady.pdf Shelf Number: 137865 Keywords: Citizen ProtectionHuman Rights |