Speeches and Statements on Human Rights Defenders and Civic Space
Speeches and remarks made by the UN Secretary General
Speeches and statements made by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
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Speech at the Martin Ennals Award, February 2020
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Statement at the Dublin Platform for Human Rights Defenders, October 2019
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Speech at the Martin Ennals Award (delivered by the Deputy High Commissioner), Feb 2019
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Speech at the General Assembly meeting on Human Rights Defenders, Dec 2018
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Statement at the UN human rights award ceremony, Dec 2018
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Statement on the 24th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Dec 2018 (includes references to environmental defenders)
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Speech on Human Rights in the Digital Era, Nov 2018
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Speech at the World Summit for Human Rights Defenders, Paris, Oct 2018
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Speech by Deputy High Commissioner at the Committee on the Rights of the Child, Days of General
- Discussion on Children as Human Rights Defenders, Sep 2018
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Speech at the the 2018 Annual Trygve Lie Symposium on Fundamental Freedoms Human Rights Defenders, Sep 2018
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First formal speech by UN High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet at the Human Rights Council, Sep 2018 (includes many references to the important work carried out by defenders)
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Statement on the margins of Council meeting with NGOs during the Sep 2018 session
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Statement by former High Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on the impact of online violence on women human rights defenders and women’s organisations, June 2018
See also: High-level plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly on the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (December 2018)
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