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The Center for Human Rights Defender RECRUIT « Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator »

Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator Department:  Program Development Unit Location: Tunisia STARTING DATE February 2022 organization background Center for Human Rights Defenders Association (CHRDA) Is an independent non-governmental organization registered and founded in France in 2016. CHRDA aims to promote the rights of Human Rights Defenders and vulnerable populations, analyze the difficulties facing the application of […]

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Press Release & Annual Report : CHRDA releases its annual report

A year of missed opportunities – Digital Copy Defender Center for Human Rights said today in its report “The Year of Missed Opportunities: A Briefing of the Human Rights Situation in Libya in 2021” that the Libyan authorities missed many opportunities during the current year that would have strengthened human rights and empowered human rights […]

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Libya: Authorities must roll back repressive regulation on civil society and support new legal framework 

  On Wednesday 3 November, the Libya Platform, the Libyan Women’s Platform for Peace (LWPP) and the Defender Center for Human Rights (DCHR), supported by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), hosted an event titled, “Freedom of Association: An Essential Guarantee for the Success of the Libyan Political Transition”. The event shed light […]

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Human rights organizations call on Libyan authorities to rescind the new cybercrime law

  The undersigned organizations call upon Libyan authorities to rescind the cybercrime law recently adopted by the Libyan House of Representatives. The law would severely restrict freedom of expression,  curtail press freedom, and legalize mass surveillance of speech online. Additionally, the law allows for warrantless blocking of websites and content. During the plenary session held […]

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The International Community Must Support and Protect Palestinian Civil Society

The International Community Must Support and Protect Palestinian Civil Society As a group of regional and international organizations, we express our full solidarity with Palestinian civil society and human rights defenders as Israel continues to escalate its attacks to shut down critical human rights work and silence opposition to its occupation of Palestinian territory and […]

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CHRDA & NGOs : Violence on land, violence at sea: Migrants in Libya between the Libyan hammer and the EU’s anvil

15 October 2021 Violence on land, violence at sea: Migrants in Libya between the Libyan hammer and the EU’s anvil In Libya, the already dire situation for migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees has been escalating to an unprecedented level of violence. Not only do migrants face widespread documented abuse from Libyan authorities on land, they are […]

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Libya : Periodic update from the Cairo Institute and the Libya Platform – Peace process and legitimacy of elections in Libya threatened by lack of accountability and rule of law

11 October 2021 A semi-annual update on the human rights situation in Libya, published today by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and the Libya Platform, finds evidence of continued systemic and grave human rights violations in the country, including at the hands of armed groups affiliated with state and security institutions and […]

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Libya: Rights groups present a new draft law regulating civil work and call on Libyan civil society to advocate for its approval by the legislature

Press release The undersigned human rights groups announce the proposal of a new draft law regulating  civil work in Libya; the proposed law would guarantee civil society’s independence and freedom. We call on Libya’s civil society organizations to review and adopt this proposal, and pressure for its swift approval. We welcome any comments, suggestions, or […]

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Defender Center welcomes the report of the Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya and calls on the Libyan authorities and the international community to implement its recommendations

Press Release October 5, 2021 Defender Center for Human Rights welcomes the report of the independent fact-finding mission on Libya, which stated that there are “reasonable grounds to believe that war crimes have been committed in Libya” while noting that violence in prisons and against migrants may amount to crimes against humanity. The head of […]

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CHRDA – Government of National Unity relies on Gaddafi’s arsenal of repressive laws to restrict civil society and block its role in the electoral process

A joint letter to the Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdel Hamid Dbeibah The undersigned human rights groups call for a halt to the issuance of the new regulation on the right to freedom of association in Libya[1], proposed by the Government of National Unity in Tripoli on 31 July. A group […]

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The Defender Center’s (CHRDA) fourth quarterly report on the situation of human rights in Libya

(April-June 2021) The Defender Center’s fourth quarterly report on the situation of human rights in Libya (April-June 2021) Defender Center for Human Rights has followed up, with great concern, the outcomes of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, especially about  the crisis of agreement on the constitutional basis on which the general elections are supposed to […]

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Joint letter: Renewal of United Nations Fact Finding Mission on Libya of vital importance

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) joined several human rights organizations in signing the following letter, urging state representatives at the Human Rights Council to ensure the extension of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Libya’s mandate. Your Excellency, The undersigned Libyan, regional and international human rights organizations strongly urge your government to ensure the renewal […]

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