Human Rights Defenders

Denyok, Karak (Human Rights Defender from South Sudan) - by J Houlihan (Autumn 2012) (18).jpg

Since 2008 we have hosted more than one hundred visiting human rights defenders from across the world. Their work covers civil and political rights as well as social, economic and cultural rights.

Find out more about current & former fellows here.

CAHR’s Protective Fellowship Programmes

Human rights defenders on the Protective Fellowship Scheme for HRDs at Risk at the Centre for Applied Human Rights, University of York (UK), tell their stories about risk and repression, and why taking time out from difficult working environments benefit their activism in their long run.

Some of our former defenders tell their stories about risk and repression, and why taking time out from difficult working environments benefits their activism in the long run in this short film produced by Sanna Eriksson and Emilie Flower

More information on how to apply for our protective fellowship programmes can be found here.

Resources for HRDs

As part of our research project Navigating Risk, Managing Security and Receiving Support, we put together a resources page with links to a number of relevant training materials, toolkits and funding sources for HRDs.