publications
20 Years On: Reinvigorating State Implementation of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders through a Global Network
The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) commissioned the Hub to undertake a study on how a Network could meaningfully contribute to the implementation of the Human Rights Defender Declaration in diverse national contexts. The findings are presented in this report on the Desirability and Feasibility of a Global Network of ‘Human Rights Defenders Focal Points’. A shorter Executive Summary is also available.
on the human rights frontline
Human rights defenders continue to face arrest, and experience attacks, threats and repression during the Covid-19 pandemic and yet a report by Dr Piergiuseppe Parisi from the Hub and Amnesty International UK found 94 per cent of human rights defenders interviewed received little support from the UK government in response to attacks.
protecting human rights defenders at risk
Dr Alice Nah’s edited book Protecting Human Rights Defenders at Risk draws on the experiences of 407 human rights defenders from Indonesia, Egypt, Kenya, Mexico and Colombia. It assesses the construction, operation and effects of the international protection regime for human rights defenders and proposes ways in which the protection of human rights defenders at risk should be reimagined and practised.
A toolkit for creative activism
The Artful Activism Toolkit is based on the findings a of a three-year research process co-hosted by ActionAid, the Centre for Applied Human Rights at the University of York, and partners in Uganda and Bangladesh. The toolkit is for anyone - artist, activist, development practitioner or theorist - who is interested in trying to ‘do’ development differently or seeking alternative, creative strategies and approaches to change.
Related resources can be found on the Development Alternatives website.
Wellbeing during temporary international relocation
This report by Patricia Bartely, published by the Martin Roth Initiative, highlights research findings from a project conducted by Hub staff Martin Jones, Alice Nah and Patricia Bartley that maps the growing practice of temporary international relocation initiatives globally, and the complexities and challenges of running such programmes.
the barcelona guidelines
The Barcelona Guidelines are based on research findings from the Wellbeing of Defenders project and discussions between coordinators, wellbeing service providers, and researchers from around the world at an international retreat in Barcelona in June 2019 (hence the name, The Barcelona Guidelines).
The Guidelines are available in English, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, and Russian.