Dec 10, 2008

'Ten Years On Human Rights Defenders Pay High Price'


OSCE/ODIHR Director joins statement calling for better protection of rights defenders.

 

The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Janez Lenarcic, and four other high-level international human rights representatives issued a joint statement warning on the persistent challenges facing rights defenders, ten years after the adoption the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders.

To view the full text of the statement please click here.