Defending Human Rights: A Resource Book for Human

Contents
Acknowledgements
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Foreword 1
Chapter 1: International and Regional Instruments for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders 2
Chapter 2: Human Rights Defenders Under Threat: A Field Security Approach to their Work 11
Chapter 3: Trauma and Coping Strategies for Human Rights Defenders 18
Chapter 4: Advocacy Campaigns for Human Rights 28
Chapter 4.5: Social Media for Campaigning 32
Chapter 5: Women Human Rights Defenders – the Need for Strategic Action 34
Chapter 6: Defending Sexual Minorities 39
Annex 1:
African Commission: Resolution on the Protection of Human Rights
Defenders in Africa (2004) 46
United Nations: Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and
Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms (1998) 48
European Union Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders (2008) 53
Annex 2 Resources on International Mechanisms 58
Annex 3 Resources for Human Rights Defenders 62
Annex 4 Organizations working with Human Rights Defenders 68
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