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Contents Acknowledgements iii 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 ii Defending Human Rights: A Resource Book for Human Rights Defenders | 2nd Edition
Acknowledgements The publication of this resource would not be possible without the financial support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Thanks again to the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada who funded the first edition. Thanks finally to all the contributors to this book, who have been named in the chapters, and to Nora Rehmer and Neil Blazevic who compiled the first and second editions respectively. Dedicated to those who have lost their lives in the struggle for human rights. Defending Human Rights: A Resource Book for Human Rights Defenders | 2nd Edition iii
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