“If you can smile in the most difficult situations, you are not yet defeated”

A key contributor to creating a human rights community in Belarus, Tatsiana Reviaka was one of the country’s first human rights defenders when she began her work in the newly-independent Belarus.

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Letters of concern

June 3, 2019

Critical funding gap affecting UN human rights mechanisms

In an open letter to all permanent missions to the United Nations, 399 NGOs, including HRHF, have issued a joint letter warning of a critical funding gap affecting UN human rights mechanisms and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

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July 16, 2019

HRC41: Joint NGO end of session statement

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April 11, 2019

Why is the Venice Commission study on NGO funding so important?

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Women human rights defenders

Women human rights defenders work to protect and advance freedoms, while facing discrimination and stereotypes about their role and participation in society.

“If you can smile in the most difficult situations, you are not yet defeated”

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Critical funding gap affecting UN human rights mechanisms

HRC41: Joint NGO end of session statement

Why is the Venice Commission study on NGO funding so important?

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