DefendDefenders

Founded in 2005, DefendDefenders is a non-governmental organisation based in Kampala, Uganda working on human rights, democracy & civil society.

DefendDefenders is a non-governmental organisation registered in Uganda in 2005 as the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project. It protects and promotes human rights defenders in the East and Horn of Africa sub-region by reducing their vulnerability to persecution and strengthening their capacity to defend human rights. Its work includes emergency protection, digital and physical security training, capacity building, research, advocacy at the UN Human Rights Council and the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, and awareness raising. DefendDefenders serves as the secretariat of the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network, which represents hundreds of human rights defenders and organisations, and it hosts the AfricanDefenders network in Kampala. It also supports national coalitions of human rights defenders in several countries. The organisation holds consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council and observer status with the African Commission.