Is the COVID-19 pandemic providing states with a pretext for adopting repressive measures unrelated to the pandemic to silence critical voices?

What impacts on the enjoyment of the freedoms of association, assembly and expression have COVID-19 response measures had to date?

How can human rights standards and mechanisms and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development be used as a platform for monitoring and securing accountability and a more enabling environment for the political participation of all, including human rights defenders?

Explore these questions with us in this webinar in which we will also point to strategies, methods and possible partnerships for addressing current challenges for human rights defenders.

The Danish Institute for Human Rights is organising the webinar in collaboration with CIVICUS, the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) and Indigenous Peoples’ Major Group for Sustainable Development.

Speakers:

Mary Lawlor - UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders

Joan Carling - Co-Convenor, Indigenous Peoples’ Major Group for Sustainable Development

Ombudsman Jordan Rodas - Office of the Ombudsman, Guatemala

Mandeep Tiwana - Chief Programmes Officer, Civicus

Carol Rask (Moderator) - the Danish Institute for Human Rights