Human Rights Defenders Awards are an initiative of the HRD Working Group, which brings together Kenyan civil society actors and international partners, united in their commitment to promote and protect human rights and their defenders. This working group is currently co-chaired by the Embassy of Belgium and the National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders –...Read More

Salome Nduta who emerged from the settlements of one of Africa’s largest cities to help in the fight to rewrite her country’s constitution has been named the first winner of the Scottish Bar International Human Rights Award. Activist Salome, 47, from Nairobi, Kenya, “stood out from the crowd” among 26 entries from around the world...Read More

According to the UN, “There is no strict definition of human rights defenders because they can be anyone who acts at any moment for any human rights. A human rights defender can be a man, a woman, a lawyer, a student, an NGO’s employee, a doctor or any person from any profession, of all ages,...Read More

ONE COUNTRY, TWO ELECTIONS, MANY VOICES! THE KENYA 2017 GENERAL ELECTIONS AND THE HISTORIC FRESH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OBSERVATION REPORTRead More