Protecting Human Rights Defenders in Central America and South East Asia

Thursday 30 June 2016, 5.30PM to 7pm

Speakers: Claudia Samayoa and Ruki Fernando, Board members of Centre for Applied Human Rights research project

Learning from Human Rights Defenders

How do human rights defenders protect each other when they are threatened? How do their protection practices intersect with those of regional and international actors such as NGOs, intergovernmental bodies, and sympathetic states? In this public talk, Claudia Samayoa (Coordinator, UDEFEGUA, Guatemala) and Ruki Fernando (Advisor, INFORM, Sri Lanka) share their experiences as defenders at risk as well as in protecting other defenders at risk.

Location: The Treehouse, Berrick Saul Building

Admission: is free and open to all. No booking required.